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NewsRok in 'hall of shame' for changing payment terms
Private business group attacks contractor for changing payment periods from 30 to 60 days
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NewsVinoly returns home to build luxury flats
Battersea Power Station architect completes first project in native country of Uruguay
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NewsRIBA appoints a chief executive
Former Design Council director joins RIBA as new chief executive
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NewsRaid on PFI cash casts doubt on £2bn rescue fund
Treasury accused of over-confidence as it diverts cash for struggling schemes to stimulate housing
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NewsExcavation may have caused Shanghai collapse
Expert says piling under 13-storey block of flats could have failed because of work to make space for underground car park
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NewsCost cutting reduces Marshalls debt by £37m
Firm closed factories and raised £4m in rights issue in response to 19% fall in revenue
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NewsBalfour Beatty predicts more progress in 2009
Strong performance in roads and building sectors help offset reduced UK rail work
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FeaturesRainscreen cladding
Ibstock has extended its Elementix rainscreen cladding system with the Express and Freedom ranges
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NewsNew legacy chief reveals extent of Olympics re-think
In her first interview since becoming chair of the Olympics legacy company, Margaret Ford explains the need for a review of post-Games planning
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News
Construction appointments: 03 July 2009
Shepherd Construction names managing director of its southern division
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NewsCollege schemes planned to cost double £300m fund
Swingeing cuts on the cards as 13 colleges find themselves £300m short of what they asked for
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NewsGrafton looks to housing recovery as turnover falls 31%
Builders' merchant takes big hit in Ireland but says trading has stabilised
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NewsHBOS-backed social housing firm EPS on block for £30m
Bidders circle £80m-turnover contractor as bank continues disposal of construction investments
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NewsKillby & Gayford prospers despite client nerves
Chris Chivers, chief executive of specialist heritage contractor Killby & Gayford, has said procurement officers are “increasingly twitchy” about giving work to medium-sized firms
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NewsGovernment to miss housing target by more than 10,000
£1.5bn aimed at social housing fails to mask dramatic shortfall in affordable homes
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NewsRogers tower to fall victim to viewing corridor
Initial designs by Lord Rogers’ firm for a new tower in the City of London look set to be the first victim of mayor Boris Johnson’s revamped viewing corridor policies
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NewsGlass makers push up prices 50%
Specialist contractors are up in arms over the decision by UK glass makers to increase their prices by up to 50% within days of one another
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Comment
What can you get for £1.5bn?
Hard to say how many votes it will win him, but Gordon Brown’s £1.5bn contribution to the Homes and Communities Agency deserves a few cheers from the construction industry. The money is intended to deliver 20,000 affordable homes and build the infrastructure to stimulate another 10,000 private ones. The government ...
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CommentShot by both sides: Collateral warranties for project managers
Project managers are liable to the client for all kinds of weird things, but now some contractors are asking them to sign collateral warranties