All Building articles in 31 August 2012
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NewsGrimshaw and Canaway Fleming win Sizewell nuclear job
Architect RMJM had previously drawn up the masterplan for the scheme
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NewsPFI review now planned for 'autumn'
Danny Alexander confirms long-awaited announcement on a ‘son of PFI’ is due this autumn after series of delays
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NewsMay Gurney insists problems are 'ring-fenced'
Following profit warning and share price collapse, firm insists it’s still on track to post £25m plus profits as it lines up interim chief executive for permanent role
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NewsScotland's £80m crime campus enters final phase
Balfour Beatty awarded £31.5m management contract to deliver fit-out of FBI-style crime fighting HQ
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NewsPM backs new industry campaign
David Cameron endorses Construction4Growth and says industry has major role to play in driving economy
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NewsNew construction orders remain flat
Total new construction orders remained relatively flat over the second quarter of this year, rising just 0.2% on Q1
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NewsFlagship PFI school programme suffers new blow
Pre-existing PFI agreements prompt delays for some schools amid complicated contract negotiations
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CommentPlanning system reform: Devil is in the details
Ian Tant says more detail is needed on the proposed reforms to the planning system launched today
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NewsGovernment looks to boost off-site construction
The government is to set up a new industry group focusing on boosting the off-site construction sector
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NewsRamboll UK loses 50 jobs
News comes as Steve Canadine takes over as managing director of engineer’s UK arm
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NewsNew agency to oversee £10bn housing loan guarantees
HCA to invite expressions of interest in developing affordable homes within days
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NewsGovernment reveals 70,000-home construction boost
Full details of growth push, which Downing Street says is designed to create 140,000 jobs
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NewsMay Gurney issues profit warning as boss exits
Contractor’s shares fall on the news as firm’s chief executive leaves ‘with immediate effect’
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NewsGovernment extends FirstBuy support for housebuilders
Package of measures to include relaxation of planning rules on home extensions
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NewsBalfour Beatty and Costain bag £288m nuclear contract
Contract to deliver construction construction services at all Magnox nuclear decommissioning sites
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NewsCarillion unsuitable for public work, GMB union claims
Union tells MPs it is writing to clients about contractor’s blacklisting record
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NewsFresh planning shake up 'won't spur boom'
Councils say planning not the problem as data shows backlog of 400,000 homes already granted permission
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NewsBattersea work 'to start in months'
Developers promise prepatory work will commence by the end of the year after sale completes
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NewsPM says airport announcement 'within days'
But David Cameron rules out U-turn on a third runway at Heathrow in this parliament
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NewsHanover Square death inquest opens
Coroner hears passerby was hit by two half-tonne windows from construction site in Mayfair