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Skanska relief at £1bn school win
Skanska has been chosen as preferred bidder for the £1bn Essex Building Schools for the Future programme
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Capita swoops on Inventures
Capita Symonds has bought £7m-turnover healthcare specialist consultancy Inventures
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NewsWaltzing in
AEG Europe and architect Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands have submitted proposals to Greenwich council for a 450-bed hotel with a triple-height reception pavilion next to the O2 dome
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Countryside loss hits £54m as details of debt deal emerge
Turnover crashes by half as housebuilder is hit by falling market and exposure to mixed-tenure schemes
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Citywatch: Nobody is indispensable (except Mark)
Shares in Connaught were showing no sign of recovery early this week after last Friday’s shock announcement that chief executive Mark Davies would part ways with the social housing specialist in August
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CommentGovernment burglars
As Brian Green points out in his column on drumming up work, the government has pretty much kept the industry in business during the recession
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NewsRay of light: Adams Kara Taylor's Malawi academy
Structural engineer Adams Kara Taylor has collaborated with an international team including Arup to design and build the £9.2m Raising Malawi Academy for Girls
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Balfour’s £1.9m buy
Balfour Beatty has acquired Multibuild Hotels and Leisure and Multibuild Interiors in a deal worth £1.9m
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Lovell’s £22m deal
Affordable housebuilder Lovell has won its first contract, worth £22m, through its framework with River Clyde Homes. It has started work on 195 homes at three sites in Port Glasgow in Inverclyde.
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£100m Home loan
Barclays bank has loaned Waterloo Housing Group £100m to build 3,000 homes in the Midlands over three years. Waterloo was formed 15 months ago from the Eastern Shires Housing Group and Waterloo Housing Association.
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Bowkett’s double shift
McCarthy & Stone has appointed Alan Bowkett chairman a week after fellow housebuilder Gladedale hired him for the same non-executive role. Bowkett has a reputation for turning round struggling firms.
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Hyder optimistic
Engineering consultant Hyder has said it will beat profit forecasts in its full-year results despite being owed £9.4m in Dubai. It said it had scaled back work in Dubai, but had won six major projects since October.
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Mouchel renegotiates
Consultant Mouchel has renegotiated terms with its banks to avoid a breach of covenants
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DoH seeks to foil £28m claim
The Department of Health is seeking to throw out a £28m claim for bid costs filed against it by a John Laing-led consortium
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NewsFrank’s club
Plans have been revealed for a Frank Gehry-designed clubhouse for a beach golf club on Abu Dhabi’s Saadiyat Island
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Universities may face even harsher capital spending cuts
Universities may face further cuts to capital spending on top of the reduction announced this week, it has emerged
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NewsChurch ahoy!
Finnish architect ARK-house has completed a building at Vuosaari Harbour in Helsinki to welcome visiting seamen
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FeaturesSpotlight on lifts
The complexity of lifts can vary immensely, which means that their lead times do the same. Here Brian Moone looks at what’s involved – with special reference to the lifts at one very special building …
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SMEs: Tangled up in tape
A survey by the NFB has shown how public procurement is systematically biased against small firms. Emily Wright found out how, and met one group of SMEs that are fighting back