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NewsPlumbers and builders top list of rogue traders
Survey reveals that builders, plumbers, roofers and plasterers rip off more customers than any other trade.
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Green light for £230m cancer centre in Leeds
A PFI consortium including Bovis Lend Lease will fund 300-bed scheme with new method of finance involving government gilts.
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NewsBellway Homes hits record 200m profit
Bellway Homes increases pre-tax profit by 21% and says it aims to build 10,000 homes per annum by 2010.
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FeaturesSouth African township builds on Irish goodwill
Irish builders volunteer to build 50 houses in Cape Town.
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NewsAlfred McAlpine clinches £130m water contracts
DealDeals with Severn Trent Water and Northumbrian among £200m of new contracts.
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Paper round
The big construction stories from the weekend newspapers that you may have been too busy to read.
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News125m Leeds casino on the cards
Stanley Leisure buy assets of Leeds United Properties for £5m giving it option to build leisure complex next to the football ground.
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TUC demands corporate manslaughter law
Trade unions urge the government to create corporate manslaughter legislation as site deaths continue to rise.
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NewsIndustry asked to pay up to prove Part L will work
Firms are shocked by government request that they fund research into ways of calculating energy efficiency
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Multiplex teams up with US prison operator for PFI bids
Contractor may join forces with controversial American company to pitch for PFI prison schemes in the UK.
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Multiplex teams up with US prison operator for PFI bids
Contractor may join forces with controversial American company to pitch for PFI prison schemes in the UK
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Comment
Unfair penalty
NSV carried out work on the instructions of Consafe on heating, ventilation and air-conditioning equipment at a plutonium chemical waste plant at Drigg, in Cumberia. Consafe counter-claimed for liquidated damages. NSV said that liquidated damages could not be levied because they were a penalty. As the judge said, if the ...
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Stanhope proposes peoples park for Croydon
Stanhope reveals plan for Croydon urban park even though site has been given planning permission for mixed use Arrowcroft scheme.
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NewsWilson to work magic in Lancashire
The trendsetter behind the rebranding of Manchester has been called on to revamp the image of east Lancashire.
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Features
Shining examples
More, better, faster, cheaper: what the government is demanding from the housebuilding industry, especially homes with a pricetag of £60,000, looks beyond the realms of the possible. Yet, just look at the winners of this year's Building Homes Quality Awards, organised by Building in association with the Housing Forum. In ...
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FeaturesBest company-wide sustainability award
Housebuilders are broadening their definition of sustainability. For its all-round commitment, Countryside Properties was a clear winner in this category, sponsored by Energy Saving Trust
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FeaturesBest approach to partnering and supply chain management
A large field of finalists lined up for this award, sponsored by Construction Industry Solutions. Haslam and Keegans were both frontrunners but Fusion 21, Merseyside’s best known partnership since Dalgleish and Rush, took the award
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FeaturesBest training/people development award
The panel had a long line-up of contenders again for this category, sponsored by Technical Resourcing – and judges were particularly pleased to see these finalists making the link between training and profitability. In the end, London & Quadrant emerged victorious
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FeaturesBest health and safety initiative
Our finalists in this category, which is sponsored by the Traditional Housing Bureau, demonstrated how they were going beyond the basics and innovating to improve safety standards. It was Bellwinch’s proactive approach that won it the overall prize