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Alfred McAlpine sues after paying £10m for company
Contractor claims former shareholders of Eastern Contracting Holdings duped it into paying double its value
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NewsPlans for £350m Suffolk winter sports resort put on ice
a £350m winter sports leisure resort outside Ipswich in Suffolk will go ahead, according to the developer, despite the fact that planning approval has been put back six months.
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VAT row erupts over refurbs
A row has broken out over the government’s refusal to abolish VAT on refurbishing buildings after it emerged that a London school demolished a sports hall to avoid paying the tax.
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Council architects take Whitehall to task on design
Local government architects have attacked the role played by central government in procurement and design in a pre-election document that has been sent to all three major parties.
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NewsMcChesney triumphs
Architect Ian McChesney, working in conjunction with landscape architect Fenella Griffin, has won a competition to design the Avenham Park Pavilion in Preston, Lancashire.
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HOK Sport faces legal fight after ‘crippling’ US rival
Wembley architect is accused of poaching five senior staff from Ellerbe Becket – after promising not to
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NewsBarratt upbeat following 20% increase in profit
Forward sales top £1bn as Barratt detects an improvement in housing market since turn of year.
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Skanska wins M1 junction contract
£119m highway contract brings hat-trick of recent road wins for Skanska.
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NewsPilkington predicts 15% profit despite tough UK market
Profits from automotive industry and joint ventures will help counter effects of difficult UK trading conditions.
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NewsCarillion joint venture reaches financial close on school PPP
£150m Scottish PPP scheme will see construction of 10 new facilities for 6,000 children.
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NewsQSs freed after Jubilee Line Extension fraud case collapses
Six men acquitted after one of longest and most expensive fraud trial thrown out by judge.
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NewsMcBains Cooper wins 20m Elephant and Castle scheme
The property and construction consultant will provide 209 new homes including 46 affordable flats.
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Davis Langdon appointed National Change Agent
Davis Langdon will help set up procurement consortia using £35m fund.
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Gleeson sells off building arm after big losses
Group will concentrate on low-risk activities after building division records six month loss of £16.6m.
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FeaturesOpen mike : A tale of two Englands
Many people have long suspected that the economic success of the South-east has been at the expense of the North. But are they right?
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Developers fined after death of toddler
Virendra Kotak and Stephen Patterson are fined £29,000 for not securing concrete slabs that crushed a two-year old.
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NewsKier reports sound growth
Housing sector only worry but construction group says post christmas sales indicate modest growth for 2005.
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NewsJohnstone acquisition hits Ennstone profits
Redundancy costs at Johnstone punch a hole in profits of aggregates group.
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Wolseley posts record interim results
Builders materials supplier boosts profit to £287.2m and increases UK turnover to £1.16bn thanks to strong RMI.
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Laing and Serco win 761m health PFI
Joint venture wins preferred bidder status for massive Leicester University Hospital NHS Trust project.