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Comment1-peak challenge
It was Warren Pyle who spotted this “truly safety-conscious scaffolder” lugging some heavy planks up a roof. Don’t fancy using the perfectly good scaffolding tower? Nope? On your own head be it …
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NewsMayor set to claim greater power over London housing
GLA officials in talks with communities department to devolve decisions on £1bn of public funding
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Housing stats planning applications in June 2010
More projects at detailed planning than a year ago, except in Scotland; Morgan Sindall tops client list
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Sector buoyed by last-minute social housing scramble
Business barometer: Value of work tumbles but housing repairs put Apollo and Mulalley on top
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NewsKier dodges schools cutbacks
Kier chief executive Paul Sheffield has predicted that his firm will be unaffected by cuts to the government’s investment in schools and predicted the firm’s outgoing financial director would be “swamped” with opportunities
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Connaught chief Tincknell steps down
Connaught chief Mark Tincknell has stepped down following a profit warning three weeks ago that sent the social housing maintenance specialist’s share price crashing by almost two-thirds
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Taylor Wimpey seeks debt restructuring
Taylor Wimpey is attempting to renegotiate its debt arrangements and free up cash in order to take advantage of returning demand in the housing sector
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Atkins bids for Saudi high-speed stations
Atkins is a member of one of the six consortiums that have submitted bids to build four stations on Saudi Arabia’s new rail link between the cities of Mecca and Medina
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Green light for £93m Cumbrian hospital
Laing O’Rourke has been given the go-ahead for a £93m hospital in Cumbria by the health secretary
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Latest construction appointments: 16 July 2010
Birmingham council has recruited a strategic director of development. Mark Barrow was chief executive of Newcastle-under-Lyme council since 2007, and replaces former regeneration director Clive Dutton
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NewsGrand Prix
An Audi showroom in west London was one of four winners at the 2010 Structural Steel Design Awards
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CommentPlanning applications: The age of consent
Architects are spending more of their time doing designs purely to gain planning permission. But unless they’re going to help build them too, don’t expect them to be any good
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CommentBuilding buys a pint … for Turner & Townsend
How many traffic lights did you pass on your way to work this morning?
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FeaturesBSF was not just about schools
The axing of 735 projects has wreaked havoc on 735 communities, 26 in one city alone. That city is Liverpool, which stands to be £410m poorer as a result of the cancellation. So where does that leave deprived areas such as Croxteth?
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BSF and double dip: Handle with care
The recovery will be fragile, so are BSF cuts enough to destabilise it?
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NewsEnergy policy delays spark industry outcry
The government has been warned that its failure to pass legislation to promote domestic power systems is creating a crisis of confidence among suppliers
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Industry distress falls 26%
The number of construction firms experiencing distress fell by 26% between the first quarter and the second quarter of 2010
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NewsOld Nick's fiery furnace
This is an artist’s impression of Grimshaw Architects’ design for an energy-from-waste facility in Suffolk