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NewsDemand of pre-qualified suppliers up 15%
Rise in use of government’s Constructionline list chimes with data that says new orders rose 22% between first and second quarters of the year
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NewsEricsson AB vs EADS: Interim injunctions
Our Fenwick Elliot expert discusses a dispute over a government contract
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NewsWYG posts £129m loss but seals rescue deal with lenders
Engineering consultant makes massive writedowns, but secures its future with debt-for-equity swap
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NewsCurrie & Brown follows rivals by restructuring
Consultant restructures UK operations to boost energy and infrastructure to 40% of the business
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NewsHSE issues nuclear alert
Watchdog warns £20bn programme faces delay unless reactor designers improve performance
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NewsDavis Langdon to lose partners in 64-job cutback
Also, G&T has closed Exeter and Swindon offices and Cyril Sweett has merged Birmingham and Leamington Spa operations and made several redundancies
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CommentAfter the goldrush
The head of one British consultant in Dubai confessed that he will be using Indian QSs in the near future, many of whom will operate from the Subcontinent
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NewsManslaughter rules could ‘signal end’ for small firms
New guidelines recommend fining guilty firms a minimum of £500,000, irrespective of size
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NewsCBI tells government: construction vital to UK plc
Business leaders make plea for capital spending as building sector drags down national GDP
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NewsFormer RICS boss faces expulsion from QS body
Michael Byng, former head of QS faculty, to fight allegations of dishonesty over non-payment of fees
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FeaturesSliding glass facade with PV
Austrian firm M-systems has launched the EV3000, an aluminium framed glass sliding panel designed to provide solar shading on facades and which also incorporates thin film photovoltaics for power generation
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NewsBuilding and NES launch commercial EPC index
Initiative aims to tackle problem that 75% of commercial builds are illegally marketed without an EPC
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NewsHospitals face 'huge penalties' under carbon scheme
Carbon Reduction Commitment could heavily penalise public bodies that have little scope for further energy savings
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NewsMott MacDonald to advise Indonesian tsunami relief fund
Firm to provide technical help in channelling $50m funds to boost struggling areas
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NewsMetropolitan Workshop wins Norway dock job
Collaboration with Arkitektkontoret Vardaal-Lunde produces winning design for new conference centre and hotel at Bergen
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NewsSisk wins £15m of work on Hounslow leisure centres
Contractor is appointed to refurbish and extend three centres in the area
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FeaturesThe five hundred million pound woman: Colette O'Shea
Last week, we looked at what life on site was like for the industry’s female minority. This week, Emily Wright heads to the boardroom to meet Land Securities’ Colette O’Shea, the most powerful woman in London development