All Building articles in 10 May 2013
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NewsContractors picked for final batches of priority schools
Willmott Dixon, Carillion, Kier and Wates selected for last four batches of £400m first phase of programme
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NewsIMF joins critics of Help to Buy
International Monetary Fund warns Help to Buy is likely to inflate house prices and calls for boost to infrastructure spending
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NewsCarillion hails game-changing Battersea win
Carillion’s construction boss says focus on “lean technologies and off-site construction” helped firm to beat rivals to £400m Battersea job
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NewsThree left in race for £350m Battersea job
Exclusive: Sir Robert McAlpine misses out on Battersea Power Station first phase as five-strong shortlist cut to three firms
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NewsGove: modern buildings should 'lift up the soul'
Education secretary who has long downplayed the importance of school design laments lack of beauty in built environment
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NewsGovernment doubles renewable heat subsidies
Renewable Heat Premium Payment increases to help boost industry while another government scheme is delayed
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NewsContractor picked for £33m priority schools
Exclusive: Wates has won a £33m batch of schools in the east of England
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NewsBlacklisting: A folk song
Watch singer and songwriter Chris Tymkow’s folk song about blacklisting in the construction industry
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CommentKeeping up standards, keeping down costs
The Health Safety Executive’s drive to cut bureacracy could compromise safety, the Association for Project Safety warns
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NewsContractor chosen for £30m batch of schools
Kier has won a £31m batch of schools in the south of England.
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NewsRevealed: Fly-through of Herzog's Oxford uni project
Herzog de Meuron and Laing O’Rourke’s £30m Blavatnik School of Government wins planning permission
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FeaturesIn focus: Balfour Beatty
In the second of our series on recent changes at major contractors, we look at Balfour Beatty
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NewsWatchdog to spend more time on May Gurney takeover
Office for Fair Trading extends period for examining Kier’s proposed £221m takeover with May Gurney
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NewsOlympic media centre to get £100m revamp
Developer signs deal with London Legacy Development Corporation and will start work in 2014
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NewsSeverfield-Rowen plans 93 job cuts
Redundancies come as steel specialist implements restructure
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NewsMiliband policy adviser backs Heathrow expansion
Lord Adonis tells BCO conference that Heathrow expansion is the ‘only credible option’ for solving airport capacity crunch
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NewsUK business 'needs better infrastructure'
Chair of Port of London Authority tells BCO conference that improving the UK’s transport infrastructure is vital
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NewsNetwork Rail revamps contractor league table
Rail body makes changes to contractor ranking system after pressure from firms