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Tender price forecast: Maintaining balance
So, how has the industry fared since the tumultuous events of 11 September? Surprisingly well, in fact. Despite continuing uncertainty, Davis Langdon & Everest reports that tender prices are still on the up, new orders are holding up and the private commercial sector is still leading robust growth
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Bending the rules
If government proposals on flexible working become law, what will the consequences be for employers? Angela Daw explains all you need to know
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Appointments
ContractorsMalcolm Ward, former southern area manager for Galliford Midlands, has joined Try Accord as commercial business unit director.Willmott Dixon has appointed John Cooper construction manager.HousebuildersJayne Turpin, previously with Alfred McAlpine Homes, has joined Cala Homes as field sales manager.Ward Homes Anglia has appointed Sue Dance area sales manager.Millwood Designer Homes ...
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Working strife
If you are seeing your subbies more than your children, then you are probably working too hard. In an effort to redress the work-life balance the DTI is offering free advice to construction companies to make working life more bearable.
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NewsGovernment calls in Arup to assess 2012 Olympic bid
Consultant appointed by government-led consortium to examine cost and suitability of London bid for games.
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FeaturesA breakdown of trust
Last year, the tenants of a bleak, run-down south London estate voted overwhelmingly against a proposal to spend £243m on building them new homes – and cast a cloud over the government's urban regeneration plans. Phil Clark finds out what went wrong
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Prowting bosses given five years to raise share price
Housebuilder's family owner may sell part of holding to stimulate moribund share performance.
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Cut cost of quality mark, say trade bodies
Industry trade federations are threatening to withdraw support from the quality mark scheme unless the cost of joining is reduced.
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Rogers attacks 'dishonest' facades planning guidance
Architect launches campaign to revise planning rules by slamming the retention of old facades on new buildings.
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HBG hangs on to top with contracts worth £33m
Kier is hard on the heels of the Dutch-owned contractor, but the December lull is apparent across the board.
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FeaturesThe benchmark
In the latest of our occasional series on best practice, Gazeley Properties reveals to Andy Pearson how it employed a tight supply chain, innovative partnering methods and a revolutionary steel frame to construct a brand new warehouse in 12 weeks – plus two industry experts give their verdict
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FeaturesSpanish corker
The copious curves and sinuous lines of Santiago Calatrava's new winery in La Rioja, Spain, might leave visitors as woozy as the tipples prepared within – but it is a triumph of the architect's clear vision.
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Bridge competition
Bridge competition: Work has started on a bridge over the river Stour in the historic town of Sudbury, Suffolk. Designed by architect Brookes Stacey Randall and engineer Arup, the structure is the result of an RIBA competition – the first such contest for the design of a road bridge. The ...
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MDA shakes up board in advance of Headlam vote
Former J Sainsbury construction director Charles Johnston has taken over as chairman at quantity surveyor MDA, in a board shake-up before today's vote on the future of chief executive Elaine Headlam.
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Artisan took out £1.4m before selling Bickerton
Construction group confirms that it took a dividend out of Bickerton seven months before collapse.
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Pathfinder PFI finally starts in Manchester
A consortium led by contractor Gleeson and architect PRP has been appointed preferred bidder on the first of the government's Pathfinder PFI housing schemes.
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Tube: No cash-back pledge
ThE DTLR will not underwrite the £65m that consortiums have spent on bids for the London Underground public-private partnership deals.
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BAA set to reappoint five QSs
Five quantity surveyors are in line to be reappointed as framework consultants for airports client BAA.
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OFT probes British Standards Institution
Building standards regulator the British Standards Institution is under investigation by the Office of Fair Trading for alleged anti-competitive practices.
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Foster and Ito get bye to Oslo shortlist
two architects with imposing world reputations, Foster and Partners and Toyo Ito, have been invited to bid for the redevelopment of a 31,000 m2 site in Oslo, Norway.