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Bovis chooses Scottish head
Bovis Lend Lease has promoted Gordon Anderson to head its Scottish business.
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Bovis Lend Lease grabs September top spot
Contractor’s £510m of work last month pushes it up to second in annual league, above Laing O’Rourke
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NewsData New-build completions in September
Completions and private registrations have held up well over the past 12 months and daily sales are ahead
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NewsRICS slams ODPM’s 20% planning gain tax
Ministers hope their proposed planning gain supplement, which has been given a roasting by a RICS report, will capture about one-fifth of the uplift in value generated by development.
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Strike threat over pensions
Seventy thousand construction workers employed by councils could strike if talks with the government fail to resolve a row over pensions.
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JCT digital contracts to cut legal costs
Lawyers have predicted that the JCT’s digital contracts, due to launch at the end of next month, will cut construction firms’ legal costs.
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NewsShort-distance learning
This special needs primary school in Islington, designed by architect SMC Corstorphine & Wright, is part of a mixed-use development.
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NewsFair Exchange
Architect Chapman Taylor’s redevelopment work on the Manchester Arndale Centre was revealed yesterday.
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Bovis to build London’s largest student halls
Contractor teams up with Blackstone and First Base to convert two 14-storey towers in King’s Cross
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FeaturesSpecialist costs: Landscaping
In our latest specialist market overview, Gardiner & Theobald’s Joe Burns examines the current UK landscaping sector, including current hot topics and typical costs – plus an expert offers his view of the scene …
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NewsReform the Regs
Today, Building launches a campaign to persuade the government to rethink the way it does regulation. Over the next few weeks we explain what has gone wrong, how it is hampering the industry and how we believe it can be fixed. We hope that you’ll tell us your stories, and ...
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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.