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NewsWimpey predicts record profits
Wimpey is the latest houesbuilder to report a slowdown in the housing market but predicts record results for 2004 after strong first half.
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NewsScotland set for first skyscraper
The 39-storey Elphinstone Place in Glasgow will be 9m higher than Scotland’s tallest building.
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FeaturesOn the third day of Christmas my true love sent to me...
... an electric shock machine. What have we done to deserve this in our Christmas stocking.
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NewsPersimmon shrugs off housing slowdown
Housebuilder heads for record profits as it predicts that buyers will return to the market in new year.
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Carillion reaches financial close on Chiltern Railways contract
Carillion will upgrade Marylebone and Beaconsfield stations and undertake major track and signalling works in £50m PFI.
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NewsBerkeley Homes biggest ever scheme gets go-ahead
Council gives consent for new rengeneration project in Woolwich
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Balfour secures £400 million road maintenance contract
Joint venture with Mott MacDonald signs for five-year deal in the South-west
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Cleveland Bridge committed to the UK
Contractor confirms its on-going commitment to business in Britain
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Birse profit halves after loss in building division
Contractor's building division will focus only on local authority education work in North of England after it posted £4.6m loss for six months to 31 October.
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FeaturesNew age thinking
The government is doing construction a favour by raising the retirement age to 65, but Jeremy Hilliard, director of National Contracting, says the skills shortage can only be addressed by attracting more young people to building.
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OCG warns against suicidal PFI bids
Whitehall’s man in charge of public sector procurement has warned the construction industry that it must stop underpricing bids for government refurbishment contracts if companies are to avoid financial ruin
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NewsCABE spared savage heritage spending cuts
Design watchdog has grant increased to almost £5m, as steps are taken to increase its public accountability
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NewsAmicus to mount legal challenge to T5 retina scans
M&E union to bring action under human rights legislation to stop firms using identification method on workers.
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Comment
Don’t delay
In 2003 Severn Trent Water Limited (STW) commenced its tendering process for the award of contracts for the maintenance, renewal and improvement of its reservoirs, pipelines, pumping stations, treatment plants and sewerage systems. The contract was a five year programme of considerable value, being somewhere in the region of £1.5-£2bn.STW ...
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£130m Liverpool arena keeps Bovis top of league
Contractor retains both its monthly and annual titles, thanks to £140m of work in November
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FeaturesJarvis diaries - The edge of reason
Poor old Jarvis has had a v. bad year, having struggled with debts and been walked out on by its top men. Here, its month-by-month misadventures are chronicled by Mark ‘Darcy’ Leftly …
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A living in the past
With traditional skills in restoring historical buildings in short supply, the opportunities for a career in the sector are alive and kicking.