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NewsFive last Crossrail design contracts awarded
Mott Macdonald, Atkins and Parsons Brinckerhoff secure work on £16bn London rail link
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NewsEnding in a whimper
Figures from buyers' body CIPS showed the industry continued to decline in December
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NewsYear ends with 22nd consecutive monthly contraction
Data reveals little change since November, but chief executive of CIPS is upbeat about outlook
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NewsStarting up your own business, part seven: A job at last?
Just as you run out of ideas and even the dog's in a sulk, a promising email arrives
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NewsTipped for the topple
Is that the infamous leaning tower of Pontefract – or just an idiotically erected scaffold?
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NewsBalfour Beatty's Gammon wins £180m of Hong Kong work
Contractor’s 50%-owned infrastructure firm will build train station and rail link and redevelop leisure complex
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NewsGalliford Try wins Cambridgeshire BSF contract
Firm becomes construction partner to consortium named as preferred bidder on schools programme
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NewsHong Kong opens 1km long cable-stayed bridge
World’s second longest cable-stayed bridge spans the city’s Rambler Channel
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NewsTfL re-lets engineering and project management framework
Thirty-six suppliers named for four-year framework worth up to £500m in potential work
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NewsScott Wilson wins work on first high-speed rail line in Middle East
Consultant win £14.5m contract to project manage construction work on 440km railway
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NewsWork starts at stalled £1.5bn London Gateway port
Debt-ridden owner Dubai World begins construction work on essential infrastructure for Thames Gateway project
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NewsTwelve hurt as blast flattens Shrewsbury flats
Investigation is focusing on gas leak as probable cause of devastating blast
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NewsUS construction spending falls 13%
Sharp decline in housebuilding drags November's overall construction spending to lowest level in over nine years
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Comment
CIPS figures show construction activity in 2009 ending with a whimper
The buyers’ body CIPS has released its first construction statistics of the New Year and they show the industry continuing to decline in December.The construction index finished the year on 47.1, below the 50 no-change mark for the 22nd consecutive month.But there was some good news. The housing index remained ...
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NewsLiving on the ledge
Well, decorating on the ledge, anyway – while clinging to a drainpipe, balanced on a set of steps above a row of shops
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NewsStarting up your own business, part six: The elusive first commission
Time flies at the speed of a jet aircraft when the money is running out…
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NewsFSA probes HBOS loans to housebuilders
Financial Services Authority is due to report on multimillion-pound loans agreed by HBOS exec to the property and housebuilding sector
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NewsPundits point to flat house prices in 2010
It’s the time of the year for reflections, resolutions and prognostications. And what can be more fun than guessing the likely path of house prices?
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NewsDevelopers and housebuilders to fight Tory planning proposals
Group fears handing planning power over to local councils will mean applications will be judged on 'instincts or political whims'
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NewsDavid Chipperfield knighted in new year honours
Honoured construction professionals also include rail regulator Christopher Bolt and former RIBA president George Ferguson