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NewsBAA spent £90m buying up Stansted property
Airport operator says it has bought around 270 properties affected by a proposed second runway
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NewsRoofing firm fined £6k over worker fall
Lancashire-based Webber Trading found guilty of health and safety breaches after worker suffered serious injury
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NewsCoventry University opens technology institute
Associated Architects reveals £5.2m building dedicated to therapy-based product development
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NewsVideo: Ministers commit to World Green Building Day
To mark World Green Building Day the UK Green Building Council launched a campaign to promote carbon savings from buildings
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How much has the recession cost house builders? um...
During a conversation with a colleague on the recent spate of cash calls by house builders I was quizzed on how much damage the recession had done to their balance sheets.I made a stab (a lucky guess as it turned out), but I should have had a number at my ...
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Economy not as bad as we thought thanks to construction
The fall in GDP wasn't as big as we thought thanks to stronger than estimated construction activity. That is the assessment of the statisticians who put together the national accounts.But is this good news or bad news for construction?The statisticians take was that construction output in the UK fell 0.8% ...
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NewsTerry Farrell aquarium plans dead in the water
London Development Agency pulls out of deal with devloper Silvertown Quays on £1.5bn east London project
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Tender of the day: £6m Middlesex sports hall
Tender for contract in Middlesex closes in October
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NewsMinister commits to high-speed Scotland to London rail link
Transport secretary vows to press ahead with Crossrail and introduce high-speed line as soon as practically possible
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NewsHundreds of tower blocks not fire checked
BBC investigation after Lakanal House tragedy reveals councils committing criminal offence of failing to carry out fire risk assessments
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NewsHousing minister considers retro-fitting programme
John Healey in talks with climate change secretary on how to improve energy performance of existing homes
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NewsWolseley posts £766m pre-tax loss
Materials firm says restructuring has resulted in over 3000 job losses in UK and Ireland
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NewsMabey & Johnson guilty of overseas corruption
Bridge contractor pleads guilty to charges of corruption in Jamaica, Ghana and Iraq
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NewsMandelson calls for 'more engineers'
Business secretary says government ready to help research and development and shift focus from financial services to other industries
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NewsBam picked for £15m Yorkshire hospital scheme
Work is scheduled to start in 2010 on joint community hospital and civic centre development
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NewsActivity fall may signpost 'double dipper' recession
Survey by business analyst Experian charts decline in all sectors of construction
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Council blocks plans for £20m technology centre
Entrepreneur's plans for centre in Cambridgeshire on hold because councillors object to greenfield site
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NewsReturn of the drinking fountain
Hyde Park has just opened its first new drinking fountain in 30 years, and it's big and very shiny...
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NewsGalliford Try bags £26m of education work
Lancaster university and Southwark primary school contracts boost construction group's books