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Balfour and Laing O’Rourke vie for Alder Hey PFI hospital
Two of the country’s biggest construction firms will go head to head for a £288m PFI children’s hospital in Liverpool
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NewsGlebe is go
Detailed planning consent has been given to housebuilder Countryside Properties for its 286-home Glebe Farm scheme near Cambridge
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NewsRedrow and Persimmon beat expectations
Housebuilders Redrow and Persimmon boosted the market this week with trading updates that allayed fears of a serious election slowdown in home buying
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John Laing struggles to raise equity for PPP in downturn
Adrian Ewer, chief executive of PPP specialist John Laing, has said it has had difficulty raising equity for its investments during the downturn
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Mears wins biggest ever deal
Social housing maintenance firm Mears has won a £300m 10-year deal with registered social landlord Family Mosaic – the biggest win in its history
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Balfour Beatty sells health and water PPP stakes for £21m
Balfour Beatty has raised more than £21m through the sale of its PPP stakes in Aberdeen Environmental Services and Consort Healthcare
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NewsGoing Dutch: The Hague performing arts centre
A team from Capita Architecture’s Cardiff studio – led by Wales Millennium Centre architect Jonathan Adams – has come up with this design after being invited by the city council of The Hague to enter a competition for a huge centre for the performing artsThe building will be located in ...
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NewsRiga renewed: Masterplan by Fletcher Priest
Fletcher Priest Architects has had its masterplan for Riga, the capital of Latvia, formally adopted by the city council
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Nakheel to pay up ‘by summer’
British firms owed money by troubled Dubai developer Nakheel will be paid before the summer, according to a source close to the debt restructuring process at the state-linked developer
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Labbad to take on Bovis in Lend Lease global restructure
Bovis Lend Lease is to come under the leadership of Dan Labbad as part of a shake up at Lend Lease, its Australian parent company
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NewsAll fingers and thumbs
This cavalier fellow appears to find his digits just get in the way and has set about taking decisive action
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NewsBirmingham's Cube by Make: Square deal
The £100m Cube in Birmingham has moved closer to completion with the installation of 20,000 panels to form a metallic facade
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Latest construction appointments - 30 April 2010
Anglian Building Products has appointed Chris Allen as business development manager for Wales, the Midlands and south-west England
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NewsSomSomething to celebrate
The 2010 Building Awards took place last week at London’s Grosvenor House hotel
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NewsStarchitects battle for £120m Guy’s contract
Nine contractors and a group of the world’s most famous architects were this week fighting to win a place on the shortlist to design and build a £120m cancer centre for Guy’s and St Thomas’ hospital in the shadow of the Shard
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Babcock to slash Network Rail jobs
Only 320 jobs out of 1,200 will be saved when Babcock takes over the bulk of Jarvis’ rail renewal work, Building understands
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BAM bets on civils despite record construction turnover
UK division delivers construction revenue of £1.1bn, but focus turns to rail, waste, roads and energy
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Restructuring takes the shine off Connaught’s results
Pre-tax profit at social housing contractor Connaught fell 13% to £10.7m in the six months to the end of February as it was hit by £10m of restructuring and acquisition costs
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Lindum revenue falls 23%
Lincolnshire-based contractor Lindum Group has posted a 23% fall in turnover in the year to 30 November 2009 from £87m to £67.4m
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Warings boosts profit to £1.5m despite 19% turnover drop
Warings, the South Coast subsidiary of French contractor Bouygues, has posted a 19% drop in turnover from £98.8m to £80.1m in the year to 31 December 2009