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NewsLaing O'Rourke lands £100m Hong Kong tunnels job
Joint venture with Bachy Soletanche will help build link to Chinese high speed rail network
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NewsCarillion wins 10-year framework contract on Heathrow
Support services firm to provide facilities management services, with the first two jobs valued at £50m
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NewsSculptor recreates Tate Modern out of sugar cubes
Models of Tate Modern and NEO Bankside can be viewed by the public during the London Festival of Architecture
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NewsHousebuilders to be hit by affordable housing slump
Report warns social homes built this year could fall 65%, the lowest annual total for 20 years
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NewsBSF latest: Balfour wins £220m Derby deal and Interserve picks up £150m St Helens job
Building understands Vinci has lost out on both deals amid widespread uncertainty over future of £55bn schools programme
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NewsLend Lease bans Bovis from £40bn nuclear sector
Contractor backs out of EDF deal at last minute as Australian parent decides to shun ’unethical’ work
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NewsUnite official accuses union of collusion in blacklist
File seen by Building points to union complicity in providing information used to identify ’troublemakers’
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News'Usual suspects' linked to Scott Wilson takeover
A string of names has been linked to a bid for consulting engineer Scott Wilson, which confirmed it had received more than one takeover approach this week
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NewsCivil engineers alarmed at transport infrastructure hiatus
CECA warns on suspension of conditional approvals for all major local transport schemes
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NewsCrossrail budget squeezed as costs climb £1bn
Cost estimates for the £2bn overground sections of Crossrail have risen by 30% as the project’s senior management remains under pressure to cut costs on the £15.9bn scheme, writes Joey Gardiner.
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NewsGovernment to pull funding from zero-carbon housing body
Grant Shapps, the housing minister, has signalled his intention to halt government funding for an independent body that was set up to help deliver zero-carbon housing
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NewsShapps to rush out guidance as planning grinds to halt
Housing minister to bring in rule changes in ’next two months’ as up to 40 councils halt or delay plans
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Apollo buys maintenance firm FWA West for £2m
Property services group Apollo has bought Essex-based social housing maintenance firm FWA West in a deal estimated to be worth about £2m
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NewsWillmott Dixon goes hybrid to offset public sector cuts
Chief executive prepares for tougher times with plans to increase private development work
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NewsThree vie for RIBA top job
Three candidates are vying to succeed Ruth Reed as president of the RIBA
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NewsOver the fence
Fledgling London architect PPR has submitted a planning application for two eco homes in Tufnell Park, north London
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NewsQSs reveal RICS grievances
Most QSs think the profession is not fairly represented by the RICS, according to an online survey by building.co.uk
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Bullock Construction boss leaves after 38 years
The boss of West Midlands-based social housing group Bullock has left the company after 38 years
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NewsClassical building
Construction is gathering pace on Terry Pawson Architects’ Linz Musiktheater in Austria
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NewsBCO calls for ‘Facebook offices’
The incoming president of the British Council for Offices has warned the industry not to “navel gaze” during tough times and focus on innovative office design and construction