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Galliford and Headcrown storm July league tables
Old hand and newcomer take top two spots in monthly chart – but Bovis Lend Lease hangs on to annual title
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Lead times
Now here’s a rarity in the fast moving, everchanging world of construction economics: a quarter of relative calm in the supply chain
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NewsCostain’s campaign to win work in Iraq pays dividends
UK contractor secures three contracts in northern region of Kurdistan – and boasts a pre-tax profit of £8.1m
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NewsBroker’s notes: Winners that defy the pundits
I’m glad to see that the Square Mile is slowly getting back to life after the long summer lull. Having spent most of it in the Dordogne or attending sporting events, I feel ready now to get back into the rough and tumble of the markets … and of course ...
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NewsBrickmaker posts poor results
Brick maker Michelmersh, which won a contract to supply bricks for the redevelopment of St Pancras station in north London last month, has posted disappointing full-year results – its first after floating on alternative investment market in May
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Experimental housebuilder up and running
Newly created shell company Hightower Construction is poised to buy a groundworks contractor.
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NewsPrivate Housebuilding Annual 2004
Barratt, George Wimpey and Persimmon can all lay claim to the title of the nation’s top housebuilder.
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CommentAugust blues
The pleasure of rowing your own little boat in the modern construction industry is offset by the knowledge that you are at the mercy of a big, cruel sea
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FeaturesLet us pay your way
We take a look at construction degree course sponsorship – one of the best ways of avoiding a mountainous student debt
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Back to school
Returning to university to study for an MBA is one of the best ways to increase your earning potential. We look at the options available
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Appointments
ContractorEssex-based City & Country Construction has promoted Peter Heath (right) to construction director. He replaces Tom Higgins, who has retired after 11 years in the position.HousebuildersCala Homes (Yorkshire) has appointed Claire Daniel materials buyer.Paul Owen has been made technical manager of Warwickshire-based Chase Homes.Cambridgeshire-based Twigden Homeshas appointed Olga Hagan sales ...
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FeaturesWalking in Lucinda’s wonderland
Come with us on a journey past the 6 ft high green rabbit and the shrine to Prickle, Hops and Florence to this couch, where we will sit by Rastus and Roy Rogers while we discuss English heritage with the sublime Lucinda Lambton – part broadcaster, part eccentric and part ...
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FeaturesIn the woods, today
Celebrated Swedish architect Gert Wingårdh has designed his own holiday home in a southern Swedish glade – and it’s more or less perfect.
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CommentThe devil’s due
The Construction Act’s rules on payment have a basic flaw: they don’t contain a mechanism that enables a debt to crystallise by a certain date. So, time for a rethink …
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Mrs Bingham’s lament
Some clever people have come up with easy-to-use framework contracts that just might cut disputes. So where will our household clothing budget come from?
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Don’t fall for Redmond’s wind-up
So, John Redmond reckons the nuclear option is a good way to make reluctant (or broke) payers cough up, does he? Well, just remember it can easily backfire …