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Gateshead firm fined £100k over worker death
Rubb Buildings admitted it failed to ensure safety of employee Steven Watson
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Public opposition puts £140m Aberdeen civic square in jeopardy
Martha Schwartz-designed City Square deemed too expensive and not green enough
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ISG bags £7.1m Hertfordshire University scheme
Contractor wins contract on RMJM-designed law school that aims to acheive BREEAM excellent rating
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Máirtín Clarke to retire from CRH
Managing director for products and distribution of building materials group will be replaced by Eric Bax
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Tolent clauses examined
In a landmark judgment yesterday, the Technology and Construction Court held that clauses that require a contractor to pay the employer’s legal costs, win or lose, do not comply with the Construction Act
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Making a Case for Health and Safety
The IOSH Conference in Glasgow discussed the topic of making a case for health and safety, increasing positive communication and helping H, S and E professionals to do their jobs without obstruction or prejudice.This got me thinking ….Imagine the sceneYou’re sat in a small bar with live comedy. The room ...
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Mall mania: Majid Al Futtaim Group’s building boom
You don’t have to be British to work for the Majid Al Futtaim Group but it certainly helps. Having built 10 malls in the Middle East, MAF now has plans for another 10 and, it wants you in on the shopping spree
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Sean Tompkins named RICS chief executive
Chief operating officer will take top spot at surveyor institution later this year
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Labour under fire for proposing regeneration cuts in manifesto
Property industry attacks pledge to make 'savings in regeneration funding'
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Tory manifesto commits to 20,000 new apprentice places
David Cameron sets out stall for election with plans for training, a minimum carbon price and new nuclear fleet
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Telford Homes: Year-end results will be ahead of expectations
London and Essex-based housebuilder says it has sold 389 properties this year, compared with 350 last year
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Laing O'Rourke consortium signs £450m water deal
Scottish Water contract is part of £2.5bn capital investment programme
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Housing sales increase at fastest rate for three years
21% more surveyors saw more instructions than those that saw less in March
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Grainger reports 42% rise in property sales
Developer says land prices and margins both increased in the first half of the financial year
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Peter Cunningham takes New Zealand role
Construction Clients Group boss will take role at Constructing Excellence abroad
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MPs attack plans for 10-mile Severn barrage
Pair criticise plans for being ’eyewateringly’ expensive and damaging to the environment
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High time: topping out of the Heron Tower
“This event is quite something,” said one guest at the topping out of the Heron Tower yesterday. “You don’t get many of these ceremonies done like this. Or with this many guests. But then look around. You would know that this was a [Gerald] Ronson event wouldn’t you?”I have to ...
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Balfour Beatty beats Wates to £300m Ealing BSF scheme
Sources say contractor won job last week to work on 15 schools in the London borough
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Labour launches election manifesto
Labour Party pledges design standards for public buildings, savings on regeneration and moving health spending away from buildings