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Former southern director returns to Laing O’Rourke
Steve Hollingshead, the former southern director of Laing O’Rourke, is to rejoin the company he left two years ago.
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Metronet nabs Bechtel man
Metronet has drafted in a programme management expert from Bechtel to review its problem tube station contracts.
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Skanska boss makes sudden departure
Skanska has abruptly parted company with Simon Hipperson, the head of its PPP division, after differences over what the company called his “leadership style”.
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NewsRip it up and start again
The tallest building on the Olympic park site was demolished this Tuesday.
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Off-site renewables
The UK Green Building Council is to consider accrediting off-site renewables so that they can be incorporated into the official definition of zero-carbon homes.
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Chesterton acquisition
Property consultant Chesterton has bought Vanns and Jones, a building surveyor.
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Firms in deep water
The Office of Fair Trading has rapped two renewables firms for misleading consumers on the performance of solar water heating systems.
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B for Bother
Manchester council is suing the architect Thomas Heatherwick over his B of the Bang sculpture, which requires remedial work.
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Better health standards
Constructing Better Health has published a set of standards for occupational health in the construction industry, the first official standards for managing occupational health on site.
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Housing targets should rise
The government’s National Housing and Planning Advice Unit has warned that 3 million new homes by 2016 will not be enough to meet England’s housing crisis. It called for annual housebuilding to rise to 240,000 by 2016.
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Guest workers
More than half the jobs created since Labour came to power have gone to foreign workers, according to official statistics.
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Safety guidance for directors
The Health and Safety Commission and the Institute of Directors have published health and safety guidance for directors of companies.
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Inquest begins into fatality at Wembley stadium
An inquest was launched this week into the death of a worker employed by concrete contractor PC Harrington on the Wembley stadium project.
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Balfour and Kier win academy jobs
Kier and Balfour Beatty have been appointed to the first city academies procured through Partnerships for Schools (PfS) national framework.
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NewsAnother Rafael at the Prado
The extension to Madrid’s Prado museum, designed by Rafael Moneo, will open next week.
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Comment
Time for a rethink
Your story announcing the second review into the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) procurement process is a welcome step as it recognises that there is scope for improvement (21 September, page 11).
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Leaks in the system
Ed Derrick’s views on what might be done with the proposed water grid (19 October, page 40) are interesting.