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Galliford Try heads for housing top five
Chief exec says downturn will propel firm into top tier of housebuilders, as 500 staff put onto four-day week
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Arup sets up Heathrow hub development firm
Consultant establishes new firm to work on proposed £4.5bn Heathrow transport hub station
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QED Wates wins £270m Luton BSF scheme
Scheme will include rebuilding or refurbishing 13 schools and building a library, theatre and youth facilities
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Tory opposition to business levy threatens Crossrail funding
Tories table motion arguing against second reading for Business Rate Supplements Bill
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Construction ouput at 30-year low
Overall output will not increase until the second half of 2010 predicts Construction Products Association
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A safety holiday in Mallorca
Note the raised platform made from planks and supported by concrete blocks
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Dubai expects $1.2bn budget deficit
Government revenues will not grow enough to compensate for 42% rise in public spending
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Dubai's second-tallest tower may have contractor by end of month
Developer of Burj Al Alam believed to have approached Samsung Engineering and Besix, after Arabtec pulled out
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Ex-Skanska chief joins Osborne
David Fison is appointed chief executive at family-owned UK contractor
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Bids for 2012 design services close in one month
Companies wanting to bid for Olympic design work have until February 16 to express interest
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Network Rail seeks delivery partner for £3bn Crossrail works
Contractor will deliver on all elements of programme except the tunnels
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Bond Bryan gets go-ahead for Rotherham college
Architect gains planning approval for £70m new-build art and technology college in town centre
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Comment
Experian cuts forecast for construction growth but predicts a boom in infrastructure
With the release of the heavily downgraded forecast from the Construction Products Association released this morning I was keen to see how the forecasters at Experian saw future workload in the industry this time around.The answer is that they are much more pessimistic about prospects this year than they were ...
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Mayor opens DLR extension to Woolwich
Much needed DLR extension to Woolwich Arsenal opens ahead of schedule and within budget
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Forecast puts construction recession on par with 1990s - so expect 600,000 job losses
The rapid deterioration in confidence in the construction industry is amply illustrated by the latest prognostication of the Construction Products Association forecasters.The industry trade body has massively downgraded its expectations for construction output over the next six years, despite pepping up the figures for projected spending by the public sector. ...
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View from my office: Linda Palau
The director at McBains Cooper Mexico is inspired by the city’s new architectural style
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The year of the lawyer: Predictions
Next year, workloads will shrink and firms will be more aggressive, so 2009 is likely to be a boom time for one group of professionals at least …
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Features
Glamorous address: Candy & Candy's One Hyde Park
Candy & Candy’s One Hyde Park is coming along quite nicely, thank you. Which is just as well, because when you’re spending £100m on an apartment, you do rather want the builders out of the way before you move in