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NewsSales rise at Bovis Homes
Housebuilder says it has started buying land for development again, as 2010 sales order book stands at 643 homes
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News£14bn order book for Balfour Beatty
Contractor says construction services had particularly good year and that purchase of Parsons Brinckerhoff had 'significantly enhanced capabilities'
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NewsWelsh firm Macob fined £110,000 for employee death
23-year old worker was crushed while operating a digger he was not qualified to drive
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NewsBellway reservations up 54% on last year
Housebuilder issue positive AGM statement but remains wary about economic outlook
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NewsSteve Bowcott becomes Kier's construction division MD
Previous division MD Paul Sheffield replaces John Dodds as chief executive
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NewsSavills restructures board of directors
Changes to take effect from 18 January to streamline group's management
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NewsBAE Systems fined £80,000 for worker's death
Lynda Wilkins was killed in an explosion at the company’s plant in Chorley
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NewsSchool design is key to pupil success, say headteachers
Exclusive survey is warning to political parties that cutting education investment will harm pupils
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NewsCall for radical response to flooding threat
Report by RIBA and ICE says rising sea levels and frequent storms mean UK cities need to rethink flood defence strategy
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NewsRICS welcomes facilities managers as associate members
Institute offers new qualification to professionals without a degree working in facilities management
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NewsACE calls for support for Haiti
Professional body asks for donations of time or money to help aid organisation RedR assess needs of country after earthquake
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News‘We will have worked for a decade to get back to 2002’
Economic forecasts reveal ‘sickening’ fall in output for 2009 and a long struggle to regain lost ground
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NewsRockwool keeps animals warm at Newquay Zoo
Insulation firm protects lions, marmosets and kinkajous from the worst UK winter in decades
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NewsWelsh firm fined after digger crushes worker to death
Court fines Macob Administration £80k after man killed driving mini-digger he wasn't qualified to use
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Comment
Forecasts point to a tough and risky road ahead for construction
The latest Experian forecast is out today and it paints a broadly similar, albeit slightly more optimistic, picture to that of the recently released forecast from the Construction Products Association.The main point of departure is on the views towards housing. Here the Experian forecasters are more bullish, if you can ...
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NewsWhat's 'normal' in 2010?
Davis Langdon makes some bold predictions about the year ahead and pinpoints 10 factors that will shape the economy and decide the fate of construction
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NewsTwo senior journalist posts at Building
Award-winning weekly construction magazine is advertising for a deputy news editor and an architecture editor
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FeaturesSustainability: Carbon reduction
The Carbon Reduction Commitment scheme launches in April, but what will it mean for your business? Richard Quartermaine and Steve Smith of Cyril Sweett talk you through it
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FeaturesDistrict heating: The heart of the community
District heating could hold the key for greening the UK’s existing homes. So why, when the technology exists and is used throughout Europe, do we still rely on individual systems?