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Unions in T5 benefits row
Eastern European fit-out workers on Heathrow Terminal 5 are being prevented from receiving their entitlement of travel and accommodation benefits, unions have claimed.
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Coverite sues Shepherd over £3m Leeds contract
Roofing and cladding contractor Coverite has launched a legal battle against Shepherd Construction after being thrown off a £20m project in Leeds.
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NewsBuilding wins campaign to Reform the Regs
ODPM agrees to develop process for updating regulations in a ‘simpler, more transparent manner’
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Industry attacks Brown’s plans for housebuilding
Planning gain supplement is attacked as ‘unworkable’, while PPS3 revives controversy over council powers
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CPA warns industry that recession is imminent
The Construction Products Association has warned that the construction industry is heading for recession
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NewsSustainability code slammed
Senior industry figures have slammed the government’s long-delayed draft code for sustainable buildings, saying it falls well below current standards and that the ODPM went behind their backs to produce it.
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Councils freed to build social housing
The government has lifted its long-standing embargo on council house building as part of this week’s package to increase housing supply.
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DfES pledges to cut bid costs of Schools for Future
The leaders of the government’s Building Schools for the Future programme have admitted that bid costs are unacceptably high.
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Gleeds gives Redgrave new Olympic challenge
QS signs up Olympic legend Sir Steve Redgrave as company ambassador for the 2012 Olympic programme
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NewsTicket to Ryde
Marks Barfield Architects has unveiled this design for the £6m Ryde transport interchange on the Isle of Wight.
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House prices to rise – just
Average house prices are forecast to rise 1% over 2006, according to housing research company Hometrack.
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Wembley costs cause £2.7m blow to profits for Quintain
Developer Quintain has taken a £2.7m hit on its pre-tax profit after paying for a temporary replacement for the Wembley Arena.
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John Laing latest firm to receive takeover approach
Companies thought to be interested in PFI specialist include Spanish firms Acciona and Ferrovial
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NewsRoom for one more up top on live-in buses
Double-deckers converted to short-term housing, and Routemasters could be next.
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Rem Koolhaas to design Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2006
Gallery commissions Pritzker-winning architect for seventh pavilion.
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NewsAssembly calls for more openness from LDA
Lack of transparency could lose Londoners’ confidence, says GLA.
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Laing and Viridor joint venture to bid for £300m waste contract
PFI specialist looks to move into new sector with 25-year Manchester deal.
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No public inquiry into Potters Bar crash
Transport secretary satisfied with HSE report into fatal train deraillment.
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Profits up 11.1% at Titan Holdings
Window-maker says further automation is only way to protect UK manufacturing base.
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Balfour Beatty wins £66m rail deal
Three-year contracts for South East and East Midlands to begin in April 2006.