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NewsVideo: Jonathon Sadler on PPPs in the Thames Gateway
Seeda's Thames Gateway boss explains the importance of public private partnerships
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NewsHouse prices rise in October
Hometrack survey shows price increase for third consecutive month but warns demand beginning to fade
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NewsScottish body calls for 5% VAT cut
Scottish Building Federation says reduction on 15% VAT on home building works would help firms suffering in the recession
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NewsWhat's next for the housing market?: read the online debate
Will house prices rise or fall next year? What will be the fate of housebuilding targets? Find out what the industry thinks
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NewsAsbestos campaign targets building trades
Safety campaigners say tradesmen think asbestos is a historical problem and they are not at risk
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NewsPedestrians try out new criss-crossing at Oxford Circus
Johnson says £5m makeover of London landmark, designed by Atkins, is a 'triumph of British engineering'
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NewsDemand of pre-qualified suppliers up 15%
Rise in use of government’s Constructionline list chimes with data that says new orders rose 22% between first and second quarters of the year
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NewsEricsson AB vs EADS: Interim injunctions
Our Fenwick Elliot expert discusses a dispute over a government contract
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NewsWYG posts £129m loss but seals rescue deal with lenders
Engineering consultant makes massive writedowns, but secures its future with debt-for-equity swap
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NewsCurrie & Brown follows rivals by restructuring
Consultant restructures UK operations to boost energy and infrastructure to 40% of the business
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NewsHSE issues nuclear alert
Watchdog warns £20bn programme faces delay unless reactor designers improve performance
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NewsDavis Langdon to lose partners in 64-job cutback
Also, G&T has closed Exeter and Swindon offices and Cyril Sweett has merged Birmingham and Leamington Spa operations and made several redundancies
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CommentAfter the goldrush
The head of one British consultant in Dubai confessed that he will be using Indian QSs in the near future, many of whom will operate from the Subcontinent
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NewsManslaughter rules could ‘signal end’ for small firms
New guidelines recommend fining guilty firms a minimum of £500,000, irrespective of size
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NewsCBI tells government: construction vital to UK plc
Business leaders make plea for capital spending as building sector drags down national GDP
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NewsFormer RICS boss faces expulsion from QS body
Michael Byng, former head of QS faculty, to fight allegations of dishonesty over non-payment of fees
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FeaturesSliding glass facade with PV
Austrian firm M-systems has launched the EV3000, an aluminium framed glass sliding panel designed to provide solar shading on facades and which also incorporates thin film photovoltaics for power generation
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NewsBuilding and NES launch commercial EPC index
Initiative aims to tackle problem that 75% of commercial builds are illegally marketed without an EPC