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Firms fined after six-tonne roof collapses on worker
Thomas Vale and CMR Demolitions fined for regulations breaches
Japanese contractors in frame for £10bn Horizon nuclear job
Exclusive: Horizon boss says he has “not ruled out” Japanese rather than UK firms for Wylfa power station
Contractors picked for final batches of priority schools
Willmott Dixon, Carillion, Kier and Wates selected for last four batches of £400m first phase of programme
RLF posts turnover and profit dip
Consultant targets growth through part-owned subsidiary 3PM and overseas
School building contractors to face ‘boot camp’
Firms bidding for work through Pf2 programme to face three week “boot camp” to finalise their bids with clients
QS news
RLF posts turnover and profit dip
Consultant targets growth through part-owned subsidiary 3PM and overseas
Davis Langdon off-shoot to turn over £1m in first year
Delay analysis specialist TQEF enjoys strong first four months
Sweett 'back to business as usual' as coup fails
Consultant to restart search for new institutional investors after takeover bid by Francis Ives failed
Inquest details kidnapped QS's death
‘Friendly-fire’ ruled out after failed rescue attempt in Nigeria
Sweett board reaches out to rebel shareholders
Board seeks meeting with Francis Ives after quashing attempted coup
Global news
Zaha Hadid wins Saudi metro station job
Architect’s design chosen for major Riyadh metro station on world’s largest urban transport project
Work starts on OMA's Copenhagen waterfront scheme
Mixed-use development set to link the city centre, the historic waterfront, and the culturally-rich Slotsholmen district
Mace bags role on £1bn Russian development
Firm wins delivery partner role on £1bn plus residential scheme in St Petersburg
Revealed: Fly-through of Wilkinson Eyre's Sydney resort
Wilkinson Eyre Architects have won the design competition for Crown Sydney Hotel Resort on the city’s harbourfront
Largest builder in Dubai hit by major strike
Thousands of migrant workers on Arabtec jobs down tools in protest over low pay
Architecture news
Revealed: Grimshaw's Wimbledon tennis masterplan
Architect releases fly-through of sweeping changes to historic tennis club site
Contract news
Balfour Beatty to build £81m Sheffield uni building
Balfour Beatty wins the job to build a controversial RMJM-designed engineering building at Sheffield University
Morgan Sindall bags two Bournemouth projects
Morgan Sindall appointed to two projects worth £27m as part of a £40m regeneration scheme
Technical news
HSE figures show 49 construction deaths last year
Total deaths falls from 50 last year but construction still records highest fatalities of any industry
Government-commissioned report backs 'wood first' rule
Independent Panel on Foresty back councils’ use of planning law to drive increase in timber buildings
Protests over HSE move to scrap crane safety register
Safety precaution introduced after Building magazine campaign set to be axed after just two years
Health and safety news
Firms fined after six-tonne roof collapses on worker
Thomas Vale and CMR Demolitions fined for regulations breaches
Sustainability news
Three in £750m Sussex Green Deal race
Exclusive: Contractors Carillion and Mears among shortlisted firms
Infrastructure news
Japanese contractors in frame for £10bn Horizon nuclear job
Exclusive: Horizon boss says he has “not ruled out” Japanese rather than UK firms for Wylfa power station
Housing news
IMF 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
Education news
Contractors picked for final batches of priority schools
Willmott Dixon, Carillion, Kier and Wates selected for last four batches of £400m first phase of programme
Legal news
Davis Langdon off-shoot to turn over £1m in first year
Delay analysis specialist TQEF enjoys strong first four months
Career news
Former Scots rugby star swaps scrum for surveying
Former international prop joins Scottish consultant as building surveyor






