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NewsConstruction industry insolvencies fall 8%
But fall in number of insolvencies in first quarter of the year likely to prove a ‘false dawn’ experts warn
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NewsClients impeding BIM take-up
RICS says lack of demand from clients is standing in the way of the industry-wide adoption of BIM
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NewsBouygues sells civil engineer Fitzgerald
Bouygues UK has sold civil engineering contractor Fitzgerald to its management a year after acquiring the firm
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NewsOcon creditors left £4.3m out of pocket
Manchester-based contractor’s collapse sees creditors only paid up to 22p of every pound owed
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NewsSpire hoisted to top of Freedom Tower
The spire of New York’s One World Trade Centre has been hoisted to the top of the skyscraper ahead of its installation
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CommentWillmott Dixon vs Newlon: A case in points
Tony Bingham’s column on the recent Willmott Dixon vs Newlon Housing dispute focused on procedural objections - but there’s an awful lot more to the case than that
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CommentTIF of the iceberg
Battersea’s Nine Elms development has got the green light to use tax-increment financing. Does this mean the industry has overcome the funding impasse?
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CommentMy digital life … James Baker
The chartered surveyor on why he doesn’t use a Mac, becoming an iPhone convert, and online shopping
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CommentWonders & blunders with Alice Milligan
Alice Milligan admires Glasgow School of Art’s main building, designed by aluminus Charles Rennie Mackintosh, but finds the neighbouring Bourdon Building lazy
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NewsHinkley C go-ahead ‘imminent’
Deal between EDF and government for £10bn nuclear power station could come as early as next week
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NewsHousing stats: New-build sales and completions in March
Average daily sales and completions may be down on this time last year but registrations are up
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NewsNew home registrations up 22%
Registrations hit highest level for first quarter since 2008, boosted by new properties registered at Battersea power station
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CommentWind farms: Second generation
A lot of lessons have been learned about the technical side of building wind farms. But what about contracts? Lindy Patterson looks at how things have changed in the last decade
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NewsBam Construct holds steady in difficult market
Chief executive Graham Cash says turnover has now levelled out and cites ‘well structured’ business as reason for firm’s resilience
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CommentHansom: High society
We’re up in the social stratosphere this week: dress sense at the Lords, Canary Wharf Group’s plans for the great unwashed, and One Hyde Park’s elusive residents - only high jinks at the Shard lower the tone
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FeaturesInterview: Mike Green
The man in charge of capital works at the Education Funding Agency has his finger on the ‘go’ button
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CommentA long way to go
The Balfour Beatty’s latest troubles and the collapse of Rowecord Engineering indicate that construction is far from being out of the woods
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CommentShedding light on sports halls
Good daylight, good insulation and renewable energy shouldn’t be set in competition against each other
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