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CommentNorth-east aches while London sees growth in construction jobs
Chart illustrates varied pattern of construction work throughout the UK
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NewsAtkins' profit dips but firm is hiring again
Consultant and engineer Atkins is taking on new staff and has posted a solid performance for the first half of the year
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NewsKier in new cost-cutting drive
Kier has put is construction business under review in a bid to cut costs as the UK construction market continues to deteriorate
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NewsHousebuilders boosted as sales and lending rise
Effect of government incentives felt as sales, mortgage lending and demand for homes rise
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NewsArup posts 56% rise in profit
Engineer claims its market has stabilised after it reports £38m profit for year up to 31 March 2012 – up from £24.5m the year before
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NewsGovernment hints at ‘son of PFI’ with new schools deal
Department for Education’s draft project agreement suggests contractors face reduced income from PFI contracts
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NewsFive Pancras Square: Crowning glory
Bennetts Associates-designed building in King’s Cross Central development wins BREEAM design rating of ‘outstanding’
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FeaturesSchool refurbishment: Shouldn't you be revising?
Erno Goldfinger’s brutalist Haggerston school in north-east London has been sensitively modernised
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CommentWhy job shedding in the UK construction industry may be about to accelerate
It is possible that we have not yet seen in the figures an employment response to the drop in output
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NewsWates and Bam vie for first batch of priority schools
Exclusive: Wates and Bam Construction have been shortlisted for the first £36m batch of schools under the priority schools programme
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NewsInterserve wins £100m housing job
Contractor to provide repair and maintenance services for East Thames Group
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NewsBarratt reports stable trading period
Housebuilder Barratt has reported a solid performance over the past five months with prices remaining stable and an increase in forward sales
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NewsClassroom design has 'significant impact' on pupil performance
New research challenges Michael Gove’s insistence that classroom design has limited impact on the academic performance
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News'We've just got to keep light on our feet'
Interview: Morgan Sindall’s managing director Graham Shennan explains the thinking behind the contractor’s office closures and management changes
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CommentWonders & blunders with Hugh Petter
The new King’s Cross station concourse really makes incomers to London feel like they have arrived, while the Bomber Command monument falls short of greatness, says Hugh Petter
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NewsAecom falls £37m into the red
Davis Langdon’s parent company reports loss following a £200m writedown on the value of its European and management consulting businesses
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NewsNumber of tower cranes in UK cities plummets
Only 413 cranes erected in the UK in first half of 2012 - half of last year’s figure
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NewsGovernment energy efficiency strategy 'lacks detail and commitment'
Industry leaders support strategy’s aims but unhappy with lack of fresh policy ideas
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NewsPlymouth's Marine Building research centre opens
A new Marine Building at Plymouth University, designed by Burwell Deakins Architects, has been opened by the Duke of Edinburgh
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NewsCapita on track to achieve 3% growth
Parent firm of Capita Symonds reports £1.7bn of wins this year