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NewsCZWG's Canning Town scheme gets green light
London Thames Gateway Development Corporation approves design for £180m mixed-use Rathbone Place development
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NewsPortsmouth stadium put on ice
Football club now plans to complete Herzog & de Meuron-designed stadium to tie in with 2018 or 2022 World Cup bid
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NewsSteve Morgan takes control of Redrow
Company founder will become deputy chairman and chairman designate from 23 March
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NewsWrekin ruby 'found' by administrator
The so-called Gem of Tanzania has been obtained by collapsed firms administrators Ernst & Young
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NewsTesco culls property staff as it cuts back on regeneration
£1.4bn construction client changes policy on mixed-use development in bid to save cash
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Latest construction appointments - 20 March 2009
Hill appoints two dispute resolutions directors and Amey names new head of legal
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NewsTop Abu Dhabi developer demands 20% fee cuts
Aldar Properties imposes retrospective cuts as survey reveals Middle East market malaise
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NewsLaw suits shoot up as industry tightens purse strings
Survey finds 67% of top lawyers have seen a rise in work over past six months
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NewsMajor London underground work could be delayed
Report by London Assembly transport committee say refurbishment of up to 75 stations could be shelved owing to £1bn cash crisis
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NewsSchools quango to wield £50bn building spend
More than £50bn of capital investment is to be put in the hands of the organisation running the government’s £45bn secondary school programme
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NewsOlympic protest to call for public ban on blacklist firms
Workers demand that subscribers be punished, as victims claim up to £200,000 in compensation
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NewsHalf-built Wakefield shopping centre goes bust
Shepherd Construction's £200m Trinity Walk centre in administration as funding is pulled
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NewsTwo-thirds of British firms in Gulf asked to cut fees
Survey reveals mixed attitudes to life in the Middle East
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NewsJarvis shuts freight container service
Closure set to hit company’s bottom line by up to £3m this year
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News£200m Whitehall framework frozen until June
A £200m public sector framework has been put on ice for three months after the government failed to refresh it on time
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Eight die in Chinese wall collapse accident
Deputy mayor says local government will start safety inspections on all construction site
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Comment
Are construction's vital job statistics wrong?
Following the release of numbers suggesting construction jobs increased by 47,000 over 2008 I asked for clarification from the statisticians. To my mind and in the view of anyone in the industry I have spoken to these figures were wildly wrong.I have now received my reply from the Office of ...
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NewsHeavy plant
Continuing the botanical theme, Peter Cottrell, on holiday in Palma, sends us this intriguing example of access provision for Majorcan plants, although, as he notes, “judging by the height of the bamboo they may have had a long wait”
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CommentFriends disunited: Mixing business and pleasure
What’s wrong with agreeing a deal in the pub with a beer, a nod and a wink? After all, you’re mates, aren’t you? Well, sadly, those days are over. You must properly record everything