All Building articles in 29 August 2014
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Banks’ approval key to £820m Parsons Brinckerhoff sale
Analysts say Balfour Beatty may have a “tough” job convincing lenders to maintain credit for a smaller contracting and investment business
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Mark Group to axe nearly a quarter of its UK staff
Exclusive: Insulation provider blames faltering government schemes for its need to cut up to 670 jobs
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Nine firms win spots on £1.6bn rail frameworks
Contractors appointed to frameworks to improve London North West and East Midlands routes
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Urbed designer wins Wolfson prize
Firm’s manager sees off competition from four other enties including those by architects Barton Willmore and PRP
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Queens Park Rangers unveils massive regeneration scheme
Football club publishes plans for stadium and homes on brownfield site at Old Oak Common
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WSP to buy Parsons Brinckerhoff for £820m
Balfour Beatty announces deal to sell its consulting arm, which it put on the market in May
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Bam scoops V&A Dundee job
Contractor lands presitigious job to build museum designed by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma
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McCarthy & Stone plans £2bn development push
Retirement homes developer publishes snapshot of its results
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Comment
Measuring customer satisfaction
The “net promoter score” is the latest way to test if your clients are happy. But it can’t replace genuine interaction
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Elliott Thomas targets £100m turnover
Contractor restructures in bid to hit growth target within three years
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Galliford Try lands its largest ever affordable housing project
Contractor’s Partnerships division lands £81m 350-home scheme in east London
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Kier wins £40m Scottish education campus
Contractor will deliver Ayrshire primary and secondary school
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London ranks number one in world for office refurbs
Arcadis report finds developers make higher returns on London refurb jobs than anywhere else
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Specialists urge Cable to enforce payment charter
Payment charter’s enforcement measures are still unknown five months after the charter was published
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Lord Foster hits out after 'Boris Island' is ditched
Architect follows Boris Johnson and blasts decision to ditch Estuary airport
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Arcadis to complete Hyder takeover 'next month'
Hyder proposes timetable to close takeover by Arcadis if Japanese firm Nippon Koei fails to table further bid
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Subbie prices rise at fastest rate on record
Subcontractors harder to come by as construction output returns to rapid growth, according to Markit/CIPS
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Laing O'Rourke lands £200m Dumfries hospital
Contractor will begin construction of 350-bed facility next year
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Davies Commission dumps 'Boris Island' proposal
Decision leaves two horse race between expanding Heathrow or Gatwick
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Huge scheme on cards as New Scotland Yard up for sale
Architecture practice SOM proposes resi scheme for central London site after conducting feasibility study