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Kier reports improved order book
Company sees slight improvement on last year, with most work coming through frameworks and from the education sector
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Former construction minister Stephen Timms stabbed
Labour MP was attacked by a 21-year-old woman in east London and is now recovering in hospital
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Waterman expects fall in profit
Engineering consultant blames subdued activity in commercial market for 7% dip in revenue in third quarter
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Travis Perkins announces slight increase in profits
Builders' merchant says revenue up 2.2% since December last year
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Latest phase of Middlesbrough transporter bridge upgrade begins
Refurbishment is part of the build-up to the centenary celebrations of the iconic structure's openiing
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Tactical adjudications
Everyone knows that adjudications are often as much about tactical manoeuvring as they are about the substance of the dispute. However, once in a while the courts like to remind parties not to push their luck too far. That is exactly what happened in Pilon Limited vs Breyer Group Plc.Pilon, ...
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£3.5m Bomber Command memorial gets green light
Monument, designed by architect Liam O'Connor, will be built in London's Green Park to commemorate those who dies during Second World War air raids
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Rok Building vs Celtic Composting Systems
Our Fenwick Elliott expert discusses a dispute over the 'slip rule'
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The new austerity begins now
One of the side effects of spending five days in limbo after the general election is that some of the construction industry might have got the funny idea that nothing much had changed
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Latest construction appointments - 14 May 2010
Capita Symonds has appointed Clifford Martin head of its architecture division, Capita Architecture. He joined the firm following Capita’s purchase of Percy Thomas architects in 2004 and now runs Capita Architecture’s defence sector team
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Billions of pounds of schools and health projects frozen
New government halts all schools contracts not at preferred bidder stage and postpones Procure 21+
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RBS distressed land boss leaves
Paul Aubrey left the bank two weeks ago to 'pursue other real estate investment opportunities'
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TPT Construction faces liquidation for non-payment
Complaints about £20m contractor have increased since 21-year-old tycoon bought it last year
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SMEs face thousands of redundancies if VAT rises
Research reveals rise to 20% could decrease demand by 2% in the housing sector and cost 7,500 jobs
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NewsArchitects to take on developers in festival cycle sprint
London Festival of Architecture kicks off with a five-lap race around London’s Smithfield’s market
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Taylor Wimpey appoints non-executive chairman
Former Serco chairman Kevin Beeston will replace Norman Askew on 1 July
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‘Onerous contract’ destroyed Tube Lines PPP
Advisers close to situation say specific nature of deal was to blame, rather than general failure of PPP
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Henry Boot 'cautious' about public sector
But firm says low gearing will help its performance, as it reduces debt by £10m