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Ashford Construction wins £3.6 m contract
Donington Park contract is the pits (and the paddocks, and a new media centre).
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Capita Symonds/Mowlem consortium preferred bidder for Cardiff transport scheme
Consortium ready to take on project to create a world-class transport network for Welsh capital.
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BPB makes defence against hostile bid
Plasterboard maker claims it has been fundamentally undervalued by Saint-Goban
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Mowlem and Costain win £429m motorway deal
Contractors team up to widen 16-mile stretch of M1 under Highways Agency contract.
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Carillion wins Sellafield nuclear decommissioning deal
Contractor to build £118m store for decommisioned materials
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Solid Redrow results buck housebuilding trend
Housebuilder reports 14% profits rise for past year.
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Construction Clients Group merges with Constructing Excellence
Client body leaves BPF to expand under government-backed Constructing Excellence.
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Kent nuclear power station to remain operational
Dungeness nuclear power station's operations extended by five years, plus other stories from the weekend papers.
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Bovis Homes takes £20m profits hit
Pre-tax profits down to £45.1m as housebuilder suffers from market slowdown.
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Businesses and charities slam countryside protection report
George Wimpey among those who say fears of "urban sprawl" are unfounded.
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CommentRight, let’s get started
It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, but we are going to have to move fast – and get unswerving government support – to make the Olympics a success
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FeaturesVentilated spleen
City Hall is the latest green office to miss its energy targets. But when it comes to low-energy buildings, the fault may lie with facilities managers, not designers.
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CommentAll too human
Arbitrators, adjudicators, even judges, all have unconscious bias. You can’t change that – but you can make sure that you don’t help them to direct it against you
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Taywood and Wimpey hit hard by UK downturn
Profit at Taylor Woodrow falls 18% in six months to June while Wimpey shows 21% slippage in same period
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NewsUK experts to fly out to aid New Orleans recovery
Engineer Halcrow and QS Gleeds lead calls for British consultants to go and help devastated city
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A tax dodge?
This was an appeal in relation to the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1998 (ICTA) against the Commissioners’ decision to issue a statutory Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) certificate to Transform Shop Office and Bar Fitters Ltd after the Inspector of Taxes refused to issue the CIS. The CIS provides ...
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NewsNew Orleans: Lessons for UK
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, insurers have warned about the flood risk in the Thames Gateway
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NewsUK experts to fly out to aid New Orleans recovery
Engineer Halcrow and QS Gleeds lead calls for British consultants to go and help devastated city
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CommentWonders & blunders
It’s not the tallest, but it’s got style. Broadcaster Sheena McDonald picks a deco landmark and a flaw in her diamond of a home town