All Building articles in 21 August 2015
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Features
Housing associations: Going it alone
Housing associations are being forced to find efficiencies, with some taking repairs and maintenance work in-house and leaving private contractors out in the cold
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News
Longcross Construction in £1.3m dispute with engineer GGA
Stricken retail contractor pursues claim against SME engineer
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Breedon lures Aggregate Industries CEO
Aggregate Industries CEO Pat Ward will move to rival Breedon Aggregates as group chief executive early next year
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Private equity firm circles Imtech UK
Private equity firm Endless in “exclusive negotiations” regarding buying Irish business and three subsidiaries, and is “interested” in UK
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Construction output to grow 13.2% by 2017
Private housing expansion expected to be key driver of growth
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WSP PB buys 2,000-strong Canadian firm
WSP PB acquires Canadian engineering consultant MMM for £270m
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EC Harris scores key Chelsea FC stadium revamp role
Consultant will work alongside architect Herzog de Meuron on revamp for Stamford Bridge
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Lendlease boss hails firm's 'safe passage' through difficult two years
European construction business outperforms rest of Australian-based infrastructure giant
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Zaha Hadid completes climbing museum at top of mountain
Visitors descend inside peak to galleries and viewing platform
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Sellafield workers vote to go on strike
Construction workers at nuclear power plant decide to strike over alleged refusal to have full-time shop steward on site
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Gleeds opens fifth US office
Consultant’s Silicon Valley business will target global technology companies
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WSP Parsons wins Meadowhall job
Consultant engineer gets role on £50m facelift of famous shopping centre
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Balfour Beatty quits £75m North West rail upgrade
The contractor said it was “unlikely” to deliver the North West rail electrification programme “on time and to budget” after reviewing the scheme
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New apprenticeship levy puts CITB future in doubt
CITB to consult with employers on whether to continue paying industry levy along with new levy
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Housing starts fall sharply in second quarter
The number of new homes started dropped 14%, with starts down across all tenures
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Costain to review Rhead's international operations
Costain leaves door open for sale of Rhead Group’s overseas operations