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NewsLaing O'Rourke Ireland halves staff as turnover plummets
Irish arm of construction giant cuts workforce after turnover collapses by 75%
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NewsBBMV JV bags £235m Crossrail contract
£235m deal is for the Whitechapel and Liverpool Street Station tunnels
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NewsPersimmon expects 'significant increase' in profits
Housebuilder forecasts turnover of £1.57bn helped by boost in sales and prices, while chairman John White steps down after 32 years with the firm.
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NewsHouse prices fall 1.3%
Monthly drop to the end of December brings average house price to £162,435.
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NewsRoger Plank becomes ISE president
Institution of Structural Engineers to inaurgurate new president later this month
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CommentIt's not looking good for house prices in 2011
House prices dropped by 1.6% in 2010 and will continue falling according to Halifax figures
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Construction sector suffers most insolvencies in 2010
PwC says more construction firms went bust last year than in any other sector
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NewsRICS launches Big Society study
Commission sets up to look at how communities can shape neighbourhoods under government policy
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NewsFirm fined £5,000 after three workers fall through skylights
HSE prosecutes Bizspace Investments after successive incidents leave one worker paralysed
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NewsRoger Preston & Partners to lose name
Consultant will now trade as Grontmij following takeover in 2008
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FeaturesFuturistic suite in Sweden's Ice Hotel
Graduate architect and designer create a temporary ice suite inspired by Disney’s Tron: Legacy
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NewsCapita safety consultant on Qatar oil and gas event
Firm health and safety consultant on two events held at Ras Laffan near Doha
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NewsBovis name set to go in Lend Lease rebrand
Australian parent poised to drop 125-year-old name, while John Spanswick announces retirement
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FeaturesCasualties and survival tactics for 2011
If 2010 was the year of the wreckage, then 2011 has to be the year of crawling out of it
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NewsSnook will need to join queue for £7,000 in unpaid Rok wages
Chief executive of collapsed contractor among staff owed wages as scale of debts becomes clear
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CommentBye-bye Bovis
The year has just begun and already one of the oldest names in UK construction is on the way out
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NewsHousing planning permissions fall by a fifth
Latest HBF data says permissions have collapsed under coalition government
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NewsRMJM sued by US staff for unpaid bonuses
Scottish architect accused in US court of not meeting $664,000 guarantee
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Top insulation firms fight advertising battle in the High Court
Kingspan takes Rockwool to court over an advertising campaign questioning the effectiveness of Kingspan’s products
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NewsGovernment rejects new timber frame rules
CLG rules out implementation of GLA demands to make timber-frame sites more safe