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NewsMore Daniel jobs safeguarded
Some 553 staff from stricken firm Daniel Contractors are being transferred to Enterprise and May Gurney
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NewsMace reduces waste by 18% and sets fresh green targets
Sustainability director says firm will meet “challenging targets”
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NewsPublic sector clients shun Construction Strategy
Building survey reveals fewer than one in three public clients have changed procurement since 2011 launch
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NewsPlanning stats: residential projects and approvals in May
Swindon council tops the client list, with a single £500m project
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CommentWe'll need suitably skilled workers to maintain growth
The housing sector may be witnessing a recovery but with growth comes challenges
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CommentHansom: Name that tune
There’s a live performance from the Town and Country Planning Association, a former QS faculty chair at RICS makes a comeback (in Coventry), and is the government still on-song with its Part L plans?
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FeaturesEco policy: No sense of direction
Building’s latest White Paper suggests that public and private sector clients are as frustrated as the rest of the industry with government eco policy
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CommentKnowing who you're in contract with
Problems with a retaining wall led to a dispute for damages. But who had the engineer signed a contract with - a business or an individual?
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CommentMAC clauses: Phantom menace
Material Adverse Change clauses are often included in commercial contracts but rarely enforced. Developers need to be aware of what can happen when they are, as a recent case has shown
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CommentCavity wall industry needs incentives
Having little work to win could jeapodise the future of a trained workforce
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CommentAct now to avoid energy crisis
We are losing time to put the necesary infrastructure in place to ensure stable energy provision for the UK
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CommentReader competition: Spot the building
Identify the six construction projects in this photo montage and you could win £25 of vouchers
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NewsMace sets sights on £2bn global turnover by 2020
Exclusive: Firm breaks through £1bn-turnover barrier and eyes overseas construction work in push for continued growth
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NewsLewis' Building contractor set to go bust
Merepark Construction faces liquidation after bank ceases payments on redevelopment of iconic Lewis’ Building
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NewsCouncils could lose planning powers
Government publishes regulations that could see councils that block development have their planning powers removed
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NewsNetwork Rail capital spending up 10%
Network Rail’s capital spending increased by almost 10% in 2012 to over £5bn
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NewsArtelia eyes further UK acquisition targets
French consultant announces plans to expand a year after taking over Appleyards
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NewsShard’s luxury hotel hit by fit-out delays
Exclusive: Opening of Shangri-La’s first UK hotel pushed back by six months, after delays to £40m fit-out
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CommentWonders & blunders with Brian Johnson
Brian Johnson compares two UK schools - one that captures the worst of the brutalist movement in post-war Britain, the other, a blueprint for the future