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FeaturesGlobal Construction 2025
Twelve years from now, there will be 70% more construction work going on around the world. Building reports on the findings of Global Construction 2025
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NewsKier bags £285m Broadmoor revamp
Kier has won the £285m job to rebuild the notorious Broadmoor mental health facility
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NewsCarillion revenue shrinks in first half
Contractor continues resizing of UK business and announces rail wins
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NewsISG secures £100m of work
Firm picks up leisure schemes and public sector contracts across the UK
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NewsTeam picked for Wimbledon tennis club revamp
Exclusive: Consultants appointed to work up plans for Grimshaw’s major redevelopment of Wimbledon tennis club
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NewsGovernment beats project bank account target
The government has committed £2.2bn work through project bank accounts
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NewsHousebuilders 'need to double output'
Barratt boss tells Government Construction Summit that government has done its bit and industry now needs to lift its game
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NewsCala targets expansion in southern England
Housebuilder reports strong trading in its first update since being sold for £210m to Legal General and Patron Capital earlier this year
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NewsFallon commits to strategy targets
Business minister says government expects to be held to industrial strategy “ambitions”
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NewsNew cost benchmarks for public projects revealed
The government publishes a set of cost benchmarks for public projects as part of its drive to cut the cost of public construction projects by 20%
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NewsConstruction output up for second consecutive month
Latest Markit/CIPS survey of construction buyers reveals strongest monthly performance for a year
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CommentEnigmatic variations
Variations are difficult to avoid in construction work, but two recent cases show that there is plenty of scope for disagreement over how they should be valued
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NewsCarillion tops monthly contractors table
Carillion shot to the top of the contractor’s league table last month after winning the highly-prized £350m first phase of the Battersea Power Station development
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NewsDeighton defends UK Guarantees scheme
Infrastructure minister says many pre-qualified schemes no longer need government guarantee as they are securing finance elsewhere
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NewsConstruction strategy: industry reaction
The industry reacts to the launch of the government’s industrial strategy for construction at Building’s Government Construction Summit today.
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NewsGovernment unveils construction strategy
Joint industry-government strategy commits to big improvements in cost and sustainability
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NewsConstruction Leadership Council revealed
30-strong body launched to implement construction industrial strategy
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NewsSweett returns to full-year profit
Consultant rebounds to £1.8m pre-tax profit after last year’s loss
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NewsZaha's aquatics centre takes shape
Balfour Beatty begins work on glazing to realise original Zaha Hadid design
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NewsGlobal construction set for decade of growth
New report predicts worldwide output to rocket by 70% through to 2025 driven by growth in China, India and the US