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In praise of a happiness
Naturally we wish the new US President Barack Obama well in the tough job he has ahead and in his commitment to boost the nation's construction industry in a bid to improve the massive yet increasingly tatty infrastructure.From the news there would appear to be an international surge in happiness ...
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Orders for new construction work evaporate
The September figures for new construction orders are truly shocking and extremely worrying.In the past I have tended to treat the orders figures with a bit of disrespect because they bounce around to the point where you can't make sense of them.Not now. Put bluntly from May onward, the industry ...
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House prices 16% down and falling faster
House prices fell 2.2% in October to the level they first reached more than three years ago, according to the latest Halifax figures.But how far can they fall?That was a question put to me yesterday. I hate doing prediction, not enough gypsy blood I guess.But I obliged with a suggestion ...
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NewsRICS reports commercial property hard hit by recession
All sectors remain in negative territory according to the RICS commercial property survey
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NewsEasy wins for low-carbon housing credits
BRE's latest information paper on Innovation Park homes explores carbon-cutting opportunities in less obvious areas
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NewsRok slashes workforce by 15% following profit warning
Shares plunge 50% as Rok confirms white-collar jobs will be hardest hit
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Alfred McAlpine slate boss charged with fraud
Christopher Law, former managing director of Alfred McAlpine’s slate business, is charged with three offences
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NewsTessa Jowell reveals top fee earners on 2012 Olympics
Turner & Townsend and EC Harris are top earning consultants on 2012 projects so far, according to newly released figures
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NewsDemolitions gone wrong: every policeman for himself
The demolition looks like a textbook operation - the same can't be said about the deployment of safety barriers
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NewsRedrow admits outlook for next year 'very weak'
Housebuilder's trading statement warns of poor expected performance for 2009
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News2012 Handball Arena goes to planning
The 7,000-seat arena is designed by Make in association with Arup and PTW, the Australian architect that worked on the Beijing Aquatics Centre
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NewsMan dies in Mississippi scaffold collapse
Seven Land Coast workers were trapped in the collapse which occurred in a power plant
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NewsWhat does Obama's victory mean for construction?
These are the pledges Barack Obama made in the run-up to his historic election victory
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NewsConstruction shares fall 4%
Market mood worsened by production figures from US and weak construction output data in UK
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NewsCarillion to build Mecanoo's Birmingham library
Contractor picked to build £193m scheme by Dutch architect
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NewsCarillion JV secures £600m of UAE work
Al Futtaim Carillion picked for Al Raha Beach phase in Abu Dhabi and German business park in Dubai
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NewsBalfour Beatty JV wins £230m road contract in Hong Kong
While firm's US PPP subsidiary reaches financial close on £105m military housing project
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NewsNew ICE president issues call to arms on climate change
Engineers' first female president also pledges to promote diversity within the profession
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Retraining initiatives to get £27m
New funding for projects to help people retrain for work in tough times
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NewsUS heads for change with Barack Obama
New president plans to invest $10bn in infrastructure, creating 2 million construction jobs