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News30-year M25 PFI contract signed
Consortium of Balfour Beatty, Skanska, Atkins and Egis Projects SA will receive £6.2bn for work
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News10 ways that SAP 2009 will affect you
The new SAP 2009 methodology was published in draft for consultation last week – which changes will most affect builders and designers?
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NewsStyles & Wood warns of 40% fall in turnover
Spending cutbacks among fit-out contractor's retail clients likely to hit first-half sales
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NewsDevelopers cough up only 20% of Crossrail levy
Mayor plans to boost payment of development charge to 30% as consultation launched
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NewsVideo: Guy Battle on measuring embodied energy
Consulting engineer and green expert Guy Battle discusses his firm Dcabon8's work on measuring embodied energy in construction projects
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NewsTender prices continue freefall
SMEs worst hit as survey reveals 60% of firms report lower prices for new work than a year ago
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NewsBouygues and Costain vie for nuclear work
Construction firms compete as EDF starts prequalification for two civils packages
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NewsDeflation hits 60-year record level
Falling house prices partly blamed for unprecedented 1.2% fall in RPI during April
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NewsUS housing starts lurch downward
Surprise record low crushes widespread hopes of upturn in housebuilding
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NewsIndian election victory boosts top housebuilder
Hirco shares soar 17% after analysts pronounce winning UPA alliance stable
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NewsScots complete Europe's biggest on-shore wind farm
Facility that can power 180,000 homes already scheduled for further expansion
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NewsHome demolitions soar in East Jerusalem
Demolition orders in Arab section rising under city's new mayor, despite UN demand for freeze
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Comment
Figures show more Eastern Europeans are giving up on the UK
The post credit crunch squeeze on the UK economy does appear to be encouraging more Eastern Europeans to call it a day and return home according to the latest information produced by the official statisticians at ONS.This does fit with the anecdotal evidence which suggests that the weak pound and ...
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NewsMy 10 simple sustainability principles
Based on practical experience and speaking to a limited number of the best informed people in the business, Pooran Desai proposes 10 principles as a basis for a KISS (Keep it simple and sustainable) Zero Carbon strategy
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NewsBrooming heck
What this fellow is actually attempting to do with that broom is not entirely clear, but whatever it is appears distinctly unwise
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NewsBAA set to fight break-up
Airports operator says it will challenge Competition Commission ruling
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NewsSkills shortage persists despite downturn
CIOB survey shows widespread concern about lack of skills and later effect on recovery
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NewsLondon mayor criticises 2012 stadium design
Boris Johnson questions plan for roofless venue if it rains during opening ceremony
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NewsFour firms sought for £2bn motorway framework
Successful bidders will adapt hard shoulders of motorways to accommodate extra traffic during peak periods
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NewsMansell wins £18m student housing contract
Two blocks in south-east London will include 102 modular units and 128 traditionally constructed ones