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NewsMurray Coleman leaves Bovis Lend Lease UK
UK chief executive transfers to Australia; chief operating officer Nick Pollard set to replace him
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NewsUAE trials £1.5bn PPP scheme
Abu Dhabi is trialling its first PPP deal on a £1.5bn project to upgrade a “dangerous” highway
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NewsFoster + Partners picked for New York super-library
New Central Library will become the world's largest public library
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Laing O’Rourke deal rescues 450 Bison jobs
Laing O’Rourke has struck a last-minute deal to buy parts of failed concrete specialist Bison saving 450 jobs at the struggling Staffordshire firm, writes Stuart Macdonald.
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Civil engineers urge help for small firms
Banks criticised for failing to ease lending restrictions as firms hit by falling workload
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CPA raises doubts over government’s 2009 spending pledge
Industry experts have called on the government to provide clearer details of its pledge to bring forward public spending on construction projects to combat the recession, amid fears that is recycling old commitments.
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Eight accused in boycotting inquiry
The Office of Fair Trading has formally accused eight construction recruitment firms of price fixing and anti-competitive behaviour.
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NewsShortlist revealed for World Building of the Year
But conflict of interest forces Norman Foster to stand down from jury
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Chris Rickard into the breach
Taylor Wimpey is keeping new finance director Chris Rickard firmly under wraps at the moment. It's probably a wise move; he has better things to do than meet the City or talk to the press.Like steer the housebuilder towards the safe haven of a refinancing deal.He comes with a healthy ...
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Bit of banter between Pidgley and Ronson
At a recent property event, heavyweights Tony Pidgley and Gerald Ronson shared a stage.It didn't take long before the thorny subject of planning came up. Berkeley Homes boss Pidgley bemoaned a process he said overlooked the fact real human beings were involved.He continued: "I was in Disneyland with my three-year ...
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APC tips: Final assessment looms
What you should be doing in the final days before your APC interview
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The UK construction industry is in recession
If the definition you use is two quarters of negative growth, then on the first count by the national statisticians the construction industry is in a recession.The latest GDP figures show that growth in the whole economy dipped by 0.5% in the third quarter. This was the first fall for ...
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NewsEric Kuhne interview: Aladdin's cave
In the rush to modernise the Middle East are we losing sight of the region’s history and culture? Architect Eric Kuhne thinks so – which is why he wants to build a metropolis inspired by Arabian tradition.
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NewsMigrant labour: what happens when the Poles go home?
These three, and hundreds of thousands like them, are planning to go home. What will happen when the Poles say ‘Do widzenia’ to Britain?
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NewsExtreme green: Building's Sustainability Awards 2008
Sustainability practices have come a long way in the past few years, which means you have to do more than ever to impress our awards judges. Katie Puckett finds out what separates the best from the rest
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NewsYour task is …
..build a self-supporting platform out of five planks, some scaffolding and two Workmate benches.
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FeaturesPhase One Bristol: the west is the best
Phase One allows the industry’s latest recruits to make contacts, learn about its most exciting projects and, in the case of this one at Bristol, consider the building as enormous artwork.
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FeaturesGeneration gripe 24.10.08
Fed up with eager young pups at work who don’t know they’re born? Or had enough of hearing how it was back in the old days? Email us with what’s bugging you about the other generations…
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Lead times: August-October 2008
The downturn continues to wield a considerable influence on lead times, with only concrete works reporting an increase since July. Brian Moone of Mace crunches the numbers
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FeaturesData centres: pruning energy consumption
The next time you use Google, think of the vast amounts of power data centres use – 20 times that of a normal office. Stephen Kennett looks at what companies are doing to prune their consumption