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NewsBerkeley and Southwark agree on Potters Field homes
Heads of terms agreement reached on controversial plans for 374 dwellings next to Tower Bridge
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NewsArabtec profit plummets by a third
UAE's biggest contractor posts second quarter net profit of 183m dirhams
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NewsProfit slides 27% at Travis Perkins
Building materials firm also posts a fall in revenue of 13% in the past year but has substantially cut its debt
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Tender of the day: £1.75m Croydon school
Bid deadline is 10 August for project involving extension, alteration and demolition
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NewsParsons Brinckerhoff's Rosa Parks bus centre
'Cloud-like' transit centre tribute to civil rights heroine completes in Detroit
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NewsPlans revealed to de-clutter 2012 Olympic highway
Plans will see scruffy stretch of A11 improved with more green spaces, better lighting and refurbished properties
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NewsNew plant will make roof tiles from nappies
Birmingham recycling plant will turn plastic element of sanitary waste into building products
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NewsKier wins £600m housing repair contract in Tyneside
Contractor's building maintenance arm prepares to maintain 16,000 council homes over 10 years
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Contractors face a £24 billion drop in new work
UK contractors should prepare themselves for a £24 billion drop in the annual cash value of new work coming through as the recession reaches its expected bottom in 2011.Shrinking volumes and plunging prices threaten to drag the cash spent on buying new construction work down from £70 billion in 2007 ...
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Another one for the file marked "Gloom": What do you mean you haven't got one yet?
Many thanks to Mel Budd of Leading Edge who sent me the consultancy's latest forecast. For simplicity's sake I have put the base figures for output in a graph with the other industry forecasts.What is striking is the growing consensus that things are looking horrid and there is a lot ...
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Nationwide ponders the unthinkable: A house price rise for 2009
The latest figures from Nationwide show a rise in prices for the third month on the trot, which puts the price of an average house at 1.3% more than at the start of the year.This sign of buoyancy is not isolated, we are seeing various indexes pointing to an uplift ...
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NewsTop five reader comments: 29 July
Is safety certification just a money-spinning scheme? Plus, why historic buildings jolly well should meet Part L efficiency standards, and why apprentices can't afford driving lessons
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FeaturesEducation project of the month: North Road primary school, Darlington
Its sloping green roof makes this innovative new building seem to be emerging from the earth
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NewsReclamation works blamed for children's birth defects
Judge rules reclamation work in former steel complex in Corby caused babies to be born with underdeveloped fingers and clubbed feet
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NewsTurbine firm seeks eviction order after sacking protesters
Sit-in continues in fight against planned closure of Vestas wind turbine factory on the Isle of Wight
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NewsSales plummet at steel giant ArcelorMittal
Revenue halved in second quarter as world's biggest producer records third quarterly loss in a row
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NewsHill bags contract on £164m tram project
Tram line will stretch 8km into city of Zaragoza in Spain
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NewsBritish Gas plans green skills centre for Wales
Large-scale training will be provided in installation of renewable and microgeneration technologies
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NewsSchemes worth $300bn on hold in UAE
Report says emirates remain among world's most active construction markets despite 400 projects being put on ice
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Tender of the day: £2m London community centre
Bid deadline is 7 August for Stratford project involving new building and renovation of existing centre