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Kvaerner is favourite for Skanska bid
Norwegian giant s construction operation looks like offering the best deal for Skanska s money.
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Building Regs changes hit industry
The construction industry is facing a “triple whammy” over changes to the Building Regulations, writes Andy Pearson.It has emerged that energy efficiency targets set out in the proposed revisions to Part L will be more difficult to meet because of changes to the environmental regulations that govern the manufacture of ...
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Planners slate RIBA’s call for bigger role
The Royal Town Planning Institute has hit back at the RIBA’s proposals to put architects at the heart of the planning system.RIBA president Marco Goldschmied announced the recommendations last week. They will be put to the government in November when the RIBA meets with planning minister Nick Raynsford.If the proposals ...
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Airport fuels £20bn Hong Kong boom
Consortia line up for £500m-plus expansion of Chek Lap Kok as Far East market takes off again.
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Morrison in talks with mystery suitor
Morrison has announced that it is in takeover talks with an unnamed suitor. The Scottish contractor, which recently dropped the word construction from its name, has a market capitalisation of about £230m.City sources said the announcement could open the door to a bid from Skanska, if the company was not ...
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Simms defiant as 900 jobs are axed
Carillion chairman to use redundancies at M&E subsidiary Crown House to continue shift away from high-risk contracts.
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Inferior steel halts work on Doncaster Earth Centre
Inquiry launched into how wrong kind of steel was used on flagship lottery project.
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Rogers to hold crunch talks with chancellor
Lord Rogers in last-ditch attempt to lobby Brown to fund urban taskforce recommendations.
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New Hungerford crossing faces cash crisis
London s new Hungerford pedestrian river crossing may be scrapped after a demand for extra safety measures before work on the scheme can go ahead. A senior source on the project said: The design-build contract is now null and void. We are pessimistic about the bridge going ahead. The ...
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Portcullis House hits new snag days before handover
Confusion over specification means M&E work is unfinished on eve of £250m building s completion.
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Two giants of British construction die
Sir Edgar Beck and Joseph Murphy, both leading construction industry figures, died last week. Sir Edgar was the former chairman and honorary president of John Mowlem; Murphy founded Joseph Murphy Structural Engineering. Sir Edgar was widely credited with generating a period of rapid growth for Mowlem during his 19-year tenure ...
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Industry can handle surge in demand, says RICS
The construction industry is well-placed to handle the government-fuelled construction boom, according to research by the RICS. The institution's figures show that investment in the construction sector is the highest since records began in 1965, putting it in a good position to increase production smoothly. The report, by RICS chief ...
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Three in line for BT’s £300m son of Jaguar deal
Carillion, Balfour and Mowlem tipped as preferred firms for extension of Project Jaguar into capital schemes.
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Contractors get more say in specifications
Contractors have increased their power to influence product specification, according to a report by Barbour Index. The report, Influencing Product Decisions, found that 82% of contractors believed they were more involved in the choice of products than was the case three years ago. The contractors surveyed added that they attempted ...
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Carillion building control mailshot provokes row
District Surveyors Association threatens legal action over company s advertising material.
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WSP gives free advice to Soweto township
WSP is offering free consultancy services to a Soweto community group on ways to regenerate the South African township. The sustainability arm of the multidisciplinary outfit has just completed a report on possible projects to develop the township's transport, housing and waste systems. The report will be given to the ...
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‘Wrong colour’ stone may be stained at museum
Lottery fund and English Heritage waiting for report from consultant before making south portico decision.
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Livingstone to investigate Tube bidders' merger
Mayor fears reduction in competition as Canadian giant Bombardier plans to buy company in rival team.
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Rogue builders top UK complaints league
Cowboy builders have topped the Office of Fair Trading s league of consumer complaints, generating 700 more than second-hand car salesmen in three months. Figures compiled from trading standards offices across the UK show that domestic repair and maintenance and home improvement firms were the subject of 18 670 complaints ...