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Skanska targets UK housing market in global expansion
Swedish contractor opens UK residential development arm with first projects on site early next year
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NewsKeller faces £25m goodwill write off
Troubled groundworks specialist loses £20-25m on US and Spanish companies
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Barratt and Urban Splash in contention for Olympics
Housebuilders are in nine-strong shortlist to take on Athlete’s Village development
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NewsArcadis to rebuild Corrie set after tram fireball
Consultant to act as QS on new Coronation Street set in Salford after explosive stunt destroyed old location
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Tribal confirms takeover approach
Consultant’s shares jump 18% after revealing it has been approached with a possible offer
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Stadium specialist Populous to bid for Baghdad complex
Stadium architect Populous is attempting to move into Iraq with a bid for a 100,000-seat stadium and sports complex outside Baghdad
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NewsEC Harris: we’re still strong enough to float
EC Harris remains bullish about its plan to float on the stock exchange although it has lost almost one in five employees and its revenue has tumbled by 17.6%
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NewsKings of the castle
London mayor Boris Johnson and developer James Sellar were present to celebrate the Shard becoming the highest UK building, at 244m, or 72 storeys
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NewsRelief – and disappointment – at Localism Bill
The government has pulled back from giving communities the right to appeal all planning permissions as part of its radical overhaul of the planning system this week
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NewsHow to shop in Bangkok
Amanda Levete Architects’ Central Embassy development is due to start on site in Thailand next February
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NewsBritish Land's Slicker City
British Land has submitted a planning application for a 12-storey 1.1m ft2 office block in the iconic Broadgate development in the City of London
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Hub posts on-site energy levels
An industry advisory body has delivered its recommendations to government on how much on-site energy must be produced on new housing developments from 2016
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NewsConstruction sheds 17,000 jobs
There are now only 2.1m employed in the UK construction industry according to new data
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Information errors are putting lives at risk, survey finds
Two thirds of information professionals in the construction industry have seen builders’ lives put at risk by information mismanagement, according to a survey by the Institute of Document Control
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Consortiums gear up for Crossrail station contracts
Now that £1.25bn tunnelling jobs are confirmed, focus turns to main works on four major stations
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Turner & Townsend wins second tranche of free schools
Consultant wins the second tranche of 12 contracts to design the government’s flagship free schools
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NewsGLA calls for new rules for timber frame
Greater London Assembly wants new measures to reduce the risk of fire in timber framed developments under construction in the capital
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The sharks gather around Mouchel
For all the turmoil surrounding consultant Mouchel over the past fortnight, the City has dumped its share price just a touch above where it was before it heard that Deloitte had been called in to conduct a “limited business review” on 2 December
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Atkins signs nuclear power deal
British engineering giant Atkins has signed a joint venture with Assystem, a French nuclear specialist, to take advantage of the growing international market for atomic power stations
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Skanska targets UK housing market in global expansion
Skanska has opened a UK housing division as part of a global expansion strategy