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Bouygues French nuclear job
French construction company Bouygues has won a *300m (£203m) contract to build a nuclear power plant in Flamanville, on the northern coast of France.
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NewsDubais double whammy
International architect Gensler has unveiled this image of a 140,000 m² extension to the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
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Building launches online salary checking service
Building has launched a salary checking service on its jobs website.
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CommentLife in the inbetween
Whether you think its right or wrong, Tony Blair’s impending eviction from Downing Street is going to have repercussions for the industry.
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Multiplex set to launch property funds
Australian construction group Multiplex is planning to set up a fund management division to invest in the UK and continental European property market.
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Linden Homes up for sale
Linden Homes has appointed NM Rothschild to solicit offers for the business after it conducted a strategic review of its options. Rothschild is now sounding out possible bidders.
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Balfour Beatty makes a play for the North-east
Balfour Beatty’s management division has opened an office in north-east England with the aim of increasing its share of the £4bn construction market in the region.
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NewsMidlands council pioneers city development company
Dudley aims to find private partner to create new model for attracting capital for regeneration
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EP in dispute with council over affordable housing
English Partnerships is at loggerheads with a council over affordable housing that it is developing in Cambridgeshire.
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Burnley remains a blackspot
Burnley remains the housing market blackspot of north-west England despite millions of pounds of government investment, says a report by consultancy ECOTEC.
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Regional assembly to settle row over planning embargo
The South East Regional Assembly has earmarked seven working days to discuss how to tackle the embargo on house building across a large part of Berkshire, Hampshire and Surrey.
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Miller scoops £235m Leicester BSF contract
Miller Construction, part of the Miller Group, has been selected as the preferred bidder for a £235m Building Schools for the Future contract in Leicester.
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NewsPyramid of peace
A 21st-century reinterpretation of an ancient Egyptian pyramid by Foster and Partners opened this week in Kazakhstan.
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HBOS wins battle for McCarthy & Stone
The three-month battle to buy retirement homes specialist McCarthy & Stone appears to be over with the Permira and Barclays bid vehicle declining to raise its 1030p per share offer, paving the way for the HBOS-led consortium.
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Strong sales at Kingspan
Pre-tax profit at Irish building materials group Kingspan rose 33.7% to £83.4m after strong sales at its European operations.
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Savills reports 56% rise in first-half pre-tax profit
A buoyant UK residential property market helped property services company Savills report a 56% increase in interim pre-tax profit
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Foster, Rogers and Maki reveal Ground Zero towers
Norman Foster and Richard Rogers were yesterday expected to reveal their designs for towers at the site of the former World Trade Centre in New York.
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Shareholders instruct their lawyers to quiz Interserve
Lawyers for shareholders in Interserve, the troubled support services group, have sent the company’s board a letter asking for more information on the accounting irregularities that caused its share price to tumble.
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Bovis in 13k injury payout
Contractor Bovis Lend Lease has been forced to pay out a total of £12,632 after one of its subcontractors sustained an injury on a site in Leeds.