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NewsNew uniform
Contractor James and Taylor has won the job to clad Greater Manchester Police’s new £63m headquarters
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Vinci versus the wurzels
Strange as it may seem, a council faced with two bids that are equally good can take all kinds of things into account when picking a winner, as this recent case demonstrates
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NewsBowmer & Kirkland pays out first £10m salary
The highest paid director at Bowmer & Kirkland is to receive £10.2m for 2009, by far the highest wage in construction, even though the firm’s pre-tax profit fell by a third
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NewsJapanese architect SANAA bags 2010 Pritzker prize
Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa have won the Pritzker. Building’s Ike Ijeh gives his verdict
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Government’s Donaghy response rejects gangmaster licences
The government has refused to introduce gangmaster licensing or create a dedicated construction minister in its response to the Rita Donaghy report on industry deaths this week
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Birmingham Cube in balance
Work on Birmingham’s £100m mixed-use development, The Cube, is continuing as normal after its developer went into administration.
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Laing O’Rourke and Costain nab £40m Crossrail project
Laing O’Rourke and Costain have won a £40m contract to prepare Farringdon station in central London for the coming of Crossrail
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NewsA new heart
This is the £20m main entrance pavilion at the redeveloped Mansfield Community Hospital in Nottinghamshire
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NewsChadderton transformed
Oldham council has appointed Willmott Dixon preferred bidder for its £71m academies programme
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MPs voice fears over financial state of 2012 Games
MPs have expressed serious concern about the ability of the government to keep to the £9.3bn Olympic budget, given that just £194m of unallocated contingency remains
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Balfour wins £200m water, road deals
Balfour Beatty has been awarded £200m worth of support services work from the Highways Agency, Yorkshire Water and Anglian Water.
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NewsGood as gold
John Lyall Architects designed this £17.5m educational and business support centre in Clerkenwell, central London
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NewsMade in Taiwan: Pop music complex, Taiwan
Arup Associates together with the US architect Reiser + Umemoto have won a competition to design Asia’s first performance complex devoted to pop music
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NewsWembley judge pushes for mediation
The judge presiding over the continuing legal battle between Multiplex and Mott MacDonald over Wembley stadium is urging the pair to resolve it by mediation, as he revealed that combined costs for the firms have risen to £73.2m.
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News2012 ‘Hubble Bubble’ sculpture revealed
Artist Anish Kapoor has designed the UK’s biggest sculpture, which will be a centrepiece of the Olympic park
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NewsJob losses start at Jarvis
Administrator for rail infrastructure specialist Jarvis announces 1,100 redundancies.
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NewsVolkerHighways wins £4m Woolwich town centre job
Contract will involve regenerating two public squares for Greenwich council, as part of wider scheme funded by Homes and Communities Agency
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NewsAmec Group vs Thames Water: Adjudication deadlines
This case deals with the question of whether an adjudicator should be expected to deal with additional material at the expense of the time limit
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NewsBowmer & Kirkland pays out first £10m salary
Privately-owned contractor rewards director with industry's first ever eight-figure salary despite fall in pre-tax profit