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Inspace scoops £88m of work
Social housing maintenance specialist bags series of contracts and framework agreements
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England needs to spend £9bn on flood defences
Association of British Insurers warns of 40cm rise in sea levels by 2040, putting a total of 400,000 properties at risk of flooding
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Big architects pitch for Sherwood Forest centre
Wilkinson Eyre and Make are on the shortlist to design visitor centre for Nottingham County Council as part of its bid for Lottery Fund Living Landmarks grant
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2012 Olympic Games threatened by £1bn VAT bill
Treasury says £1bn of VAT costs on construction was not factored in to Games bid
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Backlogs hit government construction programme
CPA report criticises delays in essential social and infrastructure programmes
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Places for People plans 4000 homes a year by 2010
Housing association built 1,250 homes in 2005 as turnover grew 53% to £45.5m
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Kingspan drops £59.5m takeover
Irish materials supplier withdraws offer for insulation specialist after being blocked by Irish regulator
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Government suspends two HIPs consultants
Consultants accused of a conflict of interest in assessing companies to administer Home Information Packs
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Ridge buys two firms
Consultant continues West Midlands expansion with purchase of Davidson Partnership and Cook Denning Management
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Paper round: Crossrail, London Olympics and Frank Gehry's brooch
The weekend newspapers report £1bn of cost savings on Crossrail and rumours of delays on the 2012 Olympic site
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Carillion wins £200m contracts in Middle East
Joint venture contract is for construction of largest residential complex in Dubai at Motor City
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Alfred McAlpine scoops £130m of work
Construction company bags series of contract wins, including two facilities management jobs with Royal Bank of Scotland worth a total of £65m
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Employee sues over job for life
Duffy construction is facing a £500k claim from a worker for breach of contract
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Church sued for £600k
Property developers take a church in Wales to court after it pulls out of scheme
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Atkins in talks to buy architect Pascall + Watson
Giant engineer could become second biggest architect
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In the red
The claimant, Nearfield Ltd was one of six parties to a joint venture agreement dated April 2002. Other parties to the agreement included Lincoln Trust Co (Jersey) Ltd (LTC) and LTC’s offshore nominee, Lincoln Nominees Ltd (LNL); second and first defendants respectively. The agreement was entered into for the purposes ...
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Lead times July-September 2006
In the latest quarterly update on lead times, Tony Gale of Mace reports on dramatic rises in two packages
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Mobile generation
WEB WATCH - New phone? Then you’re probably one of a growing band of construction professionals receiving news alerts on the move. Alex Smith reports on our changing relationship to industry news
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A living legacy
Frank Gehry’s Maggie’s centre has been open for three years. Martin Spring paid a visit to find out how well it has served the cancer patients that use it. And on page 60, he reviews the latest centre, which also happens to be Zaha Hadid’s first completed project in the ...
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Atkins in talks to buy architect Pascall + Watson
Giant engineer could become second biggest architect