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QS fee rates fall behind architects and engineers
Survey shows QS fees rose just 6% over five years, but hourly rates for project managers are increasing
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Three vie for £700m Hammerson work
Developer Hammerson has drawn up a shortlist of three contractors for three of its largest developments in London, Leicester and Bristol.
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NewsVictory by stealth
This witty modern makeover of an unprepossessing 1950s house in suburban London has won one of seven RIBA special awards that accompany the supreme Stirling Prize awarded to the Scottish parliament building.
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NewsVinci sizes up Mowlem as takeover rumours swirl
UK board of French giant said to be pushing to buy ailing contractor; other large firms also interested
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Road to Wembley will not be ready for cup final
The redevelopment of the key access road to Wembley stadium will not be completed by the time the facility opens for next year’s FA Cup final in May.
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NewsWorld Bank plans action against corrupt clients
A Building investigation reveals proposals to pay contractors directly and take ‘aggressive’ actions to defend them from rogue governments, as evidence mounts that UK firms are being hit by non-payment
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NewsMakeover for Lansdowne Road
Ireland’s best-loved sports ground, Lansdowne Road, is set for a transformation, as these images produced by HOK Sport reveal. The 50,000-seat stadium has four seating tiers on three sides with unobstructed views of the pitch.
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CommentLet’s be reasonable
We should get one or two things straight at the outset. We’re not against the Building Regulations.
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Spinnaker Tower finally opens – with just one hitch
The much-delayed opening of the troubled Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth descended into farce this week after the scheme’s project manager became trapped in its lift.
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Revenue makes U-turn on CIS scheme
The Customs and Inland Revenue has bowed to increasing pressure from the construction industry and fellow Whitehall departments and agreed to delay the start of its CIS tax scheme by one year.
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Winning work in China
The Chinese market is beginning to open up to specialist contractors from the UK, say industry experts.
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NewsUniversity challenge
The Scottish division of Balfour Beatty has been awarded the £27m phase-one contract for the University of Edinburgh’s Potterrow Development.
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Engineer Mouchel Parkman turns in healthy results
Two years after it merged engineering consultant Mouchel Parkman has reported a 119% increase in pre-tax profit to £22.1m.
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Wolseley acquisition talks
FTSE 100 materials company Wolseley is understood to be in talks to buy Swedish firm Ahlsell for £1bn.
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Bellway drives up pre-tax profit to £218.2m
Quoted housebuilder Bellway delivered a solid set of results this week, as expected by the market, and increased its dividend 25% to 31.25p a share.
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KPMG survey shows how skill shortages hit profits
A lack of well trained staff has led to sharp rise in salaries in some areas and forced firms to turn away work
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MP attacks Highways Agency
A Northamptonshire MP has warned the government that its growth area strategy will fail unless it prevents the Highways Agency from, in effect, blocking developments.
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NewsGold medal conversion
This conversion of a derelict barn in Northamptonshire into a family home has won the overall gold award out of 128 entries to this year’s Wood Awards.
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Redrow gets tough over affordable housing
Redrow Homes has warned councils that it will only increase output of its Debut homes – affordable houses aimed at first-time-buyers – if they do not insist that they be used for social housing.