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Civil engineers: Recession will get worse for construction
Thousands more construction jobs are at risk as the recession in the industry looks set to deepen, the Civil Engineering Contractors Association has warned
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Thames Gateway schemes face £20m Olympic raid
London and Thurrock development corporations to have budgets cut to fund East End public spaces
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‘Plan B’ for Preston scheme
Public bodies in Lancashire are putting together a “plan B” for the troubled £700m Tithebarn retail-led regeneration scheme in Preston, after one of its development partners backed out last month
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London mayor pledges £220m to 50 public realm projects
Boris Johnson has said 50 public realm projects throughout the capital will receive £220m of funding from various bodies, including Transport for London and the London Development Agency, over the next three years
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NewsPhoenix rises
Leicester’s £21.5m Phoenix Square development opens its doors to the public this week
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Feelings, wo-o-o feelings…
You don’t often see the words ‘engineering’ and ‘emotion’ in the same sentence, but once the connection is made, it can change lives
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Wonders & blunders with Philip Watts
Philip Watts enjoys the feelings of oppression he gets when inside Libeskind’s Jewish Museum. But inside the prison of Sheffield’s Parkhill Estate all he wants is to get out
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GB Building fights slump by boosting repeat business to 69%
Martin Smout, chief executive of GB Building Solutions, has said the company boosted repeat business from 60% to 69% last year, to help combat the recession
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Balfour takes on Texas
Balfour Beatty has bought SpawMaxwell, the largest interior construction contractor in Texas, for $25m (£15m)
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Spring in Boot’s step
Henry Boot has said in a trading update there are indications housebuilding is slowly recovering
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Keller’s resilient year
Groundwork specialist Keller has said its performance so far this year has been “resilient” despite the downturn
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Interserve on track
Interserve has said trading is in line with expectations, thanks to a strong performace in the Middle East and stability in the UK public and utility sectors. Its future workload is £6.7bn.
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Avonside hits the roof
Roofing contractor Avonside Roofing has made six acquisitions in recent weeks, which it said will boost turnover by £13m to £45m next year
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NewsOlympics boosts Byrne turnover by a third
London 2012 Olympic work has helped concrete specialist Byrne Brothers boost turnover by a third
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Tory plans to shift risks of PFI spark warning
Tory plans to transfer risk to the private sector in a reform of PFI could kill off their attraction as investment opportunities, according to experts
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‘10 worst railway stations’ to get £50m for repairs
The government has unveiled £50m of emergency funding to carry out repairs at the country’s 10 worst railway stations, as identified in a report commissioned by the Department for Transport
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NewsFoster’s all at sea
A yacht designed by Foster + Partners launched this week at the Perini Navi boatyard in Viareggio, Italy
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Candys to fight former employee in court over £160k bonus
Developer Candy & Candy will be fighting a claim filed against it by its former development director Andrew Locke
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NewsIt’s a gas
Architect Bell Phillips + Kimble has won the high-profile competition to reinvent Gasholder No. 8 at King’s Cross Central in London, reimagining the structure as a water pool and garden