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Scots firm Barr returns to profit
Barr Holdings has posted turnover of £231.9m in the nine months to 31 December 2008
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Bad debt in Dubai pushes Mouchel £13.5m into red
Consultant Mouchel has taken a £15m hit on bad debt in Dubai, pushing it £13.5m into the red for the year ended 31 July 2009
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CommentChris Wise on RIBA's Lubetkin prize: The ugliness of steel
The RIBA was wrong to give the Lubetkin prize to Beijing’s Olympic stadium. A building that contains that much embodied energy is frankly distasteful
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FeaturesTop 250 Consultants 2009: 'As bad as it gets'
That was one consultant’s view of the year when new orders fell 25% and 20,000 QSs, engineers, architects and surveyors received P45s. Roxane McMeeken looks at what went wrong, and what hope there is for the year to come, while Martin Hewes presents this year’s tables
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Grimdex - 09 October 2009
Building’s Gloomwatch panel rates their mood on a scale of 0-10, with 10 being the most unhappy. An average is the “Grimdex” forecast
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Building intelligence Q2 2009: Non-housing a bright spot in the gloom
The gloom continues for construction, though there are more signs that the infrastructure and non-residential sectors are growing, says Experian’s Business Strategies division
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CommentOFT special: Our game
One strange feature of the we play it is that clients pay £10bn a year to cut costs – and encourage incompetent contractors to muck up their schemes. Time to change the rules
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OFT special: This time it's personal
Even if the OFT has found a firm guilty, they can still nail the directors – with a prison sentence and colossal fine. And individual liability is a growth area
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TfL plans savings
A spokesperson for Transport for London has said it will cut tighter deals and bring outsourced roles in house as it seeks to make a further £2.6bn efficiency savings over the next 10 years.
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Express LIFT win
Express LIFT Investments has won the first contract for the NHS Express LIFT framework, worth an estimated £85m
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Mapping London sites
The London Development Agency and the Homes and Communities Agency have created a free, interactive map of 2,300 brownfield sites throughout London
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NewsRICS publishes guidance for development managers
Development Management is aimed at project management surveyors
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NewsT&T opts for CCM for Hemel Hempstead hospital
Consultant use CCM to improve its contract management administration at the West Hertfordshire NHS Trust
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NewsLatest images: 2012 velodrome gets a steely look
Concourse levels nears completion and structural steelwork has begun on London Olympic venue
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NewsE.ON puts £1.5bn Kingsnorth power station on hold
Energy giant says Kent plant will not be needed until 2016 due to falling demand for power
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APC video: Contract practice competence (T017)
Dean Mills questions a ’candidate’ in our new series of films covering the APC process
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NewsBoris approves 63-storey Tower Hamlets scheme
London mayor agrees to Columbus Tower development on condition of £4m contribution to Crossrail
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News1,000 attend HurleyPalmerFlatt's City bash
A mood of optimism reigns as construction professionals network at the champagne-drenched event
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