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NewsSweett to expand to six more Asian countries
Firm turns attention to Asia as ‘main target growth market’ after posting improved results
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NewsBattersea Power Station set to tender for main contractor
Developer of £8bn scheme to go to market early in the new year once planning permission is granted
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NewsOsborne to launch PFI overhaul next week
Chancellor’s Autumn Statement next week will set out the government’s revamped PFI
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NewsOlympic village £2m pay row threatens specialist’s survival
Exclusive: Subcontractor MPG says dispute with Galliford Try has forced it to seek a company voluntary arrangement
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CommentMediation is for consenting adults
You can’t bully people into mediation. Both parties must have a genuine desire to settle the dispute. And that’s one of the reasons why, in construction, it has never really taken off
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CommentLaughing all the way to the Green Investment Bank
The UK’s Green Investment Bank, launched this week, will invest in green projects that might otherwise have bitten the dust. It should bring some cheer to construction
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CommentOutlook for construction is bleak
A flurry of trading statements downplaying the gloominess of the market can’t disguise the ominous outlook for the year ahead
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CommentHansom: Thinking of a job swap?
Circus and animal filming skills are transferable to the construction industry, it seems, but the same cannot be said of building skills to the arena of competitive sport
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FeaturesInterview: Rob Tincknell, Battersea Power Station
Rob Tincknell is the man tasked with bringing an end to decades of disappointment at Battersea Power Station
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CommentReasonable endeavours: So very obliged
How far does a party need to go to show it has used its best endeavours to do something - not, surely, to the point of ruining itself?
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FeaturesDesperately seeking funding
Will the promising romance between pension funds and infrastructure projects work out?
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CommentBritain's lost talent
We need a focused strategy to get young talent into the industry in order to achieve a sustainable resurgence
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CommentWrong target
Measures are needed to help the smaller housebuilders rather than those at the top who are recovering well
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CommentCourting trade bodies
The myth of the industry ‘single voice’ is behind us - but now how will smaller contractors get their message across?
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CommentHigh Speed 2: No consultation
We were presented with plans not choices, and propaganda not neutrality
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NewsHousing stats: New build sales and completions in October
Completions are below last year’s level, but there has been a rise in registrations
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Construction appointments: 30 November 2012
Arcadis, WSP and Linden Homes have all made new appointments
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NewsMcLaren bags £39m Land Secs development
Firm will build 274,000 sq ft mixed-use scheme in Crawley