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NewsInterserve buys training provider for £25m
Contractor and support services provider hopes the acquisition will give it a better foothold in the Middle East
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NewsBalfour Beatty rejects £1bn bid for its PPP business
Contractor believes piecemeal sales of investment assets will fetch bigger prices
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NewsCanary Wharf owner criticises £2.6bn takeover offer
Revised takeover bid from Qataris and Brookfield swiftly rejected
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CommentHansom: The vanishing
This week, everything’s disappearing - BBC Television Centre is poised for part-demolition, Rafael Viñoly drops off the radar, a housing minister fails to materialise, and we relive a £1bn fortune going down the tube
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FeaturesSketch of the week: Almaty, Kazakhstan
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Derek Draper, co-director at Atomik Architecture
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NewsGovernment set to cut subsidy for biomass heat by 10%
Biomass installations exceeded expectations last quarter, triggering a cut from 1 January 2015
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NewsSir Robert McAlpine takes steps to improve green performance
Firm introduces quarterly reporting of its sustainability data after UKGBC recommendation
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CommentCodifying PFI contracts: Sticking to the letter
How rigidly must you stick to completion criteria of a PFI contract when issuing a completion certificate?
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Features
This week in 2004
Three years after the attacks on the Twin Towers, three construction experts tell of their involvement in the clean-up and rebuilding
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FeaturesThe rising: World Trade Center
The completion of the £2.4bn One World Trader Center is a milestone in the painstaking redevelopment of the former Ground Zero site in New York. But with two towers and Santiago Calatrava’s vast station still under construction, there’s plenty of work yet to be done.
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FeaturesImage of the week: Here come the boys
George Osborne and Danny Alexander leave the Treasury on Wednesday
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NewsConstruction appointments: 5 December 2014
Gensler, Scott Brownrigg and WYG are among firms announcing appointments and promotions
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NewsQataris raise bid for Canary Wharf to £2.6bn
Revised offer follows the swift rejection of the Qataris’ £2.2bn offer price
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CommentOnline poll: Stamp duty reform
Will the stamp duty reform help to stimulate the housing market? Vote here
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NewsBouygues wins £27m City offices contract
Project includes refurbishment of underground entrance
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NewsHuge Met Office data centre wins planning
Atkins-designed buildings part of plan to improve accuracy of forecasts
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NewsCampaigners step up opposition to garden bridge
Concerns raised about liability for £3.5m annual maintenance costs
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NewsWillmott Dixon wins Brum police HQ job
Contractor appointed to refurbish West Midlands Police’s Lloyd House building
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NewsCarillion lands £80m of FM contracts
Long-term contracts secured for Heathrow and Barts Health NHS Trust