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NewsHochtief scoops £18.5m Poole bridge contract
Construction firm beats five rivals to work on Wilkinson Eyre-designed crossing over town harbour
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NewsInstant election poll: who will you vote for?
On the eve of the final election debate, we want to know how Building's readers plan to cast their vote
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NewsHouseholders to rate green refurb policies
Great British Refurb Campaign asks for votes on the best policies for low-energy homes put forward by Tories, Labour and Lib Dems
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Images: Building Awards 2010 winners
Photos from the Building Awards presentation ceremony hosted by Michael McIntyre
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NewsAtkins reveals designs for Hong Kong station
Engineering and design consultant shows preliminary designs for Hung Hom station and is now working up detailed tunnel designs
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News'Pre-pack' administrations face stricter controls
The public’s cynical view of business deals is hardly surprising
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‘Pre-pack’ administrations face stricter controls
Against the backdrop of recovering economic meltdown, and the plethora of high-profile retail failures, several of which resulted in pre-pack sales (e.g. Whittards, The Officers Club and USC) - is it any wonder that creditors and indeed the public have come to an increasingly cynical view of ‘revolving door’ or ...
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CommentHow do you make NEC contracts work on major projects?
Three construction professionals discussed their experiences of doing just that, and this is what they said…
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NewsTube upgrades must be scaled back, says arbiter
Chris Bolt delays final funding decision to allow London Underground to reduce scope of works or prove it can afford full cost
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NewsThis is not a toy
Contrary to what it says on the back of the forklift on which this joker has balanced his ladder!
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NewsColas, Amey and Vinci bid for £1.2bn roads PFI
Major Isle of Wight highways maintenance contract attracts only three bidders
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NewsGreen design is here to stay
With the government’s new mandatory Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency Scheme, the ChandlerKBS partner looks at the implications for developers and their customers
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NewsSegro to develop £75m of new industrial space
Industrial developer plans four new UK schemes and will develop speculatively on the Continent later this year
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NewsBoris to open East London line extension today
Mayor of London will formally open the completed £1bn extension later today
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NewsControversial Aberdeen bypass hit by new legal challenge
Protest group mounts legal action against £395m Scottish scheme after public inquiry results in approval
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NewsMott MacDonald bags Ukraine sewer contract
Consultant hopes to gain more local infrastructure jobs after work on £1m Odessa project
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NEC in practice
If you want to use the NEC contracts successfully, then you've got to keep talking to each other. That was the key message to be taken from a talk titled “NEC in Practice” recently hosted by the King’s College Construction Law Association in conjunction with the Chartered Institute of Building. ...
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NewsMAAP Architects unveil £75m mental health facility
Building work finishes on PFI project for mental health and learning disabilities
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NewsHorizon confirms Crest Nicholson bid
Entrepreneur Hugh Osmond is using Horizon as a vehicle to takeover troubled housebuilder in £350m bid
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NewsConstruction 'stuck in recession till 2011'
Construction Products Association report says industry is lagging behind the UK economic recovery