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NewsVolkerWessels sails to top of contractor chart with port job
Dover Harbour Board contract worth £400m sees firm with nearly double contract haul of nearest rival Skanska
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Event: Flood resilience in the UK debate
You are invited to a debate at the ICE on 5 April on the future of flood resilience in the UK
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NewsWillmott Dixon bags £46m school and leisure centre job
The firm has been named as the preferred bidder for the project north of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
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NewsKier interim profit up despite £33m Caribbean hit
Construction group posts leap in half-year pre-tax profit
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NewsBernstein: Tall towers pose ‘huge challenge’
Outgoing chief of Manchester council makes comments after Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs admit they will redesign their brace of towers
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NewsEx-minister joins housing firm with £1bn investment plans
Heylo Housing names ex-Labour minister Nick Raynsford as chair as it highlights pipeline
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FeaturesMarket review: Earning more for less
The total value of construction contracts increased in February but the number of projects went down. Michael Dall discusses the highlights of Barbour ABI’s monthly Economic Construction Market Review
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NewsRedrow wins 1,000-home London estate overhaul
Housebuilder has been picked to transform the Alton estate in Roehampton
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NewsNew guidance for fast-track housing limits
DCLG paper updates developers on residential bolt-ons to Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects
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CommentOnline poll: Nuclear power
Should the government invest in the construction of the next generation of nuclear power plants? Vote here
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News'Grand Designs-style' prefab homes launched
Richard Hywel Evans-designed three-bedroom “nHouse” debuts
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NewsMace bags role on £1.3bn prisons programme
News comes as justice secretary confirms sites for four new prisons
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NewsCapita and Ramboll join industry support for Building a Better Brexit
Support grows for Building campaign as Theresa May prepares to trigger Article 50
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CommentTraining to a T
More of the same training means more bad press, poor productivity and an industry struggling to find people willing to fill its job vacancies. The newly-announced T-level may give us the chance to change all that
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FeaturesCarrowbreck Meadow: Passivhaus rules
A settlement of 14 Passivhaus homes, designed by Hamson Barron Smith, has been built in a Norfolk woodland. Ike Ijeh explains why observing this small project could provide the key to a scheme of nationwide significance
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NewsLondon's largest crane looms over Earl's Court
The crane is part of the final £40m demolition phase of the Earls Court Exhibition Centre
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FeaturesInfrastructure update: Digital Railway programme
A look at the challenges the Digital Railway programme faces, and how they can be overcome by good management, supply chain collaboration and a strong investment case
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FeaturesWhat to specify: Flooring
This week, new flooring solutions include a vinyl range targeting the education market, Forbury Place’s choice of access flooring in Reading and an aluminium decking system at Manchester’s XYZ building
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CommentSix trends that will define design for contractors
Advances in technology will lift many of the constraints currently faced by contractors and it will pay to keep up to speed with the changes
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NewsBillington eyes European expansion on back of Brexit
Steel specialist says drop in value of sterling has made overseas expansion more attractive