11.  -- Joop Janssen, chairman of Dutch contractor Heijmans NV said, on the proposed purchase of V.A.G. and Noorlander Beheer, two building companies.

12.  Building material companies, whose earnings tend to swing with the economy, gained.

13.  His wife, Julie, a controller for a building company, has moved to the Rockies with him, willing to make adjustments in her career for his.

14.  Losses in bank shares and building companies outweighed gains in Hellenic Telecommunications Organization SA and some industrial shares.

15.  Mayreder Bau GmbH was the other bankrupt building company.

16.  Monod today confirmed speculation Lyonnaise is in talks with building company Bouygues SA, which also feels the need to bolster its telephone operations.

17.  Nicholson practiced environmental law before starting a home building company.

18.  On one development project, hospital contracts went to building companies, an architecture firm and a law firm that were owned or partly owned by board members.

19.  Other building material companies rallied after the news.

20.  Selling rather than renting is a last resort for an investment building company, whose business is to hold property longterm and build up equity for future projects.