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NewsPidgley calls on Brown to ‘do something positive’
Berkeley boss predicts Lehman collapse will hit buyer confidence and calls for interest rate cut
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Rogers and Foster shun nuclear design framework
EDF lines up big-name architects for new-build programme, but fails to entice the biggest names of all
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Transparency in awarding contracts
The CaseOn 15 March 2007, the London Borough of Newham (“Newham”) advertised its intention to enter into framework contracts for the procurement, maintenance and management of private sector leased properties. The tender evaluation criteria stated that the contracts would be awarded on the basis of the most economically advantageous tender, ...
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CommentCivil Engineering vs VGC Construction: Did you hear the one about…?
… the subcontractor who put in a claim for £300k with no supporting evidence? Well the parties ended up telling it to the judge, who supplied a rather surprising punch line
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Carillion tops leader board with 2012 media centre win
Business barometer — £350m Olympic job was one of 36 deals secured by contractor in August
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Government to review rules on lobbying councillors
Fear of breaking guidelines results in ill-informed planning decisions, claim developers
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NewsNew Dublin
A €1.2bn (£950m) town development close to Dublin has been granted planning permission.
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NewsIndustry braces itself against shock wave as bombshells hit financial system
Turmoil on Wall Street and run on HBOS set to hit UK construction market
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NewsAiling Ennstone in takeover talks with Marwyn Materials
Informal approach made following share price collapse and announced departure of chairman
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NewsInterserve JV picked for £300m PFI hospital
Consortium named preferred bidder for scheme in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland
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NewsUK brick production hits ‘catastrophic’ low
Brick production in the UK is likely to sink below 2 billion bricks this year for what is believed to be the first time since the forties.
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NewsWYG asking price ‘too high’
Lawrie Haynes, chief executive of White Young Green, has hinted that last month’s takeover talks failed because the bidder for the group failed to meet his asking price
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NewsLandSec seeks planning for revised Victoria interchange
Revised application submitted for Victoria Transport Interchange after rejection of earlier version
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Rok cuts 200 contracting jobs
Rok has cut 200 workers from its contracting business, chief executive Garvis Snook confirmed this week.
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Nuttall purges its Olympic subcontractors
Nuttall has terminated its contracts with three of its suppliers on the Olympic Park site.
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UK brick production hits ‘catastrophic’ low
Brick production in the UK is likely to sink below 2 billion bricks this year for what is believed to be the first time since the forties.
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Nuttall purges its Olympic subcontractors
Nuttall has terminated its contracts with three of its suppliers on the Olympic Park site.