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NewsInfrastructure Now: Call for speakers
Building’s new virtual event in September is inviting industry experts to join its panel of speakers
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CommentSigns of a stalling housing market
It’s a confused picture, but overall the recent resurgence in the market looks to be petering out
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NewsRoad pricing 'inevitable'
RAC Foundation calls for motorists to be charged by the mile to avoid gridlock in future
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Boris plans new east Thames crossing
Mayor’s transport agency to build £25m cable car from the O2 to the Royal Docks
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NewsTravis Perkins buys BSS for £558m
Builders’ merchant has agreed to buy plumbing and heating firm BSS Group
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NewsSkanska closes deal on £100m Belmarsh prison job
Contractor expected to start on site next month and finish the category B prison in 2012
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NewsGovernment calls in construction firms to slash contracts
Sunday Times says paymaster general will force cuts in existing contracts as HCA cuts loom
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NewsT Clarke's order book rises to £220m
Electrical contractor says trading is in line with expectations but it is winding down operations in Preston
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NewsGovernment to announce BSF cuts today
Construction industry braces itself for scaling back of £55bn school rebuilding programme
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NewsDanny Alexander to announce HCA cuts at 4pm
Treasury secretary’s decision to determine how much of £610m funding black hole will be filled
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CommentChelsea Barracks: The Prince is not the Problem
Does the ongoing Chelsea Barracks saga teach us as much about architects as it does Prince Charles?
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FeaturesStool of hard knocks
Karol Olszewski was on his lunchbreak near London’s High Holborn when he spotted this nonchalant window-fixer posing a significant danger to himself and passers-by
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CommentUS consultanting giants: About the size of it
Clients who have had a close relationship with a consultant they see as independent and free thinking could hesitate before employing a more impersonal multinational
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NewsEC Harris will float to fund $1bn global growth plans
Chief executive Philip Youell rejects takeover talk as partners vote for listing to raise up to £350m
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NewsHiggins heads public sector construction high earners
Boss of Olympic Delivery Authority tops list that includes HCA and PfS staff
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Maude to oversee all construction spending
A powerful Cabinet Office body set up to cut government waste is to determine how all departmental and quango construction spend is procured, Building understands
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Construction activity grows for fourth month in a row
CIPS reports ’modest rises’ in order books, though fears of cuts slow pace
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NewsMorgan Sindall order book grows to £3.5bn
Trading update reports trading uplift but outstanding concern over spending cuts
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NewsFive prisons ‘to be scrapped’
Consultants and contractors are predicting that five PFI prisons will be scrapped under new Tory justice policy, frustrating shortlisted firms
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NewsTravis Perkins results 'above expectations'
Builders merchant plans to pay dividend after sustained trading increase