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Mukund Patel: How free schools will work
Why BSF had to end and the new opportunities for construction in the next round of school delivery
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NewsWYG opens in South Africa and Croatia
Engineering consultant also reorganises business around four skill areas
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Bank of England slashes growth forecast
Mervyn King has reduced the UK’s growth forecast for 2011 to 2.5%.
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APC extras: M006 – Conflict avoidance, management and dispute resolution procedures
A mandatory competency to level 1, M006 also features as an optional competency on a range of different pathways
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M&S's Steve Fuller on collaboration
M&S’s head of construction and architecture says there should be more collaboration in the supermarket supply chain
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Mark Underwood: 'How local sourcing can secure planning for supermarkets'
Sourcing and recruiting locally can be a key tool in gaining planning approval for supermarkets says Mark Underwood, director of town planning at Drivers Jonas Deloitte
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John Lewis' Tony Jacobs on partnering versus tendering
It’s difficult to keep a partnering ethos in the supermarket supply chain when tendering always delivers better value, says Tony Jacob, head of construction and maintenance at John Lewis.
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NewsAbolition of regional strategies 'unlawful'
Cala Homes pushes for Judicial Review of scrapping of plans containing housing targets
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NewsPidgley receives £1.5m bonus for Berkeley profits
Group chairman gets full bonus after group stays in profit in 2009
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NewsProfits fall by a third at Interserve
Outsourcing group points to government spend after expected reduction in half-year profits
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NewsICI develops paint-checking laser beam
Veri-Tag paint additive allows a laser to check that contractors are following designers’ specifications
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NewsEnergy generating window panes could be on market in five years
Nanotechnology could allow solar cells to be sprayed onto window panes according to Norwegian inventors
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NewsFire fears prompt timber stairs safety scheme
BWF third party certification scheme aims to eliminate dangerous practice within stair manufacturing industry
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CommentNo spring bounce in work say contractors… despite official figures showing a huge jump
The CPA says contractors were working less in Q2. So how does this tally with the huge jump in construction output reported by the ONS?
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NewsCountryside wins planning for huge Cambridge extension
Housebuilder given permission for 2,550-home Clays Farm scheme
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CommentKnowles' knowledge: Downing tools and getting paid
Contractors and subbies are entitled to walk off site if they haven’t been paid, but they have to stick to the rules…
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NewsManchester approves 33-storey student tower
Second tallest building in Manchester will provide accommodation for 520 students
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NewsRICS reports first house price falls for a year
Surveyors inccreasingly pessimistic over future home prices
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NewsDesign team sought for Outer Hebrides castle
A design team is being sought for the revamp of Stonoway’s Lews Castle.
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NewsSaudi construction to grow by 6.8% in 2010
£50bn of infrastructure projects underway in Kingdom