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NewsHMRC rakes in £131m from construction
The taxman raised a record amount from investigation into construction firms’ taxes in the last financial year
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CommentBalfour Beatty's chance
Could new chief executive Leo Quinn be the right person to breathe new life into the firm?
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CommentStirling Prize winner harnesses new city pride
Ike Ijeh on what the victory of Haworth Tompkins’ Everyman Theatre in Liverpool means for architecture
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CommentExpect the unexpected
The really exciting thing about next May’s general election is how unpredictable it is. But there is one thing you can be sure of: the outcome matters for construction
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NewsAecom completes £2.3bn acquisition of URS
Combination of US giants creates a consultant with £11.1bn of annual revenue
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NewsAecom's £2.3bn URS deal to complete today
Nearly half of shareholders in US engineer vote to get paid in cash from Aecom takeover deal
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NewsDavey hits out at Paterson in carbon targets row
Energy secretary slamms thye suggestion the UK should suspend its legally binding climate reduction targets
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NewsAllies & Morrison appointed on Imperial College research hub
College’s £40m will include research and clinical areas to treat patients in innovative ways
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NewsTravis Perkins reports growth in Q3
Builders’ merchant reports weaker than expected sales of plumbing and heating supplies
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NewsFerrovial and Macquarie buy three UK airports for £1bn
Spanish contractor increases its stake in the UK’s aviation infrastructure
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NewsArcadis completes £296m Hyder acquisition
Deal increases Dutch consultant’s global revenue to £2.3bn and increases staff to 26,500
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FeaturesTop 150 consultants 2014: Let the good times roll
There’s an upbeat mood in this year’s Top 150 consultants survey with strong growth and jobs being created. It’s now just a matter of finding the staff to keep it going
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FeaturesMuch ado about zero
Is zero carbon a lost cause? A roundtable discussion of sustainable construction experts set up by Building investigates if mounting industry fears are justified
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CommentHansom: Known unknowns
The year 2014 is an unnerving place - nobody’s sure how many chimneys Battersea Power Station has, Bob the Builder has the face of a child, and an app can summon hordes to your door to devour your leftovers
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CommentThe doctrine of frustration
What effects would the outbreak of war on the international construction market?
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News£750m consultants’ framework to go live as legal row ‘stayed’
Controversial government procurement framework finally ready despite T T’s compensation claim
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FeaturesSketch of the week: Rothenburg market square
This week’s sketch is by Bryan Avery, principal of Avery Associates Architects.
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FeaturesImage of the week: Goodbye to the age of steel?
Scunthorpe steelworks, which is set to be sold by owner Tata Steel
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FeaturesBuilding at Construction Rocks 2014
The great and the good of UK construction took to the stage at The Vaults in London