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CommentTesco and M&S go head-to-head over sustainability
At last week’s conference, delegates from major supermarkets discussed the challenges they faced going green
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NewsTate Britain puts out call for £1.2m hard strip job
Works at Millbank gallery to begin in September
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NewsCostain wins £150m Welsh roads job
Route through national park presents engineering and environmental challenges
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NewsUniversity of Warwick awards £17m design and build contract
Shepherd Construction picks up deal for halls of residence and staff facilities
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NewsLaing O'Rourke reaches financial close on CAD$2.1bn hospital
Firm is part of a joint venture that has won a major Canadian hospital project
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CommentCity traders still see dismal future for house prices
Those betting on the future of house prices are predicting a decline of 7.5% in two years’ time
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CommentFew signs in construction output figures of private sector revival. But who really knows?
For all the confusion in output numbers, the conclusions to be drawn are rather disturbing
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NewsLeading industry figures named in Queen's birthday honours list
Successful appointees include key chief executives, consultant and professor
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CommentLearning the hard way
Question marks remain over whether the government’s new Education Funding Agency – and construction strategy – will be a success
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NewsBritish firms to consider working with Libyan rebels
British Expertise wants to build infratsucture
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NewsBanks criticised for not lending to construction firms
Over a third of small contractors have had problems gaining access to credit
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NewsEducation Funding Agency to deliver 100 PFI schools
New agency to manage schools construction programme after Partnerships for Schools is wound up
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NewsWilliam Hill takes bets on Broadgate listing
Long odds placed on government protecting complex blocking £340m British Land development
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NewsSocial housing to install PV panels
Twelve social landlords look to use Green Deal to install solar panels on their stock of homes
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News
Foster + Partners reveals Lebanon project
3Beruit will be a mixed-use development in the city’s central district
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NewsOver half of QSs have seen clients accept suicide bids
RICS survey reveals full extent of suicide bidding in the recession, as firms are forced to ’buy’ work
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CommentA brief history of public land initiatives
Government’s promise to build 100,000 homes on public land is by no means the first
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Features
Afghanistan: Construction's front line
In the midst of war-torn Afghanistan dozens of construction projects continue unabated. Building reports on the unique challenges - and dangers - facing contractors at Camp Bastion in Helmand province
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CommentNEC contracts: Love and understanding
NEC contracts call for mutual trust and co-operation, but what does this actually mean and how does it work in the sometimes cut-throat world of business?