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A sobering reality
Last week’s statistics from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), which showed an increase in the number of deaths in construction last year were sobering.
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NewsStrategic Forum to set out ‘golden rules’ to reduce fatalities from tower cranes
In a double victory for Building’s Safer Skyline campaign senior ministers have backed the movement, while the Strategic Forum is to set out standards for the safe use of cranes on site.
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RICS suspends Hips case as government agrees to review
The RICS has suspended its judicial review of the Home Information Pack (Hip) initiative, which was introduced this week for four-bedroom houses.
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Station’s revamp hits buffers
Plans for the redevelopment of Birmingham New Street station have been sent back to the drawing board over cost fears.
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NewsGalway Tech
British architect RMJM has revealed designs for a *60m (£40m) engineering building for the National University of Ireland in Galway.
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Atkins' school scheme
The Leeds branch of multidisciplinary consultant, Atkins and its subsidiary Faithful + Gould have secured planning consent for the £32m upgrade of Richmond school in Yorkshire.
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McCathy's new man
Retirement home specialist McCarthy & Stone has appointed Michael Ball chief financial officer, effective from 10 September.
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Hackney housing
Allenbuild has won a £15.5m contract to build social housing and retail space in Hackney, east London, for Metropolitan Housing Trust.
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Castleoak's deals
Castleoak, the Cardiff-based care home specialist, has won two contracts totalling £10m, one in Maidenhead, Buckinghamshire, and one in Thame, Oxfordshire.
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Spanish revamp
Spanish developer Alcaidesa Servicios, in which Costain has a 50% stake, has won consent to build a marina and retail facilities at La Línea de la Concepción, on the Gibraltar border.
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Correction
Last week we incorrectly stated that Michael Sullivan, an RICS official, was a partner at Rider Levett Bucknall.
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NewsBlack beauty
HBG has been appointed as contractor on the £120m Mann Island scheme on Liverpool’s waterfront.
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International standard to stamp out conflicting lifecycle costs
An international standard that will bring consistency to lifecycle costing for buildings is to be issued in the next few months.
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NewsPardon me, boy
These are the first images of St Pancras station, which is en route to becoming London’s main Channel Tunnel Rail Link terminal.
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Travis Perkins profit
Travis Perkins has reported a 17% increase in pre-tax profit to £128.6m for the six months to 30 June.
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Beatty purchase
Balfour Beatty Management has acquired NAP Partnership, a Middlesbrough commercial services firm with a turnover of £6m.
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Persimmon sites
Persimmon has bought three sites in the Leeds area with a development value of £46m.
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College contract
Contractor Bardsley Construction, from Manchester, has won a £10m project to build a sixth form college in Blackpool.
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Theatre fit-out
Fit-out specialist Vivid Interiors has been appointed on a £1m refurbishment at Sir Cameron Mackintosh’s Gielgud Theatre in Shaftesbury Avenue, central London.