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Connaught to stick with AIM
Facilities management group Connaught has ruled out a switch from the alternative investment market to the main stock exchange for at least 18 months
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Be very, very careful
Given the predicament of the UK market, it's no surprise to learn that fidgety construction bosses are turning their gaze overseas
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Olympic transport is not the weakest link
Even without Crossrail experts say that London's transport system will be able to cope with the thousands of extra people who would attend the Olympics
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Pay or delay
The claimant was a builder who was seeking to recover the balance of the price for refurbishment and alteration work to Mr and Mrs Noble's home. Work commenced on site in November 2000, but the contractor suspended its work in October 2001 because of the defendant's non-payment of invoices at ...
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FeaturesDavid Miliband
The schools standards minister comes across as a sixth-form debating champion – but can he convince regional contractors to play a leading role in his plan to revamp the UK's secondary schools?
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Miliband's terms
Education minister David Miliband describes his mission to bring every secondary school in Britain up to scratch as "provocative" and "challenging". So it will be – and not just for educationalists and local authorities, but for their suppliers in construction, too. On the face of it, Miliband's timing couldn't be ...
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The graduate wasteland
It is received wisdom that construction is struggling to attract graduates. So why are so many graduates struggling to find jobs? The answer, is that colleges and the industry are failing them
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FeaturesThey think it's all covered
...it is now! But what on earth has the world's largest timber gridshell roof got to do with England's chances of winning the 2006 World Cup?
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NewsConstruction firms on alert after Saudi suicide attacks
American contractor Bechtel takes steps to safeguard staff after terrorist bombings kill 34
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NewsDon't vote for new boss of McAlpine, shareholders told
Pensions body says contract of Ian Grice, Alfred McAlpine's next chief executive, flouts best practice
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Berkeley and Wimpey at risk from London market jitters
Report by stockbroker Seymour Pierce singles out firms as most vulnerable to a slump in the capital
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Poking the paymaster
Without fear or favour, blind to all blandishments and valient for truth, an adjudicator must severely upset a party they're relying on for their daily bread. Hmmmm
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BPF sets up construction clients' body
The British Property Federation has set up a body to replace the Confederation of Construction Clients, which was wound up late last year
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Firms queue up to bid for Solihull housing scheme
Bryant Homes, Lovells, Bellway and Scott Wilson in frame for multimillion-pound, 20-year regeneration scheme
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New face in line to replace Mason at Amec
Speculation about who will succeed Sir Peter Mason to the top job at Amec took a twist last week when the contractor announced that an American businessman was to join the board
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Costs of schools refurb to rise to £60bn
The government's plans to refurbish every secondary school in the country is likely to cost up to £60bn – double the early estimates
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Alsop and Canary Wharf to tackle dockland deprivation
Architect and developer to concentrate planning gain from North Quay scheme on depressed Poplar district
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Ex-Railtrack boss targets key rail sites for Irish developer
Helen Gordon, a former head of Railtrack developments, leads new firm aiming to build on land near stations
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Trio win £50m Islington housing job
A team including Pollard Thomas & Edwards Architects and housing associations the Grainger Trust and the Guinness Trust has won a £50m housing scheme in Islington, north London