More news – Page 1911
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NewsBook now for UK energy conference on October 11-12
Building’s conference on infrastructure will help you identify the best opportunities in the UK
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NewsKeller lands £30m Crossrail contracts
Specialist will deliver grouting, structural monitoring and surveying works
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NewsGovernment announces 13 new Enterprise Zones
Coastal towns Sandwich, Newquay and Great Yarmouth among areas picked by ministers
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NewsSeverfield-Rowen bags Cheesegrater job
Specialist wins steelwork package on the 52-storey London skyscraper
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NewsBalfour takes UK hit but global profits rise
Infrastructure giant’s UK order book suffers as underlying profit globally rises 4%
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NewsProbe launched into ONS error
UK Statistics Authority will run the rule over “all relevant matters” relating to construction statistics
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NewsGovernment backs down on free schools planning
Consultation rejects proposed planning free for all for new schools
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NewsMears profits from Rok and Connaught demise
Profit up 7% as firm wins 56% of social housing jobs it bids for
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NewsOFT refers aggregates industry to Competition Commission
OFT concerned over lack of competition in aggregate, cement and concrete sectors
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NewsHMRC arrests five plumbers in tax crackdown
Tax collectors say they are targeting 600 further tax evaders
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NewsMace confirmed for £300m Olympic legacy role
Seven contractors also shortlisted for two jobs working under new legacy delivery partner
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NewsBRE to launch Passivhaus design competition
Winning design for semi-detached homes will be built at the BRE’s Innovation Park
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CommentPre-recession construction industry 7% bigger than we thought – statistically speaking anyway
Revised figures mean history looks different than it did a week ago – and it impacts on how we view today and tomorrow
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Comment
Fitness for purpose: Baylis Farms Limited vs R B Dymott Builders Ltd
This case concerns a blocked drain following completion of works that was not “fit for purpose”
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NewsModular contractor Britspace enters administration
Yorkshire-based firm will be run as a going concern by FRP Advisory
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NewsLakehouse launches ‘jobs not mobs’ campaign
Contractor starts recruitment drive in riot-hit areas
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NewsONS figures show fall in SME activity
Work for small builders drops despite activity growth across the whole sector
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NewsShopping centre construction falls to early 90s levels
Westfield Stratford acounts for more than half of construction as activity slows
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NewsHow not to excavate a basement: 'This is the closest I dared to go'
Colin Burden kept his distance when he saw this house teetering on the edge of a large muddy hole
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NewsArcadis bags Environment Agency role
Consultant brought on board to help manage flood risk and waterways management