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NewsKier warns of social housing "hiatus"
Contractor warns of transition period between funding models but welcomes “good start” to financial year
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NewsConstruction firms spared squeeze on government jobs
Cabinet Office will demand efficiency savings not price cuts from building contractors
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NewsBattersea Power Station gets green light
Proposed scheme includes £200m for a two station extension of the Northern Line from Kennington
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NewsLandSecs eyes distressed assets to increase work
Developer Land Securities aims to increase the value of its development pipeline by up to £500m over the next three years by targeting distressed properties across the UK
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NewsOver 2000 register at Careers Now
Sessions ranged from CV advice, to coping in the recession and returning to education
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Energy loophole to save housebuilders £1bn
Housebuilders will save almost £1bn by exploiting a loophole allowing them to bypass tough energy standards introduced in October
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NewsGlen Howells Architects: In the Lime light
Glenn Howells Architects has redesigned the public square outside Liverpool Lime Street Station
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Aquatics centre costs up £11m
The cost of the Olympic aquatics centre has risen by a further £11m because of attempts to speed up construction to make up for earlier delays, and concerns over whether it will be warm enough for competitors
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NewsNeil Murphy 1936-2010
Neil Murphy MBE, the editor of Building from 1974-84, passed away last week aged 74 after a year-long battle with cancer
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NewsCameron's trade visit helps UK firms land China work
Benoy, Arup and David Lock win lucrative contracts following prime minister’s mission
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NewsAbu Dhabi eco city may rely on non-renewable power sources
Abu Dhabi eco-city Masdar may not be fully powered by renewable energy as budget constraints hit the scope of the project
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What went wrong at Rok? The City view
“Hindsight is a wonderful thing,” says Andrew Brown, an analyst at Panmure Gordon, “but Rok’s first major profit warning was two years ago, related to the slowdown in their regional contracting business.”
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Regional plans ruling will not be challenged
The government will not appeal a High Court ruling this week that the communities secretary Eric Pickles acted unlawfully in scrapping the regional plans which set housing targets across councils in England
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Potters Bar firms prosecuted
Jarvis and Network Rail will be prosecuted over the Potters Bar rail disaster, which killed seven people in 2002 after a train derailed.
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Timber frame loses popularity
Timber frame’s share of the new build housing market dropped from 75% to 68% in Scotland during 2009
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NewsPrivate sector steps in to fill gap left by public work
Business barometer: Willmott Dixon tops the chart buoyed by £41m public sector contract
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NewsISG targets US retail clients
ISG is targeting high-profile retail and commercial clients in the US for the first time as part of a new strategy to win work with America-based businesses across the globe
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Capita restructure
Capita Symonds has restructured its business, cutting its divisions from four to three and rebranding seven recent acquisitions.
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Bovis warns of uncertainty
Housebuilder Bovis Homes has seen a rise in profit margins but has warned of “uncertainty concerning the near term direction of house prices”.