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News
Tender of the day: £13m Pimlico flats and community centre
New-build and demolition job starts in September 2009
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NewsWYG buys itself time for rescue deal
Consultant engineer puts test off till September as talks with lenders over estimated £90m debt continue
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NewsLittle Britain diary: Fighting the cold feet
As the Weightmans team finally hit the water together with only two weeks to go, some wonder if this was all such a good idea…
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NewsTories pledge to back regeneration schemes
Shadow housing minister vows to support street-level initiatives despite scrapping housing density targets
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NewsHouse prices rise for first time in two years, says Hometrack
Survey reveals 0.1% increase in August despite 6.7% year-on-year fall
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NewsBid-rigging firms face lower fines
Companies that co-operated with OFT inquiry may be treated leniently, suggest reports
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NewsInterserve posts 19% rise in first-half profit
Revenue at building services group up by 4% for period, with future workload also increasing
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NewsBack to school: The perfect pupil?
In the second part of our series of school photos of construction figures, we have a snap of a well-dressed little chap but who is he?
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NewsLinford Group announces £46m of contract wins
Building and restoration work win across the country boost contractor's order book
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NewsShadow minister calls on Tory councils to delay developments
Caroline Spelman tells colleagues her party would introduce a new housing bill and revoke regional targets
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NewsLand writedowns push McInerney £150m into the red
Irish/UK housing developer triples pre-tax loss in first half of 2009
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NewsShelter demands extra £200m for Scottish social housing
Charity calls on Scots government to build 30,000 extra affordable rented homes over three years
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NewsBack to school: Who do you think this is?
To kick off the new term Building has unearthed photos of industry figures as they were back in their school days
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Comment
Health and safety – time to get real
Today’s blog will probably get me branded as a heretic, or worse. You see, I think that the biggest source of waste (of time and money) in the industry is the proliferation of health and safety paperwork. I also think that the touch screen test is next to useless and ...
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Comment
Why the price of an average house is not going up
Average house prices indexes may be on the rise, but the price of an average house is not.That, unless I very much mistake it, is the message from the latest Hometrack survey, which in August measured the first rise increase in house prices since July 2007.But as is well documented ...
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News
APC tips: Referral reporting made easy
Our APC trainer explains how to deal with referral reporting and the RICS templates, including writing deficiency reports and how to change competencies
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NewsHS Works vs Enterprise Managed Services: Multiple adjudications
Our Fenwick Elliott expert discusses a case involving two different adjudications and two different adjudicators
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NewsLSC gives 12 colleges go-ahead
Skills body has granted final approval to schemes that were revised after funding debacle
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NewsOn the receiving end
The difficulties many firms have had getting paid in Dubai are a harsh reminder to tread carefully when working in this land of opportunity
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NewsNG Bailey boss looks beyond the bottom line
Mark Andrews has £76m in the bank, but warns that industry faces a rough ride from government