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Government grounds Gatwick housing scheme
Government feared future airport expansion would have been jeopardised if development by Laing and Persimmon had been given go-ahead.
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BDP appoints Peter Drummond as chief executive
Building Design Partnership elect its director of town planning as chief executive for next two years.
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Balfour Beatty 155,000 fined over rail death
Balfour Beatty and McGinley Recruitment Services are fined a total of £325,000 after pleading guilty to breaching safety rules.
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Grimshaw ducks blame in Bath Spa row
In latest in a spate of disasters, architect gets steamed up over who is responsible for waterproofing problems
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Laing O'Rourke staff to lose bonuses over Dubai tragedy
Five dead and 23 injured at Dubai airport site, forcing contractor to review staff rewards on safety performance
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Waterman posts £2m profit despite commercial lull
Work on large urban regeneration schemes helps Waterman offset lower demand in commercial sector.
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Comment
A costly cargo
By various contracts made during the period between April 2001 and July 2001 Log-o-Mar agreed to charter five vessels (one of which was the Mega S) to Croyndon/ Craft for voyages carrying steel from Black Sea ports to Umm Qasr in southern Iraq. Disputes arose in relation to these contracts, ...
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ActionForSkills
In our fourth article with the CITB, why poor business skills are letting the industry down and what can be done
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Regulations
In the third of our twice-monthly special features, we take a look at how imminent changes to Building Regulations and other standards will affect specifiers' decisions plus how this university's unique design managed to comply with fire rules
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Ask Edward
The right to employee status and the right to a pay rise are this week's points of legal confusion
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FeaturesTricky business
In the fourth of five monthly articles, Building, in association with ConstructionSkills, investigates why construction operates so inefficiently – and asks what can be done to improve performance.
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FeaturesB-Trac Services: A business success story
Paul Banner is managing director of B-Trac Services, a small maintenance company in the West Midlands working for housing associations. He explains how his firm achieved Investor in People status
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FeaturesIT workshops: How builders are updating their skills
Robin Hood-Leeder explains how the Federation of Master Builders is trying to help its members improve their performance by setting up IT workshops
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House prices fall for third month in a row
House prices have fallen for the third month running after the market failed to make its usual early autumn recovery
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Wolseley upbeat over future as sales top record £10bn
Wolseley, the world’s biggest builders’ merchant, has reported record annual results for the eighth consecutive year, with sales of more than £10bn.
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NewsSharewatch: Countryside blues
Just when we thought we’d had all the bad news from Countryside Properties, last Thursday the company issued its second profit warning in five months
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NewsBucknall’s resurrection of QS dynasty pays dividends
Former chairman restores name and fortunes of Bucknall Austin – and plans move into higher-value work
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CommentWhy Will has no Grace
If the axing of my Fourth Grace has taught me anything, it’s that politicians may demand iconic architecture but they actually want safe designs with no financial risk attached