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News
Construction growth hit by storms, but economy still on the up
UK economy grows 0.8% in first quarter of the year, but construction posts just 0.3% growth after being hit by bad weather
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Renew buys telecoms engineer for £17m
Firm forecasts 5% growth for newly acquired telecoms business
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HS2 passes through Commons with vast majority
The legislation to enable the high-speed line clears its second reading in parliament, despite some Tory opposition
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Comment
Learning from primary school data
The Department for Education has created some excellent scorecards for local authorities assessing their need for primary school places. This is invaluable information for construction
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Reducing embodied carbon is our next challenge
The industry is leading the way on reducing the embodied carbon in its products
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Firms line up for £5bn schools work
Education Funding Agency invites 37 firms to tender for £5bn regional schools framework
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Crossrail's 'spying' strained contractor relations
Consultant’s report finds staff afraid to report health and safety incidents for fear of a “backlash”
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Osborne wins £235m housing job
Firm to provide repair and maintenance services in Dacorum for the next five years
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ISG wins major Dubai hotel scheme
Contractor will refurbish 393-room Kempinski Mall of Emirates Hotel
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Terrace Hill merges with developer Urban & Civic
Residential developer Urban Civic to acquire AIM-listed property firm via reverse takeover
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Balfour Beatty inks £196m Canadian hospital
Contractor reaches financial close on children’s and women’s hospital
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Vince Cable to address industry at Government Construction Summit
Business secretary joins Lord Deighton, construction minister Michael Fallon and Sir David Higgins as speaker at July event
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Comment
Could embodied carbon be the answer to zero carbon homes?
Work for the RICS on a robust framework for measuring embodied carbon opens up a range of possibilities
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Green Deal assessments hit record high
Official statistics show a jump in interest in the energy efficiency retrofit scheme in March
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Green Deal 'undermined' by scammers
Citizens Advice Bureau reports that a large proportion of Green Deal calls are about scams
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Product sales rise for fourth consecutive quarter
Construction Products Association predicts sales will continue to grow throughout 2014
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Arcadis hails positive start to 2014 in the UK
EC Harris’ parent company increases underlying profit by 5% in first quarter
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Features
Interview: Alan Brown
With two investors behind it and the recent purchase of upmarket housebuilder Banner, Cala Group has come a long way from its precarious refinancing in 2009. Alan Brown talks about delivering volume at the top end of the market, and plans to treble turnover to £800m a year
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Seize this chance for change
The government’s Payment Charter takes us a step closer to fixing the industry’s ills