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New-build completions in July
In a reversal of June’s fortunes, completions were down in every region as the summer’s quiet spell kicked in
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NewsProcure 21 contracts boost HBG’s order book to £1bn
Chief executive acknowledges health service deals have played a big part in increasing profit 15% to £18.7m
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Persimmon shares up 5% despite slow market
Shares in Persimmon rose 40.5p, or 5%, to 840p on Monday as the UK’s biggest housebuilder defied the housing downturn and reported a strong set of half-year results.
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Balfour Beatty secures £450m
Quoted contractor stretches lead to £1.5bn over nearest competitor in annual rolling league
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NewsLooking sharp
Work has begun on architect RMJM’s scheme to transform the historic Woodhorn Colliery in Northumberland into a cultural attraction.
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Multiplex admits losses on Wembley will reach £48m
Wembley contractor Multiplex has increased its expectations of loss on the project by a further £3.6m, despite claiming the stadium will still be finished on time.
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PFI fears raised with Treasury
John Spanswick, chairman of Bovis Lend Lease and the Major Contractors Group, is due to attend a meeting with the Treasury today to thrash out the industry’s concerns over PFI.
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OFT urged to investigate public sector clients
Contractors have hit out at an investigation by the Office of Fair Trading into the construction industry and called for public sector clients to be targeted as well.
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NewsMackie’s back in town
Consultant Atkins has unveiled images of its concept design for the £11m county records office to be built in Manchester city centre. The project will involve the refurbishment of the grade II-listed Mackie Mayor building in the city’s Northern Quarter together with a newly built record store. The building will ...
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Planning act will not speed up system, warn lawyers
Construction lawyers have warned that restrictions newly imposed on developers by the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act will not speed up the planning system.
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Persimmon stands its ground in row with CABE
Housebuilder Persimmon has defended itself against CABE’s criticism of its designs for part of a government housing market renewal area.
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Procure 21 under review
Procure 21, the government’s healthcare procurement framework initiative, is to be scrutinised under a review commissioned by the Department of Health.
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Future of tunnel-collapse Tesco store in doubt
The future of a partially built Tesco store in Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, is in doubt after construction work caused a tunnel under the site to collapse.
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Architect Gordon Wigglesworth dies
Gordon Wigglesworth, one of the last architects to be in charge of the Greater London Council’s housing programme, has died aged 85.
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NewsHopkins in Hastings
Hopkins Architects’ design for a £72m mixed-use scheme to transform a derelict goods yard next to Hastings railway station has won planning approval.
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NewsA Hemingway venture
The latest 124-unit phase of Wimpey’s Staiths South Bank development in Gateshead continues the project’s reputation for variety. It includes this block of 72 apartments, which has brick, render, cedar and rainscreen cladding.
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CommentBrave new housebuilding
When Wimpey threw down the gauntlet to outspoken fashion designer Wayne Hemingway and his wife Gerardine, competitors brushed it off as a PR stunt.
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Profits at Corus up 278% for first half of 2005
‘Restoring Success’ initiative lives up its name as it creates £120 m profit.
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NewsLaing upbeat despite 9% fall in profit
Profit disposal dents results but PFI specialist sees portfolio swell with new contracts from UK and Europe.
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Hospital calls for public inquiry into road scheme
Government intervenes after Liverpool planners failure at ‘joined-up’ thinking.