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NewsVoluntary insolvencies jump 20%
There were 586 voluntary liquidations in Q1 2010 compared to 486 in the previous quarter
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NewsBalfour ties up £203m street lighting contract
Contractor reaches financial close on its fifth PPP street lighting concession
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NewsDon’t shut out commercial PV, says ECA
Government review of feed-in tariffs has made many non-domestic solar PV schemes unviable, chief exec warns
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Features
Culture clash - Las Arenas, Barcelona
What do you get when you turn a 19th-century bullring into a 21st-century shopping centre? A theatrical melding of Spain’s cultural past and present
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FeaturesCanada: 'Where $340bn dreams come true'
What makes Canada possibly the most attractive country in the world for contractors right now? Perhaps it’s something to do with the billions of dollars it has to spend on construction. The trick is breaking into this highly lucrative market
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CommentSteady as she goes
Things might - just might - be getting better for construction. But don’t get carried away - anything from raw materials inflation to spending cuts could knock us off course
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CommentSecurity threat
Never mind government targets and legislation; the risk that energy supplies may simply dry up is becoming the key driver in the sustainability agenda, says James Gray
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NewsOFT faces uncertain future as fines cut by total of 84%
Outcome of cover pricing appeals comes as the government considers future of watchdog
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NewsCroudace grew turnover by 10% in 2010
SME profile: Housebuilder used disciplined growth strategy and attention to detail to buck the trend
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FeaturesUcatt: Out for the count?
In 2009 Alan Ritchie was voted leader of Ucatt - put there by 5.3% of its membership. But now the ballot has been ruled void and the union is having to spend its time appealing the decision and salvaging its reputation. How did it get into this mess?
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News
Latest construction appointments: 6 May 2011
This week NG Bailey, MJP Architects, Fireco and Bilco have made new appointnments and a new planning consultancy is founded
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NewsMott MacDonald offsets UK decline with overseas growth
Engineering giant cuts staff by 10% in two years but American business thrives
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CommentTeCSA rules! OK?
With a new Construction Act on the way, adjudicators are going to have to up their game. Luckily, one nominating body has updated its rules in anticipation
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Comment
The Defective Premises Act: What hole?
Hole? What hole? Ben Worthington, who acted for the project manager on Jenson vs Faux, discussed by Tony Bingham, says the Defective Premises Act has been properly restricted to new dwellings
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FeaturesCost model: City of London offices
With uncertain prospects for finance, recovery in office development is likely to remain cautious. Refurbishment and reuse will remain alternatives but the low-carbon agenda will transform both these and new build, say Iain Parker and Graham Jones of Davis Langdon, an Aecom company
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NewsConstruction experts: ‘We don’t trust ONS output data’
Leading industry figures believe statistics from the ONS are inaccurate
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NewsCyril Sweett shifts focus from UK
The firm has said 57% of its order book is from outside Europe
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NewsWolverton Park: urban retreat
A £35m residential development in Milton Keynes has been selected as the sole UK entry in an international shortlist of nominees for the Urban Land Institute’s Awards for Excellence
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CommentWonders and Blunders
Billy Reading applauds the Barbican for stitching together old and new elements in a historic setting, but boos the unsustainable Palm Jumeirah for assaulting its surroundings
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NewsMears' chairman to have pay reduced after PwC review
The firm was told it needed to be more transparent about senior staff’s pay