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Workload drops as the snow falls
When we suffered a cold snap back in February last year I looked at the impact of the great freeze of 1962/63 on construction output. In a word it was huge.So, as I walked into work this morning chipper as a child as I trudge though inches of snow and ...
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NewsGovernment launches boiler scrappage scheme
Householders to get £400 towards new energy-efficient boiler if old boiler G-rated or worse
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NewsScots set for £400m Highlands green power line
Ministers expected to approve 137-mile line to connect renewables to national grid despite 18,000 objections
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NewsNew hydroelectric power station planned for North-east
Construction to start this year on Northumbrian Water and RWE Npower Renewables £2.5m green power plant
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NewsWiltshire college's £37m scheme hit by LSC cash crisis
Campus development scheme abandoned in wake of LSC funding debacle
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NewsFive last Crossrail design contracts awarded
Mott Macdonald, Atkins and Parsons Brinckerhoff secure work on £16bn London rail link
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NewsEnding in a whimper
Figures from buyers' body CIPS showed the industry continued to decline in December
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NewsYear ends with 22nd consecutive monthly contraction
Data reveals little change since November, but chief executive of CIPS is upbeat about outlook
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NewsStarting up your own business, part seven: A job at last?
Just as you run out of ideas and even the dog's in a sulk, a promising email arrives
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NewsTipped for the topple
Is that the infamous leaning tower of Pontefract – or just an idiotically erected scaffold?
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NewsBalfour Beatty's Gammon wins £180m of Hong Kong work
Contractor’s 50%-owned infrastructure firm will build train station and rail link and redevelop leisure complex
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NewsGalliford Try wins Cambridgeshire BSF contract
Firm becomes construction partner to consortium named as preferred bidder on schools programme
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NewsHong Kong opens 1km long cable-stayed bridge
World’s second longest cable-stayed bridge spans the city’s Rambler Channel
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NewsTfL re-lets engineering and project management framework
Thirty-six suppliers named for four-year framework worth up to £500m in potential work
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NewsScott Wilson wins work on first high-speed rail line in Middle East
Consultant win £14.5m contract to project manage construction work on 440km railway
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NewsWork starts at stalled £1.5bn London Gateway port
Debt-ridden owner Dubai World begins construction work on essential infrastructure for Thames Gateway project
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NewsTwelve hurt as blast flattens Shrewsbury flats
Investigation is focusing on gas leak as probable cause of devastating blast
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NewsUS construction spending falls 13%
Sharp decline in housebuilding drags November's overall construction spending to lowest level in over nine years
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CIPS figures show construction activity in 2009 ending with a whimper
The buyers’ body CIPS has released its first construction statistics of the New Year and they show the industry continuing to decline in December.The construction index finished the year on 47.1, below the 50 no-change mark for the 22nd consecutive month.But there was some good news. The housing index remained ...