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NewsTop five reader comments: 6 July
Machiavellian motives in contract selection, and disagreement on how much sympathy subcontractors really deserve
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NewsWest Midlands RDA shelves 122 projects
Cancelled projects remain unidentified as Advantage West Midlands attempts to fill £68m funding shortfall
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NewsConstruction output to fall 16% in 2009
Latest data indicates no improvement until 2012, with retail new building and offices badly hit
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NewsConstructiononline to vet ProCure21+ bidders
Firms interested in £4bn framework must use online register to avoid duplication of pre-qualification assessment
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NewsInvestigation starts into fatal Camberwell flats blaze
Questions raised over original design and recent refurb of London block where six died last week
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NewsRIBA launches seafront shelters competition
Four shelters and kiosk by Bexhill-on-Sea's De La Warr Pavilion will form part of £5m regeneration programme
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NewsEx-BP boss wants banks forced to invest in green power
Lord Browne tells Times newspaper that lack of credit is blocking achievement of clean energy targets
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NewsPolice investigate Wimpey flats fire
Glasgow construction site blaze took five teams of firefighters to bring under control
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NewsArchitecture Association school unveils summer pavilion
“Driftwood” structure created from spruce plywood
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NewsMorgan Ashurst bags £100m Tayside mental health contract
Work for NHS Tayside at two hospitals will begin in early 2010
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NewsCostain, Galliford Try and Atkins JV nails £400m deal
Joint venture secures five-year extension to framework contract with United Utilities
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NewsBuro Happold expands into Hong Kong
Multidisciplinary engineer pushes into Far East with opening of new office
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NewsKier Wallis triumphs in Dragon Boat challenge
Summer sun and plenty of splashing as the 11th London Construction Industry Challenge kicked off in style
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Comment
Building Britain's Future promises 45,000 new jobs building homes - That can't be right
Has anyone else prodded the sums on the 45,000 new jobs promised in the Building Britain's Future document as a result of the £1.5 billion pledged to stimulate building of 20,000 social and 10,000 private homes?I would have had a poke at them earlier but I was sunning myself for ...
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NewsEducation Now: full programme
Debates and discusssions, videos and webinar to feature at this week's virtual event. Plus: take part in our Education Now survey and win one of two £25 Amazon.co.uk gift certificates
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Comment
Recession may cost 800,000 construction jobs - that's one in three
The latest forecast from the Construction Products Association puts the annual peak to trough fall in construction at a shade above 20%.That probably translates to a 22% to 23% fall peak to trough on a quarterly basis, which compares with the 15% seen in the 1990s recession.This is a sharp ...
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NewsWhat can you get for £1.5bn?
What will the prime minister's housing contribution mean for the industry
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NewsTrouble at the top
Our thanks to Martin Sheaf of Briggs & Forrester Engineering Services. He writes: “I saw this on a recent trip to Mohammad Ali’s mosque in Cairo. I spent more time amazed at their complete lack of health and safety than the tour we were having.”
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NewsVerry collapse hits 1,000 firms and costs Doyle £1.9m
Concrete specialist suffers the greatest loss as creditors list reveals extent of damage to industry
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NewsRok in 'hall of shame' for changing payment terms
Private business group attacks contractor for changing payment periods from 30 to 60 days