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NewsHomes and Communities Agency board revealed
Panel to include representatives from Jestico + Whiles, Urban Splash and Design for Homes
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NewsSaudi Arabia announces £10bn of industrial and welfare projects
New developments will include water and electricity plant and industrial complexes to produce petrochemicals
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NewsCall for tougher building codes to beat climate change
Global report into boosting buildings' energy efficiency also recommends government subsidies and price incentives
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NewsGalliford Try wins £19m of rail contracts
Contractor secures £13m Newport station revamp and £6m deal to upgrade former Silverlink stations around London
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NewsWilson James wins £6m Heathrow contract
Specialist contractor will provide logistics support and security on T5c satellite project
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NewsFoster takes to the seas with super-yacht
Part-ownership of Foster-designed luxury yacht will cost €1.87m
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NewsUK Green Building Council backs Sustainability Now
Industry green group to exhibit at upcoming virtual event. First Sustainability Now champions also revealed
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NewsFire destroys Blackpool housing scheme
Seventy firefighters tackle blaze at three-storey timber-framed development as 200 locals evacuated
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NewsFirms fined after roofer fell 25ft
Self-employed worker fell from factory building on which scaffolding did not meet requirements
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Comment
Little to stop the slide in house prices, says Hometrack
Two weeks ago there was growing optimism within the housing market. One budget later and there is every sign that we may re-enter a period of deepening pessimism with commentary to suit.I'd be surprised if the latest British Bankers' Association figures showing mortgage lending slowing isn't seized on and thrown ...
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NewsOutput figures signal more bad news
Noble Francis of the Construction Products Association discusses GDP and the budget
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Comment
Output figures signal more bad news
The ONS released preliminary estimates of GDP for the first quarter of 2009 and it wasn't pretty. Estimates from macroeconomic forecasters had suggested that GDP would fall 1.5%-1.6% in Q1 compared to the previous quarter. In fact, it was 1.9%. Within the GDP fall in the first quarter, construction fell ...
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NewsView from my office: David Knight
The Capita Symonds director overlooks the M6 extension from Carlisle to Scotland
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NewsOFT delays bid-rigging decision
Trading standards body will announce action on construction bid-rigging enquiry in third quarter of 2009
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NewsTitan prison plans scrapped
Three 2,500-person prisons will be replaced by smaller jails after pressure group opposition
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News
Latest construction appointments - 24 April 2009
John Sisk & Son appoints main board director to lead the Midlands and north-west England regional divisions
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NewsDavis Langdon makes at least a dozen partners redundant
Firm has made 12 partners redundant as the recession continues to squeeze cost consultants
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Kier lays off senior PFI and property staff after restructure
Senior members of firm's PFI and commercial property operations laid off
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FeaturesThe 2009 Consultants' Salary Guide
As you must have suspected, this year’s results are pretty grim, but many people are still making the best of a bad job – after all, forging designer labels and distilling your own turnip vodka can be fun... Roxane McMeeken does the commentary, Hays Construction & Property handles the data
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NewsBechtel scoops work on Crossrail and Reading station
Network Rail has awarded construction firm contract for station rebuilding and improvements and junction work