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CommentConsider Horbury
Politicians constantly scrutinise the cost of the public sector building programme - the biggest in our lifetime - but how closely do they examine design standards?
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FeaturesWhy not work in… South Coast
With £2bn of work Robert Smith of Hays Construction & Property on the abundant work and good wages to be had in the South Coast's honeypot
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FeaturesCost model: School extensions
While Blair's shiny new city academies grab all the headlines, a host of smaller-scale improvements to existing schools is quietly being carried out. In the first of our series of mini-cost models, Max Wilkes of Davis Langdon reviews the key issues and costs involved in primary school extension projects
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Galliford reorganises after swallowing Morrison
Galliford Try is to restructure its construction business in the wake of the £42m takeover of Morrison Construction.
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Energy prices force brick maker to stop using oil
Small brick maker HG Matthews is to switch from oil to biofuel for brick production because of increasingly high energy prices.
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WSP shares rise 5% to 415p
Shares in consultant WSP hit a four-year high on Monday after it revealed an impressive set of results.
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Rok named as one of Sunday Times' 100 best employers
Twelve firms in the construction industry made it into a survey by The Sunday Times on the 100 best companies to work for (see table).
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NewsDavid Wilson Homes to snub tariff areas
David Wilson Homes will not build its new range of homes for first-time buyers where councils operate planning tariffs or make steep demands for affordable housing contributions.
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NewsTransfer pull-out set to hit housebuilders
Housebuilders could lose major estate regeneration work because one of the UK's biggest housing associations looks set to pull out of stock transfer schemes.
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FeaturesOut of the shadows
The internal life of NG Bailey, the UK's largest M&E firm, has always been a dark secret. Now chief executive Mark Andrews has given its first interview, and in it he talks (fairly) frankly about past troubles and future plans.
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FeaturesCould you live here?
Well, somebody is going to - these extraordinary houses, designed by top architects for an idyllic Cotswolds location, have all just won planning permission.
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CommentThis one won't fly
The latest edition of the NEC professional services contract came out in June but has been all but ignored. The reasons for this are not hard to understand
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The greater good
The treatment of Sir Roy Meadows, the paediatrician who gave evidence in the case of Sally Clarke, raises larger issues about how we protect the judicial process
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It's tough at the top
Company directors are envied for their status and salary, but soon they could be subject to a wave of legal claims with no guarantee their insurance will cover them
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CommentLost in the labyrinth?
Tax tips: Want to know about tax breaks? Malcolm Nichols from accountant Menzies kicks off a series on organising your finances by charting a way through the maze that is VAT
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FeaturesUnderwood, to Leonard, to Deacon … and it's Edwards!
As you may have noticed, it's Six Nations time, a riot of colour, national pride and surreptitious eye-gouging. What's it got to do with construction? Well, it just so happens that some very big names have brought their formidable talents to the industry. Building headed down to Twickers to hear ...
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Features10 years younger (how to transform a decrepit sink estate into an urban utopia in a single decade)
An evolving 10-year masterplan including parkland, mews houses and glass-fronted apartments and culminating in a 20-storey eco-tower: has Birmingham found the definitive way of transforming urban sink estates?
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Projects update: Health and safety
A round-up of what's new in the world of health and safety, from teaching modules to prevent children injuring themselves in quarries to paying a safety bonus to operatives