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NewsTimms leaves his post as construction minister
Baroness Vadera replaces Timms at the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
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NewsWorldwide construction activity down 2% from 2006
Davis Langdon report hints at subdued growth in construction in 2008
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GVA Grimley buys right to light consultant
Property consultant takes over London-based Schatunowski Brooks
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EC Harris expands lender and investment team
Consultant also grows its retail consultancy team with new partner
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NewsBCIS forecasts tender price rise will outstrip inflation
Latest BCIS Tender Price Index is positive investor’s confidence should return in 2009
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Green code ‘raises carbon’
Developers highlight electric heating loophole in Code for Sustainable Homes
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NewsWillmott buys ‘undervalued‘ Inspace back for £148m
Willmott Dixon boss says 32-month flotation failed to reflect social housing group’s real worth
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FeaturesGoing bananas on the DLR
When Consarc Consulting Architects set out to design a ‘landmark’ station for the Docklands Light Railway in a dreary part of east London, it took the unusual approach of topping it with a 32m white banana. And the even stranger thing, writes Martin Spring, is that it works …
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NewsWarren Porter’s postcard from Dubai
The WSP principle fire engineer watches AC Milan play the UAE as construction keeps on booming under the sizzling winter sun
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NewsGleeds wins framework for Network Rail
Consultant appointed cost and project manager on four-year framework
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FeaturesEco-friendly flooring: Down to earth
What you see before you is not a luscious field but an eco-friendly carpet. And judging by the way the industry is heading, very soon all your flooring could be as green as grass.
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FeaturesConquistadors in Kensington
While French firms were dazzling us with their hefty turnovers, the Spanish have sneaked in and established themselves as the next big thing in European construction.
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CommentLiving in harmony
The Olympic park can be completed on time and without conflict between the sectors – but the strategies to ensure good relations must be sorted now.
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Gladedale joins victims of credit crunch with closures
£660m-turnover housebuilder to shut two offices in attempt to reduce overheads
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NewsFit for humans now?
3D Reid has unveiled designs for this cultural centre as part of English Partnerships’ £400m regeneration plan for the town centre of Slough, Berkshire.
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NewsLiverpool FC reveals new HKS stadium design
HKS and Ramboll Whitbybird's new design is selected for new football stadium
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NewsWinning engineer and architect for Sheffield bridge revealed
Engineer Ramboll Whitbybird beats Arup to win RIBA design competition for footbridge in Sheffield
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CommentWhat’s yours is mine
A retention may be held by an employer, but the money does not belong to it. This inconvenient fact is often overlooked by clients and main contractors – it’s so good for business, you see