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Grontmij buys French engineer
Dutch consultancy Grontmij has bought a controlling share in French engineer Ginger, making it the fourth largest engineering consultancy in Europe
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Gleeds snaps up consultant in bid to diversify away from BSF
Gleeds has bought an education consultancy, Cocentra, for an undisclosed sum in a bid to survive the cuts to the Building Schools for the Future programme
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Enter the Sitelife competition
The developer Urban Splash has joined forces with Property Week, Building and Building Design to launch a competition to find a temporary use for a site in Manchester’s Ancoats district
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NewsNo excuse for late returns
A residential block designed by Studio Egret West was one of seven projects to win a Housing Design Award this week
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NewsIndustry shocked by 233% price hike for Scott Wilson
URS bought British firm for 290p a share, up from price of 87p at start of June
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Raynsford hits out at HSE policy
Former construction minister Nick Raynsford has condemned the Health and Safety Executive’s blast-zone policy after it scuppered a £300m residential development in south London
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NewsLegal brief
ISG has won a fit-out contract for the new headquarters of law firm Pinsent Masons in the City of London
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Grimshaw and Carillion paid out £7m on Bath spa
Bath council’s accounts have revealed that Grimshaw Architects and Carillion paid out £7m in compensation for the city’s disastrous spa project
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Latest Construction appointments - 9 July 2010
John Vincent, currently leader of Aecom’s Europe transportation practice, is to take up a new role as the firm’s strategic planning and advisory service for its global
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Councils given power to decide on housebuilding targets
Local authorities have been given permission to plan for as many homes as they see fit in their districts, after the coalition government abolished Labour’s regional spatial strategies
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NewsRed dragon
The 10th temporary Serpentine pavilion in London’s Hyde Park opens to the public this weekend
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Arup boss: Brace yourself for a tough year and more takeovers
Philip Dilley, the chairman of Arup, has forecast further takeovers and a “tougher” year as consultants are hit by cuts in public sector spending.Dilley, who took over at Arup in April 2009, said the recent spate of takeovers of British consultants by US firms, such as URS’ takeover of Scott ...
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Insolvencies drop 19% in Q2
Construction insolvencies fell 19% in the second quarter of 2010 compared with the previous quarter.The number of insolvencies in the second quarter was 555, down from 686 in the first quarter, according to figures from Pricewaterhouse Coopers.Insolvencies were 24% down on the second quarter of last year.Jonathan Hook, construction and ...
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Travis Perkins buys plumbing firm BSS for £558m
Builders merchant Travis Perkins has agreed to buy plumbing and heating firm BSS Group for £558m
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NewsCoinford says view from the ground is better
Company profile Work is picking up for groundworks firm, but profit is an ’ancient word’
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CommentThe real deal
Settlement agreements promise greater certainty but should be handled with care
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FeaturesIn at the sharp end
The 60,686 acrylic spikes on Heatherwick Studio’s British pavilion have been the talk of the Shanghai Expo, as Stephen Kennett found out when he paid a visit. But how on earth was it all put together?
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FeaturesOn the menu
With the private sector still subsisting on scraps and the non-infrastructure public sector just grateful that its provisions weren’t cut any further in the emergency Budget, the infrastructure market represents a veritable feast at the moment. So welcome to the latest in our infrastructure market reports
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FeaturesInfrastructure markets: saving grace
If there was one sliver of comfort in the Budget, it was that there were no further cuts to infrastructure spending. Victoria Jackson of Davis Langdon surveys the work that will be on offer in the years ahead
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CommentCan school bid costs be recovered?
Procurement processes are usually set up to give the procuring body no duty to pay bid costs if schemes don’t go ahead. But there may be particular circumstances on certain contracts that could justify bidders recovering their bid costs