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NewsContractor picked for Brit-designed Qatar World Cup venue
Indian builder Larsen Toubro due to finish work in 2019
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NewsAecom: 'Rio will deliver London-style legacy'
Firm state that forthcoming olympics will deliver 20-year masterplan after the games
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NewsLabour costs still on the rise, say contractors
Build UK’s latest State of Trade Survey reports activity and cost growth
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NewsResi stats: April 2016
The latest figures for registrations, completions and approvals in the residential sector
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NewsSkanska replaces Bouygues on Great Ormond Street job
Bouygues walked away from contract in February
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NewsGreen light for two huge Manchester schemes
Manchester Council has approved plans for two large developments in the city
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NewsKing of Sweden criticises Chipperfield's Nobel Centre
Royals ignite fresh row weeks after £100m project wins planning
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NewsArchitects' confidence treads water
Firms in northern England the most optimistic, RIBA’s latest Future Trends survey finds
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CommentCommon law and its death rattle
Is arbitration robbing us of the opportunity to nurture our common law? And who will shed a tear?
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NewsRio Olympics velodrome builder loses job
Rio builder files for bankruptcy protection as scheme battles to finish in time for games’ opening
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CommentCurb your enthusiasm
If the expert witness you commission comes up with something not entirely to your liking, you might be tempted to shop around for another one. But the court won’t like it
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FeaturesLaing O’Rourke: Behind closed doors
Following problem jobs, awkward financial signs and the departure of the chief executive for health reasons, 69-year-old Laing O’Rourke founder Ray O’Rourke has taken the reins once again
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CommentHansom: A right brouhaha
This week, workers are left red faced by a builder’s crack, a developer takes the uncertainty out of the EU vote, Black Cab drivers proffer a rare opinion, and a nightclub makes a hullabaloo about development plans
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NewsLaing O’Rourke holds fire on second off-site factory plan
Strategic review delays final decision on move to invest over £100m in modular housing plant
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NewsLuxury London resi scheme more than five months late
A £25m luxury residential scheme by developer Ballymore in north-west London
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CommentLaing O’Rourke up close
It has now been a decade and a half since then-concrete boss Ray O’Rourke pulled off what is still the biggest M A coup in construction
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FeaturesImage of the week: Look back, face forward
US president Barack Obama and Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe
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CommentOnline poll: Off-site problems
Do Laing O’Rourke’s problems signal that the industry is not yet ready to embrace off-site construction? Vote here
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FeaturesSketch of the week: d'Overbroeck's College, Oxford
This week’s sketch is drawn by architect Toby Martin of TSH Architects