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NewsBovis begin preparations for Crossrail
Construction of new buildings at PaddingtonCentral will allow work on Crossrail to take place if it gets the green light.
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NewsAffordable housing helps Crest Nicholson boost profit by 10%
Focus on affordable housing and mixed use developments underpins record £82.1m pre-tax profit for Crest.
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NewsAlfred McAlpine sells stake in Mercia Healthcare for 5.6m
Construction services group generates £2.9m profit from sale to the Secondary Market Infrastructure Fund.
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NewsDemand for office space on the rise
RICS quarterly survey says that demand in the North and South East is driving the office market.
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NewsBouygues hands over Home Office PFI
French contractor completes £244m replacement of Marsham Street 'Three Ugly Sisters'
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NewsJarvis close to completing crucial deals
Jarvis is set to conclude the sale of its stake in Tube Lines for £146.8m as well as four construction contracts to Vinci.
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NewsBDP wins masterplanning job in Chinese city
BDP will work with developer China Greentown Development Company on a mixed-use scheme in Hangzhou near Shanghai.
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NewsLatitude wins Atlantic College competition
Architect will design four accommodation blocks for global education movement college in Wales.
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NewsUltraframe heads for first half loss
Turnover at conservatory maker falls 28% in first quarter of financial year.
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On whose authority?
The claimant company Tube Tech International Ltd (Tube Tech) specialised in the cleaning of industrial pipe work and allegedly entered into four contracts for the cleaning of a natural gas plant in Nigeria with the first four defendants (TSKJ) who, it was claimed, was acting as a consortium.The claim was ...
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NewsHill announces help for first time house buyers
Changes to PPG3 will give councils more power to provide affordable housing in rural areas and on commercial land.
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NewsPark planned to mark entrance to Canary Wharf
Broadway Malyan is carrying out a feasibility study for the park that will straddle a dual carriageway in Blackwall.
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Jet-To-Let takes off
A new survey reveals that 20-somethings are being tempted to buy abroad as a first step to getting onto the property ladder.
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Supplier sues Jarvis for £500,000
Laboursite is taking Jarvis to court amid claims that the support services firm is sitting on 100 outstanding invoices.
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FeaturesDung removal machine
Staff at a Wildlife Park needed to move so much earth and dung they upgraded their JCB wheelbarrrow to a machine digger.
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NewsPrescott outlines new plans for social housing
Scheme aims to get more people on to the property ladder while keeping homes out of private hands.
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NewsUK firms engineer Chinese success
From China to Madrid and back home again, from the humble DIYer to industry heavyweights, British construction is in the headlines.
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News£26.3m motorway disposal keeps Laing profit on course
John Laing says profit improved in second half of 2004 and results for year are in line with expecations.
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Employment in SME firms hits four-year high
High levels of activity in last quarter leads to best rates of employment in SME construction sector since 2000.
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FeaturesTsunami diary: the real work begins
Arup civil engineer Anthony Peter, 26, landed in Sri Lanka last week to help with the reconstruction process. In this extended extract from his diary for Building he looks at the task ahead.