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NewsPlymouth University reveals plans for Hoe
Former site of the Plymouth School of Architecture set to be location for student accommodation designed by Willmore Illes Architects
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NewsMace profits soar by 30%
The contractor building the Shard increases pre-tax profit by 30% to £19.3m
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CommentValue of UK homes rose £125.7 billion in 2009
Sounds big, but it's not so impressive when you consider inflation and stock growth
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CommentHow to force clients to pay more quickly
A quarter of contractors wait over 60 days for payment from clients. Here are the legal routes to prompter payments
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NewsGove accused of exaggerating free school interest
Official figures say only 62 groups have made applications to open their own schools
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NewsBidders prepare to pounce on stricken Connaught
Social housing contractor in crisis talks with banks as suppliers report tenfold rise in late payments
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FeaturesIs it time to leave the Middle East?
You would forgive UK firms for clambering over each other to escape from Dubai at the moment, yet Hopkins and WSP have vowed to keep their offices open. So do they know something other companies don’t?
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Architect pays £180,000 after worker's death
An architect has been told to pay out £180,000 after pleading guilty to safety breaches.
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Aldar loses £136m in first half of 2010
Abu Dhabi’s biggest developer reports loss for the third consecutive quarter
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NewsBenoy bags £1.6m of work in India
Architect wins three contracts during prime minister’s visit to country
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NewsIncoming RIBA head hits out at 'disgraceful' pay offers
Angela Brady threatens to name and shame architects offering internships with low or no salary
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Atkins to shed hundreds of staff from transport division
Atkins is in talks with “several hundred” staff over redundancies as consultants adjust to a tightening of public sector spending.
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CIOB to rescue Carillion students
The Chartered Institute of Building has pledged to find placements for the 83 students left in the lurch after Carillion axed its sponsorship programme
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6.6% hike in building output boosts GDP
Construction output grew 6.6% in the second quarter of 2010, helping to raise GDP to higher than expected levels
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Laing O’Rourke man nabbed by Wates
Wates has poached Laing O’Rourke’s education head and put him in charge of the firm’s PPP schemes
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NewsNewcastle apartments: Blyth spirits
Developer Blyth House Development has gained planning permission for a 133-bed student residence on Newcastle’s quayside
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Latest construction appointments: 30 July 2010
Fran Button has joined the law firm Michelmores as a partner. She was previously head of non-contentious business at Pinsent Masons’ construction and engineering team
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NewsODA to sell Stratford station site with consent for homes
Delivery body to develop plans in bid to cut the cost of Games as two-year milestone is passed
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Scrapped turbine for Olympic park cost almost £1m
The Olympic Delivery Authority spent almost £1m working up plans for a wind turbine on the Olympic park only for it to be scrapped last month, the organisation has admitted.In accounts published last week, the ODA said the proposal for a 130m-high turbine had incurred “abortive” costs of £842,000 for ...