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Morgan Sindall buys failed regional contractor
Morgan Sindall has swooped on a private construction company that went into administration on Monday.
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Office market picks up speed
Commercial development activity rose at the fastest rate for six months in November, according to quoted property services company Savills.
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Travis Perkins appoints chief executive
Quoted Builders’ merchant Travis Perkins has appointed Geoff Cooper chief executive.
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CommentClucking hell
If construction has been likened to a flock of quarrelsome chickens, it is because industry bodies are concerned with nothing but their own place in the pecking order
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CommentPeace and goodwill
With Christmas eight days away, what better time could there be for the unions and CITB-ConstructionSkills to call a truce in their war for possession of the CSCS card scheme?
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CommentA question for the judge
Can one adjudicator read 52 lever-arch files and nine boxes of documentation in 100 days and still reach a fair decision? Here’s what Judge Toulmin said
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CommentJingle all the way
Deck the halls with boughs of holly/Here’s some advice on saving lolly/Hire yourself a new surveyor/Who’ll collect evidence against the payer …
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The recovery position
If your subcontractor or supplier turns turtle you have a major problem, but all may not be lost. Here’s how you can jump the insolvency queue …
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NewsAmicus to mount legal challenge to T5 retina scans
M&E union to bring action under human rights legislation to stop firms using identification method on workers
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Gateway to the South
The Millau viaduct in the Aveyron region of southern France was officially opened this week by French president Jacques Chirac.
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Developers face tough planning gain rules
The Housing Corporation is to create a system to control how money is allocated to private developers as part of planning gain agreements
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Plans for £13bn rival to Crossrail are unveiled
A plan to launch a privately funded rival service to Crossrail in London was unveiled this week.
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MP to table CSCS questions
The Labour MP Michael Clapham is set to table a written question in parliament to skills minister Ivan Lewis over the finances of the industry's troubled skills identification card scheme CSCS.
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CABE spared savage heritage spending cuts
Design watchdog has grant increased to almost £5m, as steps are taken to increase its public accountability
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HSE to conduct health blitz
The Health and Safety Executive is to launch an inspection blitz on construction sites in February
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Modular market to expand 60% by 2009
The UK market for prefabricated buildings will grow 60% to £2.95bn by 2009, according to a report by market research group MSI.
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NewsOxford revisited
Architect RMJM has unveiled its third development for Oxford University in the past 18 months.
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NewsAssembly deals fresh blow to Prescott’s housing plans
East of England body suspends support for 478,000 houses after government reneges on transport funding
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Pupils get the chance to learn trade at age of 14
Children as young as 14 will be able to follow apprentice schemes in construction trades rather than attending school, the government announced today.