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NewsTrade association seeks six-figure chief executive
Construction Products Association is advertising for April 2012
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NewsNorth/South property divide reaches widest level to date
Buyers can now purchase an average of two properties in the north for the cost of one in the south
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NewsArcadis to buy EC Harris
Listed Dutch engineering giant to fuel expansion with buyout of £253m turnover ECH
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NewsEC Harris name could go within three years
Arcadis chief executive says brand will be retained ‘initially’ but is likely to be dropped over time
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NewsLaing O’Rourke/Mace Thameslink bid rejected
JV was hotly tipped to win the London Bridge contract
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NewsExperian to downgrade forecasts for 2012 output
Forecasting firm says pessimism is due to impact of negative sentiment in wake of euro crisis
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NewsVinci opens office in Turkey as part of global expansion
Move follows contractor’s investment in Canadian base in Vancouver to chase £1.2bn of PFI work
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NewsDanish architect wins pylon competition
T-shaped design by Bystrup could be next generation of pylon design
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NewsDriver Group recruits 15 staff from fallen rival GF Partnership
GF Partnership went into administration in July
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NewsRIBA membership fees frozen
Subscription fee pegged at same level for third year in a row as institute acknowledges hard times
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NewsKeepmoat records £50m loss due to interest on debt
Social housing firm suffers accounting loss because of £117m interest charge on debt
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NewsConstruction output grows by 0.4% in August
Sluggish growth leaves output 4.4% down on same point last year
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NewsDesign Council Cabe questions floating Thames walkway scheme
Design watchdog joins architect Graham Morrison in raising objections to Boris Johnson-backed project
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NewsHS2 seeks consultants for £350m framework agreement
Architects, engineers and urban planners among those sought to work on controversial £32bn rail scheme
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FeaturesLaing O'Rourke and Atkins' standardised school: How's this for smart?
Standardised doesn’t have to mean inflexible design - that’s the message from Laing O’Rourke and Atkins with their clever solution to cutting school building costs. Building reports on the surprising versatility of concrete
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FeaturesZero carbon housing using underfloor thermal heat stores
When you’ve got houses and flats on a tiny plot, no room to store fuel and little roof space, finding a zero-carbon heating solution is tricky. One team went underground to find the answer
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FeaturesJohn Moore: Looking for Moore
What do you do when your main revenue stream is reduced? If you’re John Moore and the head of Balfour Beatty Engineering Services, you turn to your other divisions - and boost them with acquisitions
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NewsLondon contractor fined £19,300 for asbestos failings
Fadil Adil failed to protect workers from asbestos on a restaurant demolition job
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CommentHansom: Make your mind up!
This week, indecision prevails as the RIBA swaps cool for sophistication, politicians disagree on numbers and the communities department isn’t sure whether it’s setting up a committee or not