All articles by Vern Pitt – Page 30
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NewsGreen light for Fortress Wapping scheme
St George’s development on former News International print works site will include 1,800 new homes
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NewsChina eyes UK rail investment
Chinese rail firm offers to build links to HS2’s Birmingham station
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NewsOldham civil engineer goes under
DCT Group forced into administration by the weight of legal fees from a long-running dispute
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NewsWSP boss to chair ACE
Chris Cole appointed to oversee Association for Consultancy and Engineering’s corporate plan for 2014
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NewsMoD estates boss suspended
Suspension of Defence Infrastructure Organisation boss Andrew Manley follows expenses scandal over claims for nights in a luxury hotel
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NewsElectrical firm bosses call for safety certifying overhaul
Department for Communities and Local Government now investigating implementation of the competent person schemes
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NewsSpecialist contractors boast best safety record
Survey of specialist contractors finds they out perform the rest of the industry on health and safety
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NewsBoris warns over Allowable Solution plans
Mayor of London urges the government to require London housebuilders to keep the energy projects that they will have to undertake to meet carbon standards from 2016 in the capital
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NewsIndustry leaders urge action on flood resilience
ICE and Riba call for changes to building regulations and planning guidance to improve the flood resilience of future developments
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NewsNew Zealand set for construction boom
Emigration expert predicts UK construction sector will see skilled workers leave to plug New Zealand’s skills gap
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FeaturesCostain secures £750m of work for 2014
Chief executive Andrew Wyllie says focus on “blue chip” customers is yielding results
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NewsHorizon nuclear project takes ‘major step forward’
Nuclear regulator progresses reactor design assessment to the second stage
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NewsUse barges for supersewer construction, says senior Tory
Justine Greening lobbies Planning Inspectorate to push for incresed use of river transport on £4bn project
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NewsRenew bosses pocket pay hikes of up to 10%
Chief executive receives £201,000 in bonuses as firm reports 27% rise in pre-tax profit
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NewsIrish challenge to £16bn Hinkley project dismissed
Judge rejects application for judicial review of government’s decision to grant the scheme planning permission
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NewsGalliford Try faces £18m claim over Broadway Plaza
Contractor facing a legal claim for leaks in the deck of the £80m Broadway Plaza shopping centre in Birmingham
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NewsNo ECO work contracted in latest brokerage round
Government plans further moves to water down Energy Companies Obligation scheme
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NewsLaing O'Rourke director exits firm
Exclusive: Steve Hollingshead, Laing O’Rourke group director of human capital, leaves post after six months