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NewsContractors told to cut bids 10% or lose college jobs
Pressure mounts as government admits it only has funds for half of proposed schemes
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NewsMorgan has no plans to purge Redrow’s board
Founder plans to keep all but one of housebuilder’s directors in place if he seizes power
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CommentBlackening our name
What is it with this industry? Just when you think we’ve left the Dark Ages well behind something comes along to remind us what a short step we are from dodgy and outdated working practices
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NewsStrike warning over cut-price foreign worker pay
Unions accuse subcontractors of 'lying' as Alstom site document shows nationally agreed wages undercut by £4 per hour
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CommentWonders & blunders
Roger Alton is at home at Terminal 5, but needs a map to find his way around the Barbican
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NewsFresh wave of Nimbyism targets private housing
Survey finds number of active campaigners has grown to 29% – but support for new homes is also up
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CommentThe dance of debt: Costs of dispute
Some folk will perform the litigation tango over trifling disputes, and lose vast sums in the process. But at least they teach us a few new things about the law…
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News£174m social housing win puts Higgins on top in February
Business barometer Latest figures leave no doubt about the role of public sector in industry’s survival
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NewsWatchdog to probe role of contractors in setting up blacklist
Information Commissioner’s Office to investigate 40 firms as Unite looks into claims that union officials informed on their own members
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NewsHigh-speed rail line to Scotland planned
Transport minister instructs High Speed 2 chairman to research ‘crucial’ scheme
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NewsDubai $10bn bail out to reach developers within days
Hopes developers will use government cash to pay UK consultants and contractors
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NewsBovis Homes to re-enter the land market this year
The chief executive of Bovis Homes said the housebuilder planned to re-enter the land market before the end of the year
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Comment
Linnett to the rescue: Linnett vs Halliwell
A party can’t get out of coughing up its fair share of an adjudicator’s fees by quibbling about jurisdiction after the event (we have one Christopher Linnett to thank for that)
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CommentWhat’s Russian for carpe diem?
Russia is hosting the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi in 2014, and UK construction should seize the day – with a little help from the British government, says Lord Davies of Abersoch
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NewsBoris to sell off up to £2bn of land
The mayor of London is to sell off up to £2bn of development land in east London over the next four years as part of a new strategy announced this week at Mipim
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NewsApplications for government pre-qualification list shoot up
Sign-ups to database of preferred contractors rises 13% as firms vye for public work
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NewsHSE to improve safety in immigrant workers
Polish, Romanian and Gujurati construction communities to be targeted by outreach programme
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Comment10 years is a long, long time: liability for defects or collapses
There are strict laws in the Emirates about defects that threaten a building’s stability, and you’re liable for a decade. So what can you do to avoid having to pay out?
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CommentCould do (a lot) better
It’s good that Cabe is assessing designs for Building Schools for the Future, but the way it’s going about it leaves much to be desired
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FeaturesBrentwood Community Hospital: Operation sunlight
Sheppard Robson’s redevelopment of a PFI hospital in Essex aimed to maximise views for patients. But how did it square this rather pricey ambition with the need to keep costs down?