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Europe's first plastic bridge system to get road test
Oxfordshire bridge will use revolutionary Mouchel-designed ASSET system to slash build time and costs.
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Developers line up for £400m Canada Water plan
Persimmon, St George, Wimpey, Amec and Urban Catalyst bid for south-east London docks scheme.
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Crest Nicholson still hunting buyer for Pearce
Crest Nicholson is understood to be seeking more bids for contracting arm Pearce despite receiving offers for the business in late March.
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Insurer wavers on quality mark
Insurer Royal & Sun Alliance has delayed a decision about supporting the government's anti-cowboy quality mark scheme on the grounds that its own contractor vetting process is better.
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A fiasco in extra time
'Ere we go, 'ere we go, 'ere we go – again. It came as no surprise to the construction or soccer fraternities that the latest round of the epic Wembley Stadium fixture slipped into extra time this week (page 11). As the government's 30 April deadline passed, a German bank ...
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Arsenal guns for stadium sponsorship deal
Arsenal FC is considering raising money for the £300m stadium in Islington, north London, by naming it after a company.
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Light exercise
Light exercise: This Feilden Clegg Bradley-designed sports science centre for the University of Gloucester has received government funding for its solar roof. The scheme is one of 18 projects to be awarded a share of the £4m grant. The £9.25m centre will comprise teaching facilities, a sports science building and ...
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CITB gives cash for training
The Construction Industry Training Board is to give a £4.5m grant to contractors in a bid to increase the number of apprentices they take on.At a CITB meeting last week it was agreed that the grant would be used to increase the money paid to apprentices 15% over a three-year ...
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Troubled Bluestone gets another shake-up
bluestone, the regional contracting arm of Morgan Sindall has restructured again, creating six regional divisions and a property care business.The firm has been divided into northern, Midlands, Thames Valley, southern, London and eastern regions. It previously had four regional divisions, but the firm said some of them, such as ...
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Balfour team close to London Bridge deal
A joint venture between Balfour Beatty and Sir Robert McAlpine is expected to win a £90m deal to redevelop London Bridge Station.The two are understood to have beaten off four rivals – Amec, Laing O’Rourke, Skanska and Taylor Woodrow – to become preferred bidder for the project.The Railtrack contract is ...
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Work starts on £100m Wandsworth plan
Work has begun on the £100m Riverside Quarter, the first large London project to be designed by Leeds-based architect Carey Jones.
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Burnley may set up regeneration company
Burnley Council has launched a study to decide whether to set up an urban regeneration company in the town.
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Four shortlisted for MoD job
Balfour Beatty and Laing are on the four-strong shortlist for a £70m Defence Estates contract at Catterick Garrison in North Yorkshire.
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ICE calls for health and safety funding review
The Institution of Civil Engineers has called for a review of money spent on improving health and safety in the construction industry.ICE chairman Liz Bennett said pouring further money into health and safety was unlikely to improve the industry’s record.She said: “What is needed is a professional review of health ...
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CIC rethinks VAT campaign
The construction industry is to adopt a new tactic in its campaign to persuade the Treasury to reduce VAT on domestic repair and maintenance work.
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Money magic
Surviving a downturn is difficult, but white rabbits, mirrors and elves can all help
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Five tips on how to chair meetings effectively
Produce an agenda and make sure everyone involved sees it before the meeting begins. If people do not know what the meeting's chairperson intends to discuss, time will be wasted as people digest new information and build up to a response.Be punctual and say when you intend the meeting to ...
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The Top Scam Awards
OK, they're not the most prestigious accolades, but the prize ceremony for concocting those ways to wriggle out of the Construction Act can still reduce you to tears
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It's a side issue
Judges are getting to like adjudication. But they're going to like it a whole lot more when adjudicators can demonstrate a judicial fairness when deciding cases
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Silence isn't golden
You might not be in agreement with someone, but are you in dispute? It's an old issue, and the precedents are confusing – just make sure you speak up