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NewsZero carbon taskforce gets green light
The government’s plans for all new homes to be zero carbon by 2016 moved a step forward this week with the formation of a steering group to lead the initiative.
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NewsLatest crane collapse triggers safety campaign
After a series of fatal accidents Building is launching the Safer Skyline campaign, calling for rigorous checks on crane conditions
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Amec wins £36m Salford schools contract
Project manager and client Hochtief PPP Solutions to deliver Harrop Ford and Buile Hill high schools
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Kier eyes Amec’s £1bn property division
Acquisition would double Kier’s £700m portfolio, but company says it will not touch construction
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Kier eyes Amec’s £1bn property division
John Dodds, the chief executive of Kier, has said he is considering making a bid for Amec’s property development arm.
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NewsMultiplex and CBUK return to court over roof works
Multiplex project director claims Wembley steel contractor’s prices were ‘out of this world’
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NewsMultiplex and CBUK return to court over roof works
Multiplex project director claims Wembley steel contractor’s prices were ‘out of this world’
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NewsSafer Skyline campaign: crackdown on cranes
Building's latest campaign calls on industry to clean up its act
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NewsPre-tax profit leaps 26% at T&T
Pre-tax profit at consultant Turner & Townsend (T&T) has leaped 26% from £12.5m to £15.7m for the year ending April 2006.
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NewsKen Makes over his old home town
Architect Ken Shuttleworth unveils proposals for mixed-use Birmingham scheme
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NewsUS contractor wins UK’s biggest fit-out job of 2007
StructureTone set to crack top-end UK fit-out market with Willis Building in the City
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NewsBig game Hunter
Making the news Sir Tom Hunter is the media-shy multimillionaire out to capture Crest Nicholson
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FeaturesSpecialist cost update: Structures
In our latest specialist update, the experts from Gardiner & Theobald outline lead times, costs and the issues most likely to cause sleepless nights for the piling, concrete frame and structural steelwork sectors
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The military philosophers
The Ministry of Defence likes PFI procurement but prefers to do it differently to the rest of Whitehall. Things will start to change in August, however, so contractors had best take account of the latest thinking ...
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CommentMind the GAAP
TAX TIPS - The ripple effect of the Enron scandal is affecting accountancy standards in the UK, and will result in some companies showing higher returns – and possibly paying more tax
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CommentTell us where it hurts
Open mike The government’s push for large framework deals is proving costly for smaller firms. So a new Strategic Forum survey aims to find out how bad it’s getting.
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Developers ‘face uncertain year’
Developers are facing an unpredictable year despite the recovery in the commercial market.