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Tender price forecast: Racing upward
The good news is that demand for construction services is going to remain strong for the next few years, and prices are going to rise rapidly. The bad news is that labour shortages and China’s astonishing boom will push up suppliers’ costs, too. Davis Langdon and Everest reports
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No more hot air
Energy efficiency in new homes is the subject of heated Whitehall debate at the moment– but the government must keep a cool head to get its targets right
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NewsBilfinger Berger to lose up to 90 staff in PFI shift
German contractor restructures its British operations as it gears up for large infrastructure contracts
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Miller set to recoup £4m from NHS
Keith Miller, chief executive of contractor and housebuilder the Miller Group, believes that the company will recoup all of its bid costs after the collapse of a £400m NHS Estates property portfolio deal.
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Sir Robert wins High Court battle of clan McAlpine
Judge rules that the firm of Alfred McAlpine must desist from shortening its name to 'McAlpine'
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FeaturesToxic shock
A teeny little EU landfill directive that the government has overlooked now threatens to blow up in its face – and even destroy its vision of brownfield regeneration.
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CommentMan bites dog
With the scent of unpaid levy in its nostrils, the CITB can be a bit of a rottweiler. Perhaps it needs to change its image and pay more attention to its product?
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NewsNew chief's Euro vision for Aukett
The new chief executive and chairman of Aukett, the only listed architect in the UK, is looking to make the firm the major stakeholder in a European umbrella company
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Mitie picks £2m from remains of Ballast
Support services group Mitie has picked up four facilities management contracts worth a total of £2m a year from the remains of failed contractor Ballast
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Hunter becomes prey
It always pays to read the small print, especially when employers hide booby traps in it. Luckily, these traps are excellent guidance for the reform of the Construction Act
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NewsWhitby aims to engineer change in Archers' storyline
MARK WHITBY, the founder of consulting engineer Whitbybird, has devised an imaginative way of alerting the British public to the possibilities of oilseed rape as a green fuel: by introducing it as a plotline on Radio 4's The Archers.
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NewsFoster and Herzog make Beijing museum shortlist
Architectural elite lines up for chance to redesign enlargement of National Museum of China in Tiananmen Square
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Safety fears trigger stadium redesigns
Many big all-seater football stadiums may have to be redesigned at a cost of millions because supporters insist on standing during matches.
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NewsMorrell issues RICS ultimatum
Davis langdon partner Paul Morrell this week slammed the RICS for its "lack of respect for construction" and called for reform
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Council threatens Bath Spa legal action
Contractor Mowlem and architect Grimshaw could face legal action from Bath and North East Somerset council over the Bath Spa project.
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NewsCIPER to tackle European regs
CIPER, the construction industry’s new government forum, is to focus on ways of tackling problematic European regulations
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Construction growth hits 10-year high
The construction sector grew at its fastest rate in a decade during the first quarter of 2004, according to research by the RICS.