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Scape to launch £350m consultancy framework
Public sector framework body to provide four-year framework to 568 public sector clients
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Balfour Beatty to retrain 2,500 staff
Balfour Beatty chief executive Leo Quinn enlists specialist negotiation trainer as firm looks to close out contracts
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Kier wins £35m Victoria fit-out job
Kier Construction lands deal for fit-out of mixed-use building in central London
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Who are we building for?
London property should be open for international purchasers but the balance now is wrong
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Climate change summit to have dedicated Buildings Day
Day at the 2015 UN Climate Change Conference in Paris will be devoted to built environment
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Philip Youell to leave Arcadis
Former chief executive of EC Harris to retire from role of global director of marketing and communications
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Wilmcote House: Thermal vision
The flaws of Portsmouth’s Wilmcote House may have been indicative of 1960s social housing, but now its mass adoption of Passivhaus principles could see it used as a model for sustainable retrofit
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LGA warns over skills gap
The Local Government Association is calls for a national “Skills to Build” strategy
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Costain boosted by £36m buy-out of Rhead Group
Shares rise 3% and analysts react positively as firm adds professional consultancy to portfolio
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Procurement update: BIM
As the 2016 deadline for the UK government’s mandate gets closer, the take-up of BIM on projects and programmes is accelerating
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Former Willmott Dixon boss joins Briggs & Forrester
John Frankiewicz joins the M E contractor as a non-executive director
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Foster + Partners staff split £11.6m bonus bill
Global architect rewards employees as firm breaks the £200m turnover barrier in annual results
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London office boom lifts Lakesmere
Cladding contractor sees turnover rises 11% on back of high-rise office market demand
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Mears CEO says living wage will 'increase pressure'
David Miles says short term outlook for care business negative as firm releases half year results
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Persimmon reports profit surge
Housebuilder posts 31% rise in half year pre-tax profit on back of 11% revenue jump
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Liquidated damages: Time for a penalty shoot-out?
Liquidated damages are, in theory, a cost effective and efficient tool. If only things were so simple
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Buyers wanted for Government's Kings Cross stake
The government has started the process of selling its 36.5% stake in King’s Cross developer King’s Cross Central Ltd Partnership
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United Living plan to double turnover
United Living Group has posted its first results since merger with Bullock Construction and set out five year plan
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Crown Estate submits Castle Acres plans
New plans revealed by Crown Estate to extend Leicester’s Fosse Park shopping outet
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Carillion clinches £187m PFI schools deal
Contractor reaches financial close on Midlands Priority School Building programme finance batch