More News – Page 1700
-
NewsHaiti: This time we must 'build better'
Poor quality buildings are responsible for the widespread death and devastation in Haiti, so the rebuilding effort must learn from other countries where a proactive approach has been taken
-
NewsVT given deadline for Mouchel bid
Takeover panel demands group decide whether to make an offer by 8 March after bid process goes quiet
-
NewsBrickonomics: A long wait for commercial construction upswing
Each time a commercial property developer hints at making a move in the market I am confronted with the same question by those with an interest in construction work: Is this the start of the upswing?
-
NewsBalfour Beatty in talks to buy £70m-turnover Multibuild
UK giant’s buying spree could continue as deal is negotiated for failed northern contractor
-
NewsSkanska tells staff it will cut jobs if PFI bids fail
Memos confirm pension scheme closure and warn of redundancies if firm loses out on new work
-
NewsBBC under fire over London HQ
Public broadcaster's rival Channel 4 claims project is behind schedule and over budget
-
NewsDrivers Jonas to merge with Deloitte
Merger will create one of the largest real estate businesses in Europe
-
NewsVT delays Mouchel bid amid debt uncertainty
Engineering firm VT Group has put its attempted takeover of Mouchel Group on ice until there is greater clarity surrounding the latter’s debt position, sources close to the bid have revealed
-
-
NewsThree fit-out firms vie for troubled £62m Shell Centre
Overbury, Structure Tone and Spie Matthew Hall on shortlist to take over from ISG on huge project
-
NewsMace lines up successor to Stephen Pycroft
Mace has anointed Mark Reynolds as successor to chief executive Stephen Pycroft
-
NewsBeware of the wolf
This house may be built of bricks, but it looks like the smallest huff or puff could blow it to pieces. Photographer Alan Hart mentions that its likely landing place would be Beckenham High Street below
-
NewsFlushed pink: Barhale's sewage hub
The pumping station at the Olympic park became operational this week after being completed by Barhale
-
News
Regional frameworks mooted for schools maintenance
Regional frameworks may be set up for maintenance and facilities management work in schools, the head of the government’s school delivery agency has said
-
NewsPet project: Royal Veterinary College
London and Winchester-based firm Architecture PLB has received planning permission for a £6m teaching and research centre at the Royal Veterinary College campus in Hawkshead, Hertfordshire
-
NewsRICS calls for strict standards in Haiti rebuild
The RICS is pushing for rebuilding work in Haiti to follow strict safety standards following the earthquake last week that left 75,000 people confirmed dead and 1.5 million homeless
-
News
DWP’s safety delay attacked
Safety bodies and industry groups have attacked the government’s delay in publishing a response to Rita Donaghy’s inquiry into construction deaths
-
News
‘Prompt action’ to cut payroll maintains T&T’s profit
Turner & Townsend has said “prompt action” to cut its cost base has maintained its pre-tax profit
-
NewsSchool for scandal: Aedas' Holland Park School
This is a first look at Aedas’ redesigned facade for its Holland Park School in west London
-
News
Tories to punish ‘Nimby’ councils
Tory shadow housing minister Grant Shapps this week pledged to take money away from “Nimby” councils in order to fund incentives for local authorities that want housing growth