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NewsSweett bullish after UK division growth
Consultant targets £100m revenue within two years ahead of AGM today
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NewsBuilder fined after worker falls from second floor window
Leicestershire builder fined £4,000 after worker suffers ‘life-changing’ injuries
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NewsStyles & Wood falls into the red
Firm’s profitability hit by tough market conditions and increased investment in new sectors
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NewsKier picked for £42m housing scheme
Kier Partnership Homes chosen by Walsall Housing Group for five site scheme in Walsall
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NewsTower 8 start-up turns over £2.2m in second year of trading
Firm founded by former Jones Lang LaSalle directors describes ‘massive support’ from clients of old company
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CommentIndustrial strategy: Round Two
Last week, our columnist gave the government a piece of his mind over the Construction 2025 strategy. This time he explains how it should be changing its own behaviour in order to make savings
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CommentA new era of greener homes
Construction can now boast a return to growth thanks to this government’s focus on capital projects, and one happy consequence will be more homes built to greener standards
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CommentHansom: Recognising greatness
A great feat of Scottish engineering is honoured, Bam does a lot of good work for charity, a US design practice prints a pavilion, and there’s the latest in a long line of hilarious building-shaped confectioneries
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FeaturesLiving in a box: housing standards
The typical UK new-build home is about as roomy as a rabbit hutch, according to the RIBA. But housebuilders argue minimum space standards would put the brakes on construction. Now the government is re-examining the case
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CommentThis is a critical time for low-carbon housing policy
There are a number of political balls in the air and this is a critical period
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CommentMy digital life … Kris Gamble
The Customised director on speaker envy, Jamie Oliver and being a tweetaholic
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NewsConstruction appointments: 30 August 2013
WSP, Stride Treglown and Stepnall are among the companies announcing appointments and promotions
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NewsBrazil work fails to live up to UK expectations
UKTI figures show UK firms have won less than 1% of Brazil’s expenditure on 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics
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NewsISG’s north-east managing director departs
John Gittins leaves firm’s Bradford office to be replaced by Andy Mallice, the firm’s northern regional managing director
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NewsNew RIBA president to boost client relationships
Stephen Hodder launches range of initiatives, including full review of design competitions run by the body, in effort to ‘cut wastage’
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CommentNo place like home
Trade delegations to lucrative markets abroad are great PR for politicians but to sure up this tentative recovery the focus has to be on activity in the UK
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NewsCouncils seek ‘whitelist’ to bar blacklist firms from contracts
GMB union asked to produce list of contractors who have not been implicated in industry scandal
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CommentPick your battles: Adjudication when a party is in administration
Taking part in an adjudication will always be a risk – but even more so when one of the parties is in administration. We look at the issues you should consider
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CommentBlacklisting or prudent management?
We haven’t heard the contractors’ side of the blacklisting argument
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