More news – Page 1297
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Pick Everard defends £750m consultants framework
Project Management and Full Design Team Services framework has been embroiled in a legal dispute
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Comment
Property: Waving a green stick
Plans are afoot to compel private landlords to make energy efficiency improvements to their properties
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Hansom: Plastic bricks and mortar
Monaco plans to become home to the most expensive apartment in the world, we mark a posthumous birthday for an early pioneer of suspension bridges, and a Lego visitor centre is made out of… you guessed it
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Beware unconscious uncoupling
A vote for Scotland’s independence could mean big changes for the sector
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Wolfson Prize Garden Cities winner due next week
Three of finalists say 40 new garden cities needed
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Network Rail awards £250m of contracts
Balfour Beatty and Miller Construction among the winners on building and civils frameworks
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Unite adds four major schemes to its pipeline
Client commits to student halls projects in Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Newcastle and Portsmouth
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Councils plunder development cash to fund school places
Survey finds councils plundering building programme coffers to plug £1bn school funding hole
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Government to boost £24bn road building programme
Further projects set to be added to pipeline of work after the autumn statement
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Carillion ranked as Network Rail’s biggest contractor
Carillion is rail client’s biggest single contractor, while Atkins leads the consultants’ table
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Green Deal ads ruled to be 'misleading'
Advertising Standards Authority rules TV and print ads for the government’s flagship retrofit scheme contained “unsubstantiated” claims
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Top QS firms clash with RICS over qualification reform
Critics fear proposed changes would ‘dumb down’ the flagship Assessment of Professional Competence
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No messing north of the border
This case from the Scottish Court of Appeal reiterates the point that adjudication should not be held up by minor technical points
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Lend Lease hiring drive despite £14m Europe construction loss
European construction arm shrugs off poor results and ‘positions itself for growth’ through increased pipeline
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Features
Interview: Mark Davey
Defying five years of recession, cladding company Lakesmere has experienced rapid growth. MD Mark Davey reveals how the firm beat the downturn
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Growing pains
While the Monetary Policy Committee ponders a rise in interest rates, they’d be wise to take a closer look at what’s happening in construction - where lessons can be learned that have a bearing on the wider economy
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Babcock backs Scotland "no" campaign
Giant lines up with Morris Spottiswood and others in letter to the Scotsman
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Imtech UK & Ireland slumps to loss and scales back
Imtech Group says “delayed project starts in the UK” impacted its first-half results
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