All articles by David Matthews – Page 14
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CommentNakheel creditors bite their tongues
UK consultants are loathe to criticise the Dubai developer despite being owed $250m
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NewsChina to invest £190bn in megacity
Government planning 150 infrastructure projects over the next six years
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NewsMPs attack planning changes
Committee on energy and climate change also question government assumptions over nuclear and carbon capture and storage
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NewsUK firms missing out on Euro research funding, says CIOB
Construction body launches new database to help companies apply for cash
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NewsGreen gurus call for tighter rules on non-domestic buildings
UKGBC forms task group of developers, archtiects and engineers to ’sort out’ policy
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NewsWillmott Dixon to build pioneering zero carbon school
School will share energy centre with housing development to negate carbon footprint
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NewsRICS recommends off-site housebuilding
Homes must be prefabricated and use more recycled materials, says report
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NewsLaing O'Rourke creates Oxford professorship
Contractor sets up construction research centre with university
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NewsFMB predicts falling workloads in 2011
Trade survey indicates sector ’has not reached bottom’ of recession
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NewsConstruction to employ more graduates
Survey reveals recruitment targets will be 1.8% higher than 2010
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Latest construction appointments: 21 January 2011
This week Mansell, Balfour Beatty, Morgan Sindall, Bennett Construction, Ernst & Young and Heidrick & Struggles have made new appointments
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NewsRICS cracks down on members’ misdemeanours
Questions raised over body’s right to impose fines and costs in previously decided court cases
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NewsMitie wins £110m housing contract
Facilities management firm wins 10-year deal for 14,000 homes
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NewsRICS creates 'executive director' position
Mark Walley appointed to build RICS’ status and grow membership
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NewsUK firms should build India infrastructure, says Cable
British companies well placed to help build Indian infrastructure, says business secretary
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CommentIs Iraq still scary?
With security improving more UK construction companies are considering moving in
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NewsCostain likely to make third attempt for Mouchel
Analysts predict next bid could be made more attractive if construction group dips into cash pile
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FeaturesHeat, Dust and opportunity in Iraq: Back to Basra
Improved security and oil-funded mega projects make Iraq a land of rising opportunity for British companies starved of contracts at home. That’s not to say working there is a picnic … Building reports from the country’s biggest construction site