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Controversial Aberdeen bypass hit by new legal challenge
Protest group mounts legal action against £395m Scottish scheme after public inquiry results in approval
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Mott MacDonald bags Ukraine sewer contract
Consultant hopes to gain more local infrastructure jobs after work on £1m Odessa project
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NEC in practice
If you want to use the NEC contracts successfully, then you've got to keep talking to each other. That was the key message to be taken from a talk titled “NEC in Practice” recently hosted by the King’s College Construction Law Association in conjunction with the Chartered Institute of Building. ...
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MAAP Architects unveil £75m mental health facility
Building work finishes on PFI project for mental health and learning disabilities
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Horizon confirms Crest Nicholson bid
Entrepreneur Hugh Osmond is using Horizon as a vehicle to takeover troubled housebuilder in £350m bid
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Construction 'stuck in recession till 2011'
Construction Products Association report says industry is lagging behind the UK economic recovery
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Redrow set to return profitability
Housebuilder says second half of the year will see a return to profit and that sales are ahead of last year
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Nakheel reveals plans to pay creditors in bonds
Dubai developer to give trade creditors 40% cash and 60% Islamic bonds
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Mears wins £300m contract
Family Mosaic awards maintenance firm its biggest ever contract covering over 20,000 homes for 10 years
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Balfour Beatty sells stakes in two PPPs for £21m
Contractor sells interests in Aberdeen Environment Services and Consort Healthcare
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Tesco plans four 'mini villages'
Times reports on supermarket giant's plan to take advantage of 10% rise in house prices since last April
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House prices to plateau in 2010
Panel of property experts say prices will be flat this year and rise in line with inflation over next three to four years
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HOK unveils £5m orthopaedic centre
Duke of York opens Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital's outpatient centre
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Are the shackles to come off at Crest Nicholson?
Stephen Stone was coy about the details of Horizon's takeover approach, but talking to him this morning he could not suppress his good mood
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Are the shackles to come off at Crest Nicholson?
Stephen Stone was not giving much away this morning when asked about the reported £350m-plus bid for Crest Nicholson by pizza and pub entrepreneur Hugh Osmond.Osmond's listed Horizon vehicle is on the hunt for a deal after raising £420m earlier this year and the housebuilding sector has clearly caught his ...
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Brickonomics: Latest construction forecasts suggest a gloomy outlook
If you're looking for signs of hope in the industry, perhaps you shouldn't read this week's round of predictions...
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Latest construction forecasts suggest there is more to fear than hope for
The latest round of forecasting by construction experts paints a picture little changed from three months ago with little hope of significant growth, much uncertainty and the risks to growth heavily weighted on the down side.The general pattern they expect can be seen from the graph (right).It shows that after ...
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Starting your own business, part 17: Taking on a permament employee
Becoming an employer as opposed to using freelance staff is a big responsility, so weigh up the pros and cons carefully
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Brickonomics: It's a double-dip for construction
GDP figures would indicate low growth for the UK and a worrying 0.7% fall for the industry
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Building Awards 2010: In pictures
At the annual celebration of industry talent, it was a night of black tie and blackjack for construction's finest