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Morgan Sindall issues profit warning as market stays weak
Morgan Sindall has issued a profit warning for 2009 on the back of weak trading in the housing and fit-out markets.
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John Doyle performance down
John Doyle Group has posted a 6% drop in comparable turnover for the year ended 31 December 2007.
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Simons blames fall in turnover on project delays and downturn
Simons Group has posted a 33% fall in turnover for the year ended
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CommentHansom: Spooky
Lovesick phantoms, a paranormal ability to rewrite the past and a man who can talk to the animals (to the animals) – recently, construction has been getting decidedly weird
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NewsTower on the Thames
St George is taking reservations for this housing development on the Thames. No 1, The Tower, which will stand at 17 storeys high, was designed by architect Broadway Malyan and will be situated in Battersea Reach.
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Tory rejection casts further doubt over eco-town plans
Developers may lose appetite for new towns as local and political opposition mounts
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£100m Croydon scheme stalls
A £100m scheme for 500 homes and a swimming pool in London has been put under review, according to Croydon council.
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EP boss wins two-horse race to chair new superagency
English Partnerships’ chair Robert Napier will be the first chair of the Homes and Communities Agency when it goes live on 1 December.
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NewsWilkinson’s grand design: Keppie Design's Salford hotel
Keppie Design, Scotland’s largest architect, is to turn the Buile Hill Park mansion in Salford into a four-star, 92-bed hotel for John Wilkinson, chairman of Salford City Reds Rugby Club
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NewsOlympic Park to host ‘Constructionarium’ site for students
A deal has been struck to set aside part of the Olympic Park site for construction students at London universities to practise building scaled-down projects.
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Don’t let up on nuclear, urges EDF chief
EDF Energy’s chief operating officer has called on the government “not to let up for a second” in its drive to build nuclear power stations in the UK.
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NewsA premiere: David Chipperfield's design Haute Ecole de Commerce
David Chipperfield Architects has won its first work in France: a gateway building for the Haute Ecole de Commerce in Paris
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NewsGianni’s place: RIBA Lubetkin Prize winner
A tiny private house in Costa Rica, designed by London-based architect Gianni Botsford, has won the RIBA Lubetkin Prize for international architecture.
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Migrant worker paid less than £10 for a 40-hour week
Lithuanian workers on a Skanska PFI hospital site in Mansfield took home £8.80 for a 40-hour week, according to construction union Ucatt.
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CommentChina goes to town
China is ravenous for British expertise. And no wonder: in 20 years’ time it could account for more than half of the global market for construction services
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Public funding for land buying
Housing minister Caroline Flint is set to announce a major expansion of publicly funded land buying within weeks to ensure homes continue to be built in the downturn.
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Courts Service appoints five to consultants’ framework
Turner & Townsend, Mouchel Parkman, Mott MacDonald, Drivers Jonas and Hurd Rolland have been appointed to HM Courts Service’s consultants’ framework.
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CommentChongqing express
You may never have heard of it, but the Chinese city of Chongqing is the largest on the planet. What’s more, says Li Shirong, it’s growing at a hell of a rate
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CommentWebmaster review: Beijing Olympics website
Surf your way to en.beijing2008.cn, then see if you agree with our analysis of the website for the Beijing Olympics