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NewsConstruction experts: ‘We don’t trust ONS output data’
Leading industry figures believe statistics from the ONS are inaccurate
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NewsCyril Sweett shifts focus from UK
The firm has said 57% of its order book is from outside Europe
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NewsWolverton Park: urban retreat
A £35m residential development in Milton Keynes has been selected as the sole UK entry in an international shortlist of nominees for the Urban Land Institute’s Awards for Excellence
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CommentWonders and Blunders
Billy Reading applauds the Barbican for stitching together old and new elements in a historic setting, but boos the unsustainable Palm Jumeirah for assaulting its surroundings
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NewsMears' chairman to have pay reduced after PwC review
The firm was told it needed to be more transparent about senior staff’s pay
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Comment
The small print
Readers are concerned with the nitty gritty this week. Did completion mean practical completion or not? Was it a bank or a public holiday? More importantly, to pay or not to pay?
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Sir Robert McAlpine profit slumps by almost a quarter
This was despite the firm landing some significant contract awards
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NewsPhase one of Masdar complete
The $1.4bn first phase of one of the world’s most sustainable cities, Masdar in Abu Dhabi, has been completed.
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NewsGalliford Try: 'Spring selling season is back'
Contractor also sees slight improvement in construction order book
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NewsTender prices 'have passed lowest point'
Yet slight increase in prices in Q4 2010 offset by spike in materials costs
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CommentLondon Plan goes for growth
Suggested changes this week to the Boris Johnson London Plan could spell positive news for housing
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NewsConsultant accused of Jo Yeates' murder admits manslaughter
Buro Happold consultant Vincent Tabak pleads guilty to manslaughter but denies murder and will face a full trial in October
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NewsBallymore submits plans for US embassy area
Terry Farrell’s 15-acre masterplan for area around proposed US embassy goes in for planning
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NewsBIG and Buro win Albanian culture complex
Designs unveiled for 27,000m2 project featuring an unenclosed mosque and public square
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NewsMorgan Sindall order book edges up
Contractor announces that trading is in line with expectataions although fit out work has fallen
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NewsLondon commercial office construction up 137%
Boom in building in the capital in advance of a shortage of office space in 2012-13