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NewsRegional commercial property values return to growth
Value of offices, shops and warehouses outside London rose 0.8% in Q3
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CommentStrewth! Problems 'Down Under' for Balfour Beatty
The construction giant’s bout of Australian troubles will be familiar to many other contractors
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NewsGoogle scraps £300m HQ design
Internet giant tells architect AHMM to go back to the drawing board to design a “better” building
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NewsBalfour Beatty weathers worsening Australia market
Contractor says it will post profits ahead of expectations for the full year
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NewsUcatt slams blacklisting compensation scheme
Scheme insists it is genuine attempt to make amends as union boss Steve Murphy brands it a “travesty of justice”
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NewsMears sells M&E business for £1
Contractor set to recieve a share of income from loss-making Haydon business
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NewsCostain reports record £3bn order book
Firm shuffles management roles and says it is on track to meet the board’s expectations
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NewsConstruction confidence behind soaring growth forecast
Survey of UK businesses predicts 1.3% growth in the fourth quarter of 2013
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CommentTime to return to Libya
Turns out there is plenty of potential business to talk about over a jar of camel stew
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CommentNHS mental health facilities: Will Cinderella live happily ever after?
Mental health facilities have suffered from years of under-investment. Putting things right will require a combination of traditional and innovative funding solutions
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CommentThe time for zero carbon is now
We have come a long way on sustainability, but the latest IPCC report demonstrates how much further we have to go - and how quickly we must get there
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CommentAdjudication rules: Rewrites and wrongs
A main contractor can write its own subcontract adjudication rules if it wants, but the chances are they won’t change anything and they could end up as a PR disaster
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CommentHuman rights in Qatar: An issue we can't ignore
The revelations of human rights abuses on Qatar construction sites must not be brushed under the carpet. The industry must take a firm stance on ethical issues
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NewsCapital & Centric seeks main contractors
Two Liverpool office contracts worth £5.5m in total up for grabs
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CommentBeyond sustainability to ecological engineering?
The recent storms that battered southern England may become increasingly frequent. In order to cope we need to move from a human centric view of design towards co-habitation between the environment and humanity
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NewsQuintain exits Greenwich Pennisula scheme
Developer severs 16 year old ties with area after selling stake to Hong Kong JV partner
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NewsLondon's business districts set for green overhaul
Green audit guidance could increase potential for regeneration of public spaces
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NewsGovernment launches push to "inspire next generation of engineers"
Raft of measures announced backed by £49m of new public funding
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CommentThe Public Accounts Committee is bang on when it comes to the New Homes Bonus
Evidence is now coming to light that the New Homes Bonus exacerbates the problem it’s designed to ease
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NewsCBI predicts ‘broad-based’ UK growth
CBI says construction will play its part as it revises upwards GDP growth forecasts