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NewsProject/construction manager of the year
The winner of this award has just burst onto the European scene, and is in the process of dramatically rearranging it – so expect to hear even more from it next year …
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NewsEx-Wimpey finance boss takes over at Countryside
Andrew Carr-Locke appointed executive chairman to get tighter control of finances
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NewsCountryside gets green light for Cambridge scheme
Glebe Farm development approved despite ongoing dispute with council over level of affordable housing
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NewsConstruction decline holds back UK economy
Nominal growth of 0.2% is hampered by decrease of 0.7% in construction sector
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NewsSME employees set for 2% pay rise
Negotiations between employers and unions result in agreed 2% rise from 13 September
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NewsBalfour Beatty wins £65m housing contract
Mansell subsidiary will design and build 324 homes in London’s Wornington Green
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NewsBuilding’s project of the year
The entries for construction’s equivalent of the best picture Oscar had the judges racking their brains for superlatives. In the end, a new addition to an old museum got the nod Sponsored by Schueco UK
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NewsNumber 1,111: Miami nice
1,111 Lincoln Road in Miami could be a contender for the most stunning car park in the world
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NewsLancsville failure delays £42m job by 18 months
Collapsed contractor’s biggest project more than 16% over budget after structural defects
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NewsRenewable heat incentive scheme attacked
Sustainable building association warns that government plans could lead to higher carbon emissions
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NewsBalfour Beatty wins £65m West London housing contract
Mansell subsidiary will build 324 homes for Kensington Housing Trust
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NewsEdward Cullinan's Fitzwilliam College library officially opens
Duke of Edinburgh opens university building designed by this year's Building Awards Architect of the Year
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NewsPersonality of the year
This year’s winner is a man who can make a compelling case to have done more practical good to more people in the construction industry than any other: Tim Byles
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NewsMcAlpine and Mace team up for £400m super-lab
Sir Robert McAlpine and Mace, who are vying for one of the few jobs not on hold in the City of London, have teamed up to bid for a £400m deal to build a new “super laboratory” in the capital
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NewsIan Tyler still best value boss as bonus row escalates
Balfour chief executive praised for 2009 success as shareholders complain of ‘excessive’ rewards
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NewsMid-range rental plan to rescue housing numbers
Housing association says grant could go twice as far, as funding reduction looms
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NewsWrap award for sustainable construction
The reduction of site waste sent to landfill is an area where the British construction industry has made great advances, but nobody has advanced as far as this year’s winner
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NewsCapita Symonds to win £30m 2012 legacy job
Consultant Capita Symonds looks set to secure a multimillion pound role on a project overseeing the London borough of Newham’s Olympic legacy during and after the Games.
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Comment
Mentmore Towers vs Packman Lucas: a court injunction
Do the courts have the power to grant injunctions restraining a party from pursuing an adjudication?
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Comment
It’s a double-dip recession for construction, if the statisticians’ first stab at growth is right
Construction has fallen into a double-dip recession – that is if the preliminary estimates by the statisticians putting together the first quarter 2010 gross domestic product figures are to be believed.The preliminary GDP figures put growth at a pallid 0.2% for the economy as a whole. This low level of ...