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WSP wins role on West Coast mainline upgrade
Third phase of upgrade work due to complete in 2016
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CommentBlowing in the wind
“Not only is the plank precariously balanced but there is also a significant fall as the windmill is perched above a rocky outcrop,” notes Clive Woodford, who took this photo while on holiday in Crete.
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NewsFirms appointed to £3bn water framework
Two consortiums including Balfour Beatty, Skanska, Costain and Atkins have been appointed to do the design and build work on Thames Water’s £3bn framework
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CommentThe future is BIM
This year’s BIM Show Live shows that the industry is embracing BIM – but the challenge lies in understanding what information is important
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NewsEnergy firms investigated for missing carbon targets
Half of the big six energy firms fail to meet all of their legally binding energy efficiency targets
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NewsGovernment BIM push reaches turning point
Focus now shifting to implementation government’s head of BIM says
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NewsBalfour Beatty banks £58.5m from PFI asset sales
Contractor says it will reinvest cash in target regions and markets
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NewsPeasland to exit Balfour Beatty
Balfour Beatty’s demoted UK construction boss Mike Peasland is to leave the company by the end of the year
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NewsHub airport unnecessary, says London Assembly
Body contradicts London mayor by saying existing capacity should be better used
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NewsCostain’s £123m M6 job faces legal challenge
Campaigners argue government’s decision to grant planning permission to the £123m M6 link road was flawed
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NewsWillmott Dixon wins £22m retirement village
Firm to repeat its work on Denham Garden Village in Buckinghamshire at new site in Hampshire
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NewsCriminal probe into Green Deal fraud
Trading Standards launches investigation into allegations of Green Deal fraud
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NewsVinci wins first phase of £450m Swansea campus
Contractor to build student apartments and academic space
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NewsLegal case against £275m incinerator defeated
Spanish contractor FCC to build scheme in Buckinghamshire that will generate 22mw of electricity
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NewsCrest Nicholson wins £600m barracks job
Housebuilder Crest Nicholson appointed to Aborfield Garrison scheme by Ministry of Defence
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NewsPlans for UK's biggest Passivhaus development unveiled
Scheme would entail 150 homes being built in rural village in Herefordshire
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NewsMajor shake-up at Balfour Beatty
Mike Peasland steps down from role as UK construction chief executive to run regional business following £50m profit warning
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CommentUnreasonable conduct: Webb Resolutions Limited vs JV Limited t/a Shepherd Chartered Surveyors
In this case the claimant’s solicitors produced an order which failed to reflect what had been directed by the court – and their manoeuvres did not impress the judge
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CommentProfessional negligence dispute: On the rocks
When a judge blocked a £3m award to whisky maker Whyte Mackay, he questioned whether a professional negligence dispute should have come to adjudication at all
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NewsAustin-Smith:Lord revenue falls 40%
Financially-troubled architect reports drop in business after problem project in Abu Dhabi but cuts losses