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NewsOver £100m wasted on scrapped schools bid costs
Lawyers predict flood of claims after government abandons 719 projects
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NewsCyril Sweett buys biggest QS in Asia
Consultant plans expansion into China with aquisition of Hong Kong-based Widnell
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NewsRogers and Pidgley team up for US embassy neighbour
Architect to design 800 homes and hotel for Berkeley subsidiary next to £690m Battersea project
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NewsFuture of school building unclear until Christmas
Government review may delay scaled-back programme till end of 2011
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NewsClient caution takes toll on Cyril Sweett order book
Chief executive points to stage-by-stage commitment to projects as orders fall 20%
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NewsEx-Kier chief engineer starts new consultancy
Barry Johnson joins ex-Robert Benaim director Brian Bell to form Bell Johnson
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Bovis Homes reports 6% rise in house sales
Housebuilder boosts land bank in first six months of year with purchase of land for 4,400 new homes
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NewsGreen light for £93m Laing O'Rourke hospital
Health secretary Andrew Lansley pledges £70m government funding for stalled West Cumberland Hospital
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NewsSign up for Building's third cycling track day
The construction industry¹s annual cycling challenge is returning to Herne Hill Velodrome on August 12th
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Defence Estates spells out plan to save £50m
Defence Estates, the property and construction arm of the Ministry of Defence, may be forced to mothball some of its buildings to deliver £50m of savings on its regional prime contracts this year
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Grontmij buys French engineer
Dutch consultancy Grontmij has bought a controlling share in French engineer Ginger, making it the fourth largest engineering consultancy in Europe
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Gleeds snaps up consultant in bid to diversify away from BSF
Gleeds has bought an education consultancy, Cocentra, for an undisclosed sum in a bid to survive the cuts to the Building Schools for the Future programme
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Enter the Sitelife competition
The developer Urban Splash has joined forces with Property Week, Building and Building Design to launch a competition to find a temporary use for a site in Manchester’s Ancoats district
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NewsNo excuse for late returns
A residential block designed by Studio Egret West was one of seven projects to win a Housing Design Award this week
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NewsIndustry shocked by 233% price hike for Scott Wilson
URS bought British firm for 290p a share, up from price of 87p at start of June
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Raynsford hits out at HSE policy
Former construction minister Nick Raynsford has condemned the Health and Safety Executive’s blast-zone policy after it scuppered a £300m residential development in south London
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NewsLegal brief
ISG has won a fit-out contract for the new headquarters of law firm Pinsent Masons in the City of London
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Grimshaw and Carillion paid out £7m on Bath spa
Bath council’s accounts have revealed that Grimshaw Architects and Carillion paid out £7m in compensation for the city’s disastrous spa project
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Latest Construction appointments - 9 July 2010
John Vincent, currently leader of Aecom’s Europe transportation practice, is to take up a new role as the firm’s strategic planning and advisory service for its global
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Councils given power to decide on housebuilding targets
Local authorities have been given permission to plan for as many homes as they see fit in their districts, after the coalition government abolished Labour’s regional spatial strategies