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Cyril Sweett turnover soars 26%
Cyril Sweett has posted a 26% rise in turnover for the year ending 31 March 2009, from £62.7m to £78.9m. Pre-tax profit was £5.96m
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Mace bags £80m hotel deal
Mace has beaten ISG and Sisk to clinch the estimated £80m construction management contract to turn London’s Cafe Royal into a 160-room five-star hotel
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NewsHere today: Cepezed's temporary arena in The Hague
Dutch architect Cepezed has taken a leaf out of the semi-permanent 2012 Olympic stadium’s book and designed a temporary arena as part of a bid for The Hague to become European Capital of Culture in 2018
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NewsWanted: company to build £20bn of nuclear plant
RWE and E.ON ask reactor designer Westinghouse to name its construction partner for nuclear new-build programme
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Noho Square to host allotment scheme
Plans are being drawn up to turn a section of the £1bn former Candy & Candy development Noho Square in central London into allotments as part of a project dubbed “GrowHo”
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NewsC of the Chang
Construction has started on Thomas Heatherwick’s British Pavilion for the Shanghai Expo 2010
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NewsCalling all consultants!
Building’s annual ranking of the top 250 consultants is being compiled now, so please complete our form online to ensure you are included
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Crossrail sets station limit
Designers on the Crossrail framework have been told that they can bid for a maximum of two central London stations
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Features
Lead times: April-June 2009
There has been no increase in any works package this quarter, and six have fallen. The good news for clients is that the historical data suggests they may fall further yet, says Brian Moone of Mace
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FeaturesSpotlight: The noughties
It is 10 years since Mace began to record lead times, and many have never been lower. Brian Moone analyses the economic patterns of the decade to see what they can tell us about future trends
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Fate of UDCs in balance as government ponders their role
A government review of urban development corporations may decide to abolish them and hand their powers to local authorities
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NewsKeltbray buys Gamble Rail
170 jobs are saved as groundworks contractor acquires firm in administration for undisclosed sum
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NewsMace wins £80m Cafe Royal contract
Contractor will construction manage transformation of London's Cafe Royal into hotel
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NewsCapita wins contract on £750m government scheme
Consultant joins 12 others on public sector framework agreement for UK property and construction services
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NewsTransport cuts threaten Crossrail, reveals leak
Memo leaked to Guardian warns major transport schemes could be slashed to fix £30bn spending gap
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NewsRICS launches disaster management protocol
New protocol is for built environment professionals in all stages of the disaster cycle
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NewsGreen light for John McAslan's £120m super-campus
Manchester Metropolitan University's Birley Fields campus will add £29m a year to local shops and services
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NewsImages: 13-storey building collapse in Shanghai
Chinese authorities investigate after construction worker is killed by nearly-complete residential block