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Crossrail ready for March construction start
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Crossrail has announced that tunnelling will begin in March, using eight tunnel boring machines, and precast concrete segments will be used to line the western running tunnels between Royal Oak and Farringdon.
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Baca to build floating house
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Baca Architects has won planning permission for what it claims will be Britain“s first amphibious house. The superstructure will be built on a concrete pontoon that will rest on fixed foundations, but float in the event of flooding.
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Carillion admits partial fault in Ocado case
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Carillion has admitted it has some responsibility for long-running problems with cracking concrete at Ocado“s national distribution centre, but argues the supermarket has made matters worse.
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Hunt for firm to build 44-storey resi block
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The Homes and Communities Agency has planning for the high rise development of a site at Elephant & Castle in London and has started the search for a delivery partner. It is a key site in forming part of the London private sector initiative and the intention is to pave the way for investors like pension funds to enter the private rented sector on a large scale.
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Flooring giant Stuarts falls into administration
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Stuarts Industrial Flooring Limited, which had been trading since 1840 and was responsible for almost a quarter of the UK in-situ concrete flooring market, has fallen into administration.
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SRM wins Aldgate tower
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Sir Robert McAlpine has been appointed by Aldgate Developments to build an £80m 17-storey office scheme in the City of London. It is due for completion by the end of 2013.
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£330m Oxford shopping centre gets the go-ahead
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Oxford City Council has approved plans for a new £330m shopping centre at Westgate. Construction is expected to commence in 2014.
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Chinese investors buy Putzmeister
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A Chinese investment consortium has announced that it has acquired the German pump manufacturer, Putzmeister, widely regarded as a pillar of the German industrial sector. The new owner is Sany Heavy Industry.
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Cemex launch
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Cemex has announced the launch of its second global ready-mix concrete brand, Hidratium. The product has self-curing properties and is already being sold in France, Ireland, Mexico, Poland and Guatemala.
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Investigation on British markets confirmed
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The Office of Fair Trading has confirmed that it will refer the aggregates, cement and ready-mix markets of Great Britain (but not Northern Ireland) to the Competition Commission. The OFT has concerns about the structural features of these markets in particular
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