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QS Awards 2008: Winners picture gallery
Pictures of all the winners from the 2008 QS Awards plus pics of the ensuing celebrations
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NewsGulf and Asia boost profit at Hyder
Consultant posts solid half-year results on back of increased Middle East and Asia Pacific work
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NewsBalfour Beatty chief executive caught up in Mumbai terror attacks
Ian Tyler among Balfour Beatty staff staying in besieged Oberoi hotel
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NewsCrest Nicholson forced to shed another 20% of staff
Refinancing deal drives housebuilder to close three offices in massive restructure
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NewsEngineering sector steels itself for ‘rocky ride’
City analysts say profit warning at White Young Green is a sign of things to come
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NewsLive updates from the 2008 QS Awards
Sarah Richardson revealed the winners as they were announced through Twitter
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NewsWorker sues after losing leg in illegal London renovation
Builder claims £300,000 from property owners after collapsed building trapped him for 10 hours
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NewsBirmingham gets go-ahead for new £150m university campus
BDP-designed city-centre campus is hoped to catalyse further development
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NewsBuilder dies in Gloucestershire plant accident
Construction vehicle overturns, killing its driver, at Frampton-on-Severn site
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Green consultants risk ‘witch doctor’ label
WSP’s sustainability head calls for professional body to maintain quality and credibility
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NewsQS Awards 2008: reception picture gallery
Images will appear from today's QS Awards throughout the afternoon
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Constructing Excellence begins crisis talks
Crisis talks are under way over the future of Constructing Excellence after it emerged that the Housing Forum is planning to leave the industry body, write Tom Bill and Joey Gardiner.
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Contractors clash at Heathrow East
Plans for a £1.5bn terminal at Heathrow East have been thrown into disarray by a breakdown in relations between main contractors Ferrovial and Laing O´Rourke
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NewsBasildon to seek planning for multimillion-pound college scheme
Scheme unveiled at Thames Gateway Forum after getting go-ahead from education funding body
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NewsHi-vis kilts keep Scots builders safe
St Andrew's Day is celebrated with unusual safety kit by Connaught workers refurbishing Glasgow homes
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NewsForbidding Kingdom: working in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia is planning nearly £150bn of development and looks set to be one of the few refuges from the global financial crisis. But is that enough to make westerners want to work there?
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CommentBrown’s chance for redemption
As chancellor, Gordon Brown mismanaged our pensions for 10 years. Now he must back them up with the same guarantees that he extended to bank savings
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CommentHell hath no fury: public sector frameworks
Scorned bidders are increasingly refusing to take rejection lying down, which means wrongly tendered public frameworks may be set aside
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CommentIt’s a lads thing: liquidated and ascertained damages
Even when liquidated and ascertained damages are totally fair, they may seem like a contractor’s worst enemy – here’s an example why …