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Kier posts record profit on back of public spending boom
Kier Group has posted record results thanks to increased government spending on schools and hospitals.
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NewsSharewatch: Berkeley’s gamble
Tony Pidgley and three of his fellow senior executives at Berkeley Group must have had a good weekend.
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CommentGenerals and mercenaries
If construction and warfare have anything in common, it’s that the top brass position themselves a safe distance from the people on the front line
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FeaturesRichard McCarthy
The sheer get-up-and-go of the head of the ODPM’s sustainable communities group is proving increasingly valuable – particularly in easing the ‘creative tension’ between government and housebuilders. We got him to sit still for a minute.
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CommentWhat are you implying?
The hills of Stockport were alive with implied terms, or so Mowlem and one of its subcontractors, PHI Group, thought. But were they right?
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CommentMoney’s silver tongue
You can ask an adjudicator to step down from an adjudication but as it is his decision, and his fee, the likelihood is that he’ll find compelling reasons to stay
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Bluefield development
The government wants about 2500 wind turbines constructed in six years, many on the North Sea. This raises interesting contractual issues for those building them …
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Designers in the dock
The Health and Safety Executive is targeting consultants who do not comply with the CDM Regulations. Two recent cases highlight the dangers of non-compliance
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Balfour Beatty pick up fourth PFI school
Deal for Nottinghamshire County Council worth £123m for Balfour Beatty over 25 years.
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NewsEP select Crest Nicholson for MK Millennium Community
Crest Nicholson beats five rivals to lead £500m development of Oakgrove Millennium Community in Milton Keynes.
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NewsSecond profit warning for Countryside this year
Urban housebuilder says that profit will be significantly lower than last year after summer of depressed housing sales in the South East.
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Firms duped by DDA cowboys
Unscrupulous firms are giving bogus advice to businesses attempting to comply with the Disability Discrimination Act according to expert.
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NewsBarratt sets sights on 20,000 units by 2010
UK’s largest housebuilder makes pre-tax profit of £367.7m and says it will create ten superdivisions to increase completion rate.
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NewsHenry Boot more profitable after housing sell-off
Increased profitability in construction helps slimline Henry Boot boost underlying pre-tax profit by 18%.
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Government in race to attract 7,500 Home Inspectors
The government is staging a trade show to help it attract the 7,500 Home Inspectors it needs before 2007.
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FeaturesLafarge’s African mercy run
Charity ship bound for Africa will carry 48-tonnes of cement donated by Lafarge and builders merchant Ridgeons.
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NewsNew MK body approves £100m project
Abbeygate plan for mixed-use scheme of 400 apartments is given blessing of newly formed Central Milton Keynes Partnership Committee.