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Tender prices ‘to fall 25%’
The fall in tender prices accelerated in the three months to October, leaving them 15% lower than a year ago, according to Davis Langdon’s latest market forecast
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Sir Robert McAlpine faces £3.4m writ for rusty pipes
Sir Robert McAlpine is being sued for more than £3.4m by law firm Linklaters over M&E work at its Silk Street office in the City of London
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NewsComo frontrunner for £80m City bank fit-out
Mace fit-out subsidiary set to win major fit-out contract at London's Watermark Place
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Tories will ‘change law’ to curb HSE
An incoming Tory government may change the law to allow contractors to ban Health and Safety Executive inspectors from sites
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NewsA home for Harry
A planning application has been submitted to Haringey council for a 56,250-seat stadium for Tottenham Hotspur
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Balfour man takes Brinckerhoff’s top UK post
Parsons Brinckerhoff has appointed the director of Balfour Beatty Management managing director of its UK and European operations
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Rhondda valley correction
On 14 August 2009 Building published an article entitled “£36m hospital asks M&E engineer to foot bill for faulty floors”
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Latest construction appointments: 30th October 2009
Darren Wickins has become a director of the Asbestos Removal Contractors Association
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90% reject PAYE proposals
Almost nine out of 10 construction firms surveyed by KPMG said tax changes designed to tackle false self-employment were unnecessary
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NewsRogers visits green city in Gulf to help promote UK firms
Richard Rogers visited Foster + Partners’ Masdar City in Abu Dhabi last week to discuss opportunities for UK firms to work on it
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NewsGilding Guildford
Guildford council has given the green light to an £11m library at the University of Surrey’s Stag Hill campus in the town
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Housebuilders in crisis talks to cut regulatory burden
Communities department calls in housing chiefs as cost of regulations “threatens site viability”
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Tories pledge ‘swifter’ planning
Bob Neill, the shadow planning minister, has signalled that there would be a “presumption in favour of development” on sites that otherwise met planning policy under the Tories
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Johnson publishes plan for 16,000 Battersea homes
Boris Johnson has published a planning framework for Nine Elms in London which could provide up to 16,000 homes, 25,000 jobs and transport links over the next two decades
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NewsNot a pink elephant in sight
The £2.4bn regeneration of the Aylesbury estate at Elephant and Castle in Southwark, south London, has been the given the thumbs-up by the government’s planning inspector following an examination in public last month
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Two become one
Can the Tories find a way of merging the two housing agencies as well as maintaining an efficient service
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Housing Stats: New build sales and completions in September 2009
Private registrations were up from last year, while the South-east topped the regional poll
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Property ‘gurus’ warn against optimism over recovery
The housing industry can expect three more tough years, despite whisperings of green shoots, industry experts claim
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Appointment boosts Gleeson
Shares in MJ Gleeson went up 10% on Monday after the firm announced the appointment of Jolyon Harrison as managing director of its regeneration and homes business
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Amec agrees to pay £5m over ‘irregular’ fees on Korea bridge
Amec has agreed to pay a £5m penalty after receiving $9m in “irregular payments” on a project in South Korea