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Buoyant Connaught reports 46% jump in profit
Social housing and maintenance specialist Connaught was upbeat about the future as it reported a pre-tax profit of £13m in the year ending 31 August, up by almost half.
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NewsLemley reveals fears over delivery of London Olympics
American says he resigned from ODA because politics was threatening to bring the games in late and overbudget
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NewsJack's Olympic broadside
Jack Lemley assertion that working on the London Olympics could have ruined his reputation for delivering projects on time will hit the confidence of all those involved
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NewsMultiplex board apologises for disastrous Wembley losses
Despite Wembley Multiplex says construction division will soon return to normal levels of profit
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Payment problems are hitting engineers
ACE warns that despite 70% increase in workload, late payments by private clients are damaging the engineering sector
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Three on Tyneside and Gateshead BSF shortlist
Three teams have been picked to bid for the £172m schools programme
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British Land chairman to join Lehman Brothers
Sir John Ritblat will join investment bank in January but will remain as honorary president of firm he has headed up for 35 years
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Waterman Group buys Australian engineer
Environmental consultant acquires AHW Consulting Engineers for undisclosed sum
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FeaturesCost model: Hotels
A hotel lives and dies on the quality of its service, but that relies on constructing the right kind of environment in the first place. Neal Kalita of Davis Langdon breaks down the costs
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NewsNetwork Rail admits safety errors
Network Rail faces fines over Ladbrook Grove rail crash after pleading guilty to health and safety breaches
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NewsFirst new pictures: Zaha Hadid's architecture centre
Land Securities gets planning permission for Hadid's design for Architecture Foundation, scheduled to open in 2008
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NewsFerrovial profit soars after BAA acquisition
Strong growth at Amey and construction division also helps propel net profit by 21% to £223m
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NewsPersimmon launches range of pre-fab homes
Housebuilder says it has drawn up designs in consultation with housing associations
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NewsInjunction halts £350m Liverpool scheme
Bulldozers have been stopped from demolishing 400 homes in Edge Lane after protesters served an injunction
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Government launches construction skills academy
Education secretary Alan Johnson confirms government approval for national construction skills academy
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Abu Hamza's son worked on London Underground
The Sun newspaper has reported that the son of the jailed muslim cleric has been employed as a labourer on LU construction projects
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NewsAlsop to draw up Croydon town centre designs
Architect Will Alsop beats Ken Shuttleworth and Rem Koolhaas to carry out "visioning exercise" for Croydon
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Contractor dismisses reports of site fire
Gilmac Construction Services denies that workers protesting about pay set fire to a site in Reading
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NewsAnd heave ...
A lasso and a pulley prove a novel way to lift a piece of corrugated metal up six storeys
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NewsClimate change report warns of economic disaster
Sir Nicholas Stern's report says failure to tackle climate change could reduce annual output by 10-20%