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Government backs plans to use ex-prisoners in building
Two-hundred former offenders to be offered full-time jobs after receiving six months' construction training.
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NewsBallast Nedam in crisis talks with loss-making UK arm
Dutch parent group discusses ways of pulling out of Britain after subsidiary loses £32m in six months.
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Features
Crash Barrier
If there's one thing that will bring the runaway housing market screeching to a halt, it's a sudden loss of confidence in the City. So, asks Gordon Jon Thompson, how can the listed housebuilders convince investors that the wheels are not about to come off?
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Barking neighbours
Your neighbours from hell may claim that what they're doing is perfectly legal, but if they're causing a nuisance, they can still end up in the doghouse
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Shoddy work increases timber frame fire risks
Poor workmanship has increased the risk of fire spreading in timber frame buildings, it was revealed at a seminar last week.
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NewsRedrow links with Corus in £6m prefab pact
Housebuilder Redrow says a prefabrication joint venture with steel manufacturer Corus will cut building time 30%.
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Comment
Is there a draft in here?
The draft NEC Term Service Contract is a flexible little number, but it has gaping holes in it – on completion dates and liquidated damages – that you are expected to fill in
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FeaturesThe specials
In a world of mass-production, the Matthews family has turned to specialisation for their survival, producing handmade bricks and using craft skills that prove traditional technologies can thrive in a modern economy.
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NewsAmey to restructure after PFI crisis and share plunge
Sources claim changes may include the departure of one director and a return to pre-2000 company structure.
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Engineers threaten boycott of Constructionline service
Association of Consulting Engineers warns it will stop supporting vetting list next year if service fails to improve.
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NewsPrescott to review urban regeneration policy
Deputy prime minister John Prescott is to launch a nine-month review of regeneration policy, following this week's comprehensive spending review.
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Stunted Birmingham tower gets go-ahead
Revised proposals for a major residential tower in Birmingham were granted detailed planning permission last Thursday.
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NewsFirms fined £28,000 in safety blitz
Nine contractors were together fined more than £28,000 last week for breaching health and safety regulations on sites in London and the South-east.
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NewsAllies and Morrison draws up Tate HQ masterplan
Redevelopment on Tate Britain’s Millbank site will include ‘architecturally distinguished’ headquarters.
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Ken ‘should adopt’ bridge
London mayor Ken Livingstone should adopt the heavily delayed £15.5m Jubilee Bridge scheme, according to a new report.
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Industry rankings
Welcome to Building’s annual league of the top 100 contractors and housebuilders in the UK. The tables clearly show another great year for construction, with total turnover, pre-tax profit and margins all breaking records.
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Comment
Builders under fire
Will they never learn? A government-backed investigation has uncovered evidence that shoddy workmanship is exposing buildings – particularly those constructed using timber frame – to increased fire risks (pages 26-29). Experts are concerned that failure to properly install plasterboard drylining and fire protection is allowing fire to spread uncontrolled through ...
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NewsDebut in Britain
Debut in Britain: Architect Ushida Findlay has been selected by Hastings council to design a tourist information and exhibition centre and fish restaurant for the maritime Stade area of Hastings old town. The project will be the first public commission for the practice in the UK. The building will occupy ...
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BAA backtracks over direct employment
Airports operator BAA this week went back on its promise to use only directly employed labour on the £2.5bn Heathrow Terminal 5 project.
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Former GLC housing architect dies aged 92
Kenneth Campbell, who headed Britain's largest council housing design department, has died aged 92.