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Wilson Bowden’s profit up 16%
Housebuilder and developer Wilson Bowden this week revealed a solid set of annual results but sounded caution about the short-term future of the market.
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NewsJudge slams construction manager in landmark case
Industry experts react to £10m court ruling against Laing by defending beleaguered procurement method
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NewsMultiplex pledges to finish Wembley a month early
Global boss says job will be done by Christmas, despite previous delays and death threats to operatives
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NewsA technical challenge: Multiplex still to find cable solution
Multiplex is currently working out how to execute one of the most critical operations on the Wembley national stadium project, to be carried out in May
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NewsSniper threat may be hoax
Multiplex boss Noel Henderson said he thought a threat to blackmail the contractor out of million of pounds could be a hoax,
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NewsSuspended aviation
Architect HOK International has completed its visionary designs for the AirSpace Project at the Imperial War Museum, Duxford, in Cambridgeshire.
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Failed appeal boosts cartel clampdown
The Office of Fair Trading’s drive to root out price cartels in the construction industry has had a boost after two West Midlands roofing contractors lost appeals against their convictions
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CITB: Industry must have say in vocational education
CITB-ConstructionSkills has welcomed the government’s response to the Tomlinson report into secondary education, but insisted that the industry must be involved in drafting vocational training plans.
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NewsGriffiths: Every death in construction is avoidable
Minister challenges industry to eliminate all site deaths as public sector is targeted with mandatory safety policy
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NewsChina’s Chelsea
Architect Aedas has released images of its TG Harbour View complex in Shanghai.
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Shuttleworth in race to build £250m PFI hospital
Former Foster partner hopes to extend fledgling practice into public sector with Forth Valley scheme
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NewsMilton Keynes developers to pay £15,000 ‘roof tax’
Government to impose levy of £15,000-20,000 for each house in growth area in lieu of section 106 payments
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Audit office to rethink housing association league
The National Audit Office is to overhaul a key element of the Housing Corporation’s efficiency regime amid fears that it unfairly penalises housing associations.
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RDAs voted worst regeneration vehicle
Regional development agencies have been voted the least successful of all bodies at delivering regeneration projects, a survey of leading industry figures has revealed
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CommentWonders & blunders
An arts centre shows that the best plan can be no plan at all, says Iain Borden, but a London office block betrays no sign of life
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NewsEdinburgh reveals waterfront masterplan
Edinburgh Forthside has been designed for 13,000 people and will include major mixed-use developments.
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NewsHill proposes planning ceiling for retail mezzanines
Planning minister Keith Hill proposes bringing large retail mezzanines under planning control.
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NewsMowlem restructures after £7.5m loss
Mowlem will spend £5m in 2005 splitting construction services business into three divisions.
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Country & Metropolitan poised to recommend 300p offer price
Housebuilder says board is expected to recommend potential takeover bid which values firm at £72m.