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NewsHyder reveals positive start to year
Engineering giant says trading from April to July was slightly ahead of expectations
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NewsInfinity Bridge wins steel award
Stockton-on-Tees’ Infinity Footbridge was one of four projects to scoop gongs at last week’s Structural Steel Design Awards
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NewsGove faces Lib Dem split over BSF
Simon Hughes, Lib Dem deputy leader, distances party from education secretary’s decision to axe 700 school projects
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NewsOver £100m wasted on scrapped schools bid costs
Lawyers predict flood of claims after government abandons 719 projects
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NewsCyril Sweett buys biggest QS in Asia
Consultant plans expansion into China with aquisition of Hong Kong-based Widnell
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NewsRogers and Pidgley team up for US embassy neighbour
Architect to design 800 homes and hotel for Berkeley subsidiary next to £690m Battersea project
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NewsFuture of school building unclear until Christmas
Government review may delay scaled-back programme till end of 2011
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NewsClient caution takes toll on Cyril Sweett order book
Chief executive points to stage-by-stage commitment to projects as orders fall 20%
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CommentShanghai diary: What China taught the CIOB
CIOB members took in the magnitude of China’s construction growth at its recent AGM in Shanghai
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NewsEx-Kier chief engineer starts new consultancy
Barry Johnson joins ex-Robert Benaim director Brian Bell to form Bell Johnson
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CommentThe legal fall-out from scrapping BSF
Claims could soon start from companies left out of pocket by the government shredding of BSF
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Bovis Homes reports 6% rise in house sales
Housebuilder boosts land bank in first six months of year with purchase of land for 4,400 new homes
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NewsGreen light for £93m Laing O'Rourke hospital
Health secretary Andrew Lansley pledges £70m government funding for stalled West Cumberland Hospital
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NewsSign up for Building's third cycling track day
The construction industry¹s annual cycling challenge is returning to Herne Hill Velodrome on August 12th
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CommentNever mind the counter claims
If I owe you £20 and you owe me £10, can I ask an adjudicator to ignore my debt and make you pay up? This eternal problem has just been tackled once again by the courts
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Comment
A bit of revision
The rules on the taking of evidence in international arbitration are used as a benchmark by tribunals. So you probably want to know what the impact of recent revisions will be
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FeaturesHousing Design Awards: Living proof
It takes more than a numbing recession, constrained sites and nimbyism to stifle creativity in housing design. Martin Spring reviews the winners of this year’s Housing Design Awards
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FeaturesWaiting for High Speed 2 to get here
The coalition has given its backing to a high-speed rail network in the UK, but there is a lot of uncertainty over how, when and in what form it will arrive
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FeaturesEDF nuclear boss talkin' about his generation
Alan Cumming wants your help building EDF’s third-generation nuclear power plants, which, if all goes to plan, means four multibillion-pound projects and more than 150 contracts up for grabs