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NewsBomb blast engineer loses damages action against Mott MacDonald
Graham Hopp loses damages case against former employer and MoD over injuries caused by roadside bomb in Iraq
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NewsWind turbine sit-in continues despite court threat
Protest against closure of Vestas factory in the Isle of Wight enters fifth day
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NewsBlow to Rogers as £135m British Museum plans turned down
Practice’s proposals for extension to Bloomsbury museum are turned down by Camden council
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NewsMace to take on Shepherd's stricken Trinity Walk scheme
New developer lines up replacement for contractor that lost £15.5m on Wakefield retail project
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NewsDerbyshire BSF first phase reaches financial close
£80m programme will deliver six new schools with GF Tomlinson and Bowmer & Kirkland as construction partners
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NewsMake energy ratings public, say Tories
New legislation would force ministers to publish the energy rating of government buildings
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NewsHow Skanska got back in the black
Tom Bill reports on the contractor’s results and explains how new boss Mats Williamson got the firm back on track
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NewsNew zero-carbon definition cuts cost of home by £11k
But housing minister John Healey reveals that new energy rules could cost the industry £7bn
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NewsStudents and new graduates: Win a Flip video
Free prize draw for construction students and recent graduates who complete Building's online survey
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NewsMaterial and labour costs to fall for first time since 1970
Davis Langdon says that tender prices are 10% lower than this time last year and that steel fell 40%
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NewsG&T reveals loss of 13% of its partners
Gardiner & Theobald reveals more than one in 10 partners have left the business, which has been cutting staff
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NewsTurner & Townsend: We will be bigger in US than UK
Consultant continues global push as it breaks £200m turnover and eyes two acquisitions
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NewsPrince and council cut social homes deal
The plan for a Prince of Wales-approved eco-settlement in Devon looks set to have its affordable housing element cut to get it off the ground
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Green shoots?
RICS commercial property survey shows that the pace of decline has slowed and demand is marginally increasing in the office market. Of those surveyed, just 13% said new sales and lettings had fallen, compared with 71% two quarters ago, but any fall at all is still bad news.The rise in ...
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Seven years of construction growth wiped out say GDP figures
The latest GDP figures showed a marked slowdown in the rate of collapse of the economy.But the drop of 0.8% was significantly more than economists were expecting, if the mood judged by Reuters gives a fair assessment. The median of its poll of economist put the expected second quarter fall ...
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The government's greenprint
Or, at least that was the case until last week, when it published its carbon transition plan: practical proposals to make just about everything more energy-efficient. The aim is to reduce carbon emission in 2020 to 34% of their level in 1990.The plan should be broadly welcomed, largely because it ...
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Drawing a line in the sand
Architect Aukett Fitzroy Robinson was forced to make another uncomfortable disclosure to the City this week.Last week boss Nicholas Thompson had a judge wagging a finger in his face about the “delayed communication” of the exit of a senior employee to a client. This week brought news that one of ...
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Yes: minister
The recent publication of “One death is too many”, a report into the underlying causes of construction fatal accidents by the secretary of state for work and pensions produced welcome recommendations
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Local slate for local houses
Since the last slate quarry in Scotland closed in 1955, architects and builders carrying out maintenance and restoration and new developments in conservation areas have struggled to meet specifications for traditional roofs. It is also a problem for homeowners making repairs