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FeaturesCountry focus: Ireland
Ireland’s reliance on the property boom has seen it in a bad way since the economic crisis began, says Richard Fitzpatrick of EC Harris in Dublin. But can government action prompt a return to stability?
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FeaturesDefence Estates’ £20bn budget: Task Force Rampling
What do you mean, ‘who is Diane Rampling?’ Didn’t your mothers teach you nothing? She’s only in charge of Defence Estates’ new procurement strategy, and she’s only got £20bn worth of bleedin’ work to dish out. Now then you miserable creatures, on the double, Major Emily Wright has a briefing
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Administrator blames overambition for Lancsville collapse
Lancsville Construction collapsed because of overtrading, its administrator has revealed
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O’Keefe turnover drops 26%
Turnover at civil engineering and groundworks specialist O’Keefe Construction (Greenwich) has dropped 26% from £32.3m to £23.8m as a result of the fall in the office market in the West End and City of London
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Balfour Beatty spends £10m on Strata Construction
Balfour Beatty has bought South Yorkshire-based Strata Construction for £10.3m
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NewsSimons Group boss predicts return to form in 2010
Paul Hodgkinson confident of recovery in retail sector as results show slim margin of 0.2%
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FeaturesComing soon: Predictions for 2010
There’s so much to look forward to in 2010. Unfortunately, quite a lot of it is going to be scary, disturbing or unsettling. Building puts its cushion down long enough to flinch at the key scenes
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CommentCarry on screaming
Just how scary is 2010 going to be, we ask on the cover. Well, put it this way: if you want to feel uplifted in the next 12 months your best bet is probably to watch Toy Story III
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NewsSizebreed sets its sights on the super-rich
Former directors of Holloway White Allom explain why now is the right time to set up luxury contractor
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Housing stats: New build sales and completions in November 2009
Private registrations in the run-up to Christmas were up dramatically on 2008
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NewsFire and ice: Camberwell blaze and Olympic park
Fire broke out at this Greenacre Homes timber frame site in Camberwell, south London, at 2am on Wednesday morning
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Universities plan to slash building programmes
More universities have launched reviews of their development programmes after the government announced that it would cut capital funding to the sector by more than half this year
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NewsNerves of steel: King's College neuroscience facility
A £45m research facility in south-east London won planning permission this week
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NewsPrivate housebuilders feel the chill as sales and assets plummet
The impact of the downturn on privately owned housebuilders has become clear as the end of year results for three of the UK’s largest show revenue falling by up to three-quarters
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Latest construction appointments - 08 January 2009
Morgan Ashurst has appointed Colin Best national director of rail
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Industry rows over representation
A row is escalating between the UK Contractors Group and the newly-formed Construction Alliance umbrella body that threatens to undermine the industry’s main connection with the government
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Sir David Chipperfield heads honours
David Chipperfield has been knighted for services to architecture in the UK and Germany in the 2010 New Year Honours List
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NewsAcademic forte: Willmott Dixon's Tamworth academy
Willmott Dixon has been appointed as preferred bidder for the £35m Landau Forte Academy in Tamworth
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NewsA little to the left: Las Vegas' Veer Towers
These are the aptly named Veer Towers are set to open in the spring
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Helpline calls show fewer lay-offs
The number of small contractors seeking employment advice on redundancies and lay-offs dropped in the last quarter of 2009, compared with the same period a year ago