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NewsHydrock bags nuclear ground investigation contract
Borehole drilling at proposed Gloucestershire nuclear site will begin in August
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NewsStyles & Wood names new finance director
Philip Lanigan joins from Ashtead to replace Graham Clark, who retires from the retail fit-out firm
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Comment
The spike mystery solved...well maybe
Following the poser I posted on that rather surprising spike in planning times for residential schemes, I have had a few questions and a few suggestions.The pint for the first (and sensible) response going to Alasdair Reisner, Head of Industry Affairs at the Civil Engineering Contractors Association.But by way of ...
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Comment
Rightmove data suggests a testing time for house prices
One figure in the commentary alongside the latest set of Rightmove statistics caught my eye - apparently there has been a 20% increase in sellers coming to the market compared with the previous year.Rightmove puts this down to resurgence in home movers putting their current homes on the market with ...
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NewsHill wins £8.7m project management deal in Abu Dhabi
Consultant signs four-year contract with Aabar Investments to work on 14 developments
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NewsWorkers die in Madonna stage collapse
British engineer one of two dead as accident during construction of concert stage at French stadium injures dozens more
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NewsT Clarke issues profit warning as UK chief steps down
M&E contractor tells City it is unlikely to meet market expectations and plans sale or closure of two regional arms
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CommentThe wrecking crew
Oscar Wilde said a cynic is someone who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. Gus Alexander suspects that much the same is true of value engineers …
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NewsClampdown threatens 13% hike in labour costs
Government determined to force through plan to put all construction workers on PAYE system
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NewsMace to project manage ailing Viñoly arts centre
Consultant wins contract on troubled Rafael Viñoly-designed Colchester visual arts centre project
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NewsIndustry fury as training grants are slashed 10%
Industry leaders have criticised the government after training body ConstructionSkills announced a funding deficit that will lead to cuts in its spending on training
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Is the Donaghy report into construction deaths the way forward?
Construction industry safety insiders Shaun Davis and John Spanswick give their views
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CommentTurning navvies into staff
Will we look back at the summer of 2009 as a defining moment in construction?
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NewsFashionable residents line up for £100m Noho Square
Kaupthing shortlists three bids for site, including proposal for London College of Fashion campus
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NewsReinventing the building society
Local authorities need cash to build houses; savers need somewhere to invest their cash. So, asks Kathleen Dunmore, why not get the two together?
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NewsMPs slam ‘catastrophic’ college programme
Mismanagement of LSC's £5bn building programme could cost hundreds of millions in compensation for affected colleges
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NewsBattle hots up over 'Tesco towns'
Retailers in deadlock with Competition Commission over proposals to prevent local dominance