All Building articles in 26 April 2013
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Changes in construction jobs by region
Outside of London, there’s a long way to go before job levels get back to their peak
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Construction industry insolvencies fall 8%
But fall in number of insolvencies in first quarter of the year likely to prove a ‘false dawn’ experts warn
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Ocon creditors left £4.3m out of pocket
Manchester-based contractor’s collapse sees creditors only paid up to 22p of every pound owed
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Wind farms: Second generation
A lot of lessons have been learned about the technical side of building wind farms. But what about contracts? Lindy Patterson looks at how things have changed in the last decade
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Willmott Dixon vs Newlon: A case in points
Tony Bingham’s column on the recent Willmott Dixon vs Newlon Housing dispute focused on procedural objections - but there’s an awful lot more to the case than that
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New home registrations up 22%
Registrations hit highest level for first quarter since 2008, boosted by new properties registered at Battersea power station
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Five firms make cut for £1.5bn power framework
Exclusive: Firms including Balfour Beatty and Laing O’Rourke win place on five-year National Grid substation framework
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Rowecord administrator 'not optimistic' about sale
Administrator of steel specialist says sale of the remaining operational parts of the business is unlikely
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Elderly fear Green Deal debts
Demand for Green Deal from elderly property owners stifled by fear of financial risk
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UK electrical firm bought by European giant
Spie UK agrees deal to acquire electrical engineer Alard
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Blacklist protests target Holyrood
Workers gather outside Scottish parliament to demand action from government on blacklisting in the construction industry
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John Laing wins £120m Cambridge health scheme
Project finance to be arranged by contractor in first-of-its-kind development for NHS
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Sweett Group makes management appointments
Firm welcomes long-standing employees to senior team
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Carillion on National Grid framework
Contractor says it is one of six on £1.5bn five-year substation job
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MCC unveils £200m Lord's revamp
Redevelopment of historic Cricket Ground designed by Colin Maber and Populous
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Carillion bags £335m Liverpool hospital job
Carillion-led consortium beats rival team led by Interserve to Royal Liverpool hospital contract
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WSP wins role on West Coast mainline upgrade
Third phase of upgrade work due to complete in 2016
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Creditors chase £6.5m after Herbert Baggaley collapse
Administrator KPMG finds £2m to pay trade creditors, leaving £4.5m shortfall
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Firms appointed to £3bn water framework
Two consortiums including Balfour Beatty, Skanska, Costain and Atkins have been appointed to do the design and build work on Thames Water’s £3bn framework