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NewsLaing O'Rourke lands £100m Hong Kong tunnels job
Joint venture with Bachy Soletanche will help build link to Chinese high speed rail network
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NewsCarillion wins 10-year framework contract on Heathrow
Support services firm to provide facilities management services, with the first two jobs valued at £50m
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CommentWhy local authorities would be mad to grant planning permissions right now
The government has created an atmosphere of doubt by pulling apart the planning system before coming up with a new one
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CommentBudget responsibility and all that
The latest forecast from the Office of Budget Responsibility makes grim reading, particularly for construction…
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NewsSculptor recreates Tate Modern out of sugar cubes
Models of Tate Modern and NEO Bankside can be viewed by the public during the London Festival of Architecture
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NewsHousebuilders to be hit by affordable housing slump
Report warns social homes built this year could fall 65%, the lowest annual total for 20 years
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NewsBSF latest: Balfour wins £220m Derby deal and Interserve picks up £150m St Helens job
Building understands Vinci has lost out on both deals amid widespread uncertainty over future of £55bn schools programme
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NewsLend Lease bans Bovis from £40bn nuclear sector
Contractor backs out of EDF deal at last minute as Australian parent decides to shun ’unethical’ work
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NewsUnite official accuses union of collusion in blacklist
File seen by Building points to union complicity in providing information used to identify ’troublemakers’
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News'Usual suspects' linked to Scott Wilson takeover
A string of names has been linked to a bid for consulting engineer Scott Wilson, which confirmed it had received more than one takeover approach this week
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NewsCivil engineers alarmed at transport infrastructure hiatus
CECA warns on suspension of conditional approvals for all major local transport schemes
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NewsCrossrail budget squeezed as costs climb £1bn
Cost estimates for the £2bn overground sections of Crossrail have risen by 30% as the project’s senior management remains under pressure to cut costs on the £15.9bn scheme, writes Joey Gardiner.
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NewsGovernment to pull funding from zero-carbon housing body
Grant Shapps, the housing minister, has signalled his intention to halt government funding for an independent body that was set up to help deliver zero-carbon housing
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NewsShapps to rush out guidance as planning grinds to halt
Housing minister to bring in rule changes in ’next two months’ as up to 40 councils halt or delay plans
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Apollo buys maintenance firm FWA West for £2m
Property services group Apollo has bought Essex-based social housing maintenance firm FWA West in a deal estimated to be worth about £2m
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NewsWillmott Dixon goes hybrid to offset public sector cuts
Chief executive prepares for tougher times with plans to increase private development work
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CommentHousebuilding gets all shook up
With regional spatial strategies binned, is the recent housebuilding revival in jeopardy? And what about density targets?
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CommentSchools out
Michael Gove’s attack on BSF has angered the construction industry, but might he have a point?
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CommentArchitects – meet the real world
Many architects have evolved into service providers for giant PFI contractor consortiums. Which means that, if they lose their jobs, they can’t fend for themselves