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NewsCapita Symonds profit up 3%
Profit at Capita Symonds edged up 3% in the year to 31 December 2008, with most of the top-line growth in the UK market
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NewsCIOB threatens to expel cover-pricing firms
Professional body to launch own investigation into 10 member firms found guilty in OFT inquiry
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NewsPayment excuses are getting more inventive
A run-down of some of the worst reasons not to stump up the cash
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NewsHSE forces nuclear industry to address safety flaws
Safety body announces plans to block all new reactors unless 'significant' design features are changed
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NewsTories seek to end payments for PFI planning risk
Potential changes to procurement model spark concerns over planning authority independence
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NewsEDF Energy announces nuclear land sale
Bradwell site will be sold off for new build in line with government agreement
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NewsCampaign mounts to keep RICS part of CIC
Pressure was mounting on the RICS this week to reverse its plan to leave the Construction Industry Council
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NewsMicrosoft hotshot joins Morgan Sindall
Engineer Patrick De Smedt will start as non-executive director on 1 December
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NewsAncient Athens theatre to be restored
£5.4m project will extend and modernise 2,500-year-old venue
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NewsMorrell takes the stage with a warning to government
Whitehall’s first chief construction adviser says public spending cuts would wreck the green agenda
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NewsLow energy heating and cooling
Monodraught has launched a passive cooling and heat recovery system for use in commercial, academic and healthcare buildings
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NewsEnergy limits set for new homes
The government has announced the minimum standard for the energy efficiency of zero-carbon homes
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Pats on the back at the Plaisterers' awards
Do you know what a livery company is? Do you know what they do? Do you know their relevance to the construction industry in the 2009?In my sector, plastering and drylining, I regularly ask that question. Sadly my queries are often met by blank stares which are particularly disappointing ...
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Payment excuses are getting more inventive
The cheque is in the post has a whole new ring to it given the industrial relations at Royal Mail. Where has all the money gone? It is certainly not circulating in the Construction Industry and I don’t think it is just in a sorting office in London.Given that ...
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The task facing Paul Morrell
When the House of Commons’ business and enterprise committee made the appointment of a chief construction officer one of the main recommendations in its Construction Matters report in July last year, many people thought it was a great idea – and likely to remain just that. Sixteen months and a ...
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NewsRussia me to hospital
Half health and safety nightmare, half work of art, this awe-inspiring scaffolding was spotted by Jestico + Whiles senior architect Heiko Meyer in Yekaterinburg, Russia
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CommentReturn of the arbitrator
The 100-day form of arbitration has received a resurgence of interest in recent times, and rightly so, as it has several advantages over adjudication
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CommentA contractor's survival guide
How many times have you read about contractors losing money, or going bust, as the result of a few ‘problem contracts’? So shouldn’t they do more to plan for them?
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Are you drowning?
Are you suspicious that one of your commercial partners is on the brink of insolvency? Here are a few signs that it’s about to happen – and how to protect yourself
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FeaturesBraving the cold: Mike Farley on coaxing Persimmon back to health
Mike Farley had barely got his feet under the desk as Persimmon chief executive when the recession struck, leaving the company with a plummeting share price and soaring debts. Here he tells Tom Bill about his plans to reverse those processes