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Mouchel fails to gets on Crossrail programme partner shortlist
Balfour Beatty Management and Davis Langdon are on the consortiums still in the running
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HSE cracks down on contractors in London borough
Safety body condemns firms 'risking lives' during development and refurbishment work in Waltham Forest
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NewsWhen demolitions go wrong: the building that wouldn't die
We wonder if there was a two-stage tender process for this demoliton in parts
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NewsRecession budget will soften hard landing for some
Alistair Darling's pre-Budget report will not transform construction's fortunes but may bring relief to mid-sized firms
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NewsKyu Sung Woo designs student pads for Harvard graduates
American architect designs accommodation for 215 students at the famous Massachusetts university
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NewsChina starts work on £9.7bn nuclear plant
Fujian plant is first of six new 1,000MW reactor schemes announced this month
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NewsDubai beach-sex couple freed on appeal
UK pair deported after jail sentence for indecent behaviour replaced by £200 fine
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NewsBalfour Beatty wins £82m power line deal in New Zealand
Construction of 186km transmission line is part of JV with Australian engineer United Group
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NewsConstruction bucks South Africa's downward trend
Building sector surges by annualised 15% in third quarter as overall growth slumps to 0.2%
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NewsEngineers brief Mandelson on sufferings of small firms
Small business representatives meet minister to discuss ways to soften blow of economic downturn
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Safety warning after £3,000 fine for finger injury
HSE will prosecute firms that endanger employees through faulty machinery
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NewsSpaniards turn to cemetery for renewable energy
Lack of sunny, open space prompts decision to put solar panels on graves
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NewsLaing O'Rourke venture wins £420m Australian rail contract
Novo consortium appointed to five-year infrastructure project in New South Wales
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NewsVietnam starts building $1bn airport
Prime minister says new airport on Phu Quoc island will boost national growth
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How to save 150,000 construction jobs, earn the Treasury £16 billion and create 200,000 new homes
Imagine that Chancellor Alistair Darling had decided to boost public spending by investing £20 billion of taxpayers' money over the next two years in buying land and building homes earmarked for eventual open market sale.What would be the net result?Well we would have 200,000 more homes to help meet the ...
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NewsSustainability award winner interviews - video
We spoke to winners of the sustainable building of the year and the 99% award for refurbishment after the ceremony last Tuesday night
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NewsChris Addison at the Sustainability Awards
Edited highlights from the stand-up comedian and author's brilliant routine at last week's Building Sustainability Awards
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NewsThames Gateway and flooding: going with the flow
An architect tells the Thames Gateway Forum how to live with flooding
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News'Emergency budget' brings forward £3bn of public spending
Alistair Darling says money pumped into schools, infrastructure and housing will increase public spending to £682bn by 2010/2011