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NewsAccord targets private sector
Support services company Accord aims to tap into the £11bn private sector facilities management market using a dedicated business unit.
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FeaturesGeorge Brumwell
The UCATT general secretary has driven through a landmark pay deal in which Terminal 5 workers will earn more than company directors. Now he tells us why it will be his swansong.
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NewsConstruction degrees extinct in 10 years, says shock report
Last building student will enter university in 2012 if present rate of decline in applications continues.
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Carillion to focus on support services
Carillion has said it will concentrate investment in its support services divisions, rather than its traditional construction business.
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NewsThree contractors in running for £60m Berkeley scheme
Housebuilder presses ahead with south London development, providing boost to capital's housing market.
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Key players vie for £200m Coventry estates scheme
MacCormac, Atkins and Llewelyn-Davies among 21 in race to masterplan regeneration of four housing estates.
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HOK to masterplan heart of London's West End
Architect HOK International has been asked to revitalise the shopping area of central London around Oxford Street, Bond Street and Regent Street.
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Consultants find their true worth
Construction professionals make a greater contribution to Britain's national wealth than all its publishers, pop groups, television stations and film companies put together, according to a report to be published by the Construction Industry Council.
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New twist in the Elephant & Castle tale
Proposals for the development of the Elephant & Castle estate in south-east London were set out this week by Southwark council.
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Every which way
In the latest monthly figures – for November – we find an industry in a state of flux, with results continuing to vary month on month
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FeaturesIntegration theory
Eton College has run out of space. How can it be given a mathematics faculty in a modernist style that blends with buildings apparently put up in the 15th century?
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David Curry
Housing finance is facing a big shake-up, with capital receipts to be pooled and redistributed. But where will all the cash go?
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CommentGetting Carter
Building begins a series of internet chatrooms arguments, in which top lawyers tackle legal conundrums, with the controversial Nuttall vs Carter case
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Get one thing straight
A common source of grief for employers is the failure to recognise that a contractor's submission is a 'request for payment'. How can you stop it happening?
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The message tied to a brick
Believe it or not there are those who think that something made from clay that lasts centuries is not sustainable
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FeaturesJudge for yourself
You can get an idea of the standard of the winners of this year's Brick Awards by considering the quality of these six schemes that just missed out on a prize …