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NewsCostain wins £200m tunnel contract
Work on upgrading London’s power infrastructure will begin later this year
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NewsDerby College’s Roundhouse wins RICS project of the year
This £48m vocational skills college provides facilities for 2500 students and has brought regeneration to the East Midlands
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NewsTimber frame legal war
Insurer’s £2.6m claim against Taylor Wimpey to raise premiums and heap pressure on builders
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NewsCyril Sweett order book grows 30%
Acqusition of Widness and Padghams helps boost consultants’ growth overseas
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NewsGalliford Try appoints Segro boss Ian Coull as chairman
Coull is leaving Segro and will succeed current chairman David Calerley next July
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NewsUcatt cries ‘bias’ in election ballot probe
Union complains about investigation into election of general secretary Alan Ritchie
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NewsNoho Square picks team and targets Google as tenant
Consultants on £200m former Candy & Candy project in Fitzrovia include Aecom and EC Harris
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NewsCredit crunch returns as lenders turn away buyers
Redrow’s Steve Morgan warns of ’nosedive’ as lending falls and tighter mortgage rules loom
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NewsGrosvenor framework saves 10% on £250m pipeline
Four-strong team will handle all construction work across 120ha Mayfair and Belgravia portfolio
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NewsRICS QS boss fears ‘irrelevancy’
Warning that global drive could make organisation irrelevant to some members
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NewsPainting wind turbines purple could save wildlife
New research sheds light on why the colour of wind turbines is important
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NewsGalliard reports £16m loss despite 50% rise in turnover
Galliard Homes’ pre-tax loss fell to £16.8m in 2009, on turnover up more than 50%, according to accounts posted this week
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Libeskind returns to University of Essex
Architect Daniel Libeskind has been chosen to design a landmark building for Essex University.
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NewsAcademy award
Willmott Dixon has signed a £25.7m contract with Northamptonshire council for the 1,100-place Kettering Science Academy.
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NewsNew Homes Bonus to penalise regeneration
Proposed incentives to encourage councils build more houses will discriminate against the redevelopment of existing estates, writes Joey Gardiner.
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NewsBarratt boss pockets £568k bonus despite firm’s £163m loss
The total pay package of Mark Clare, Barratt’s chief executive, shot up by more than two-thirds this year, despite the firm making a £163m loss.
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NewsLondon to get one-person flats
Housebuilders in London are likely to be allowed to build one-person microflats, the Greater London Authority told a public inquiry into the London Plan this week.
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Government to enforce 30-day payment period
The government is to make 30-day payment periods compulsory in order to enforce prompt payment to subcontractors.
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DJ Deloitte sets up QS arm
The former head of Davis Langdon’s commercial sector surveying team will head a new cost consultancy division at Drivers Jonas Deloitte (DJD)
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Schools review to focus on standardisation
The government’s review into school building is to focus on standardisation when it reports its interim findings this month.