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NewsOutput grows as activity expands across the board despite Brexit nerves
Industry confidence still low due to ongoing EU uncertainty, according to the latest IHS Markit/CIPS construction PMI
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NewsGreen light for £100m Bournemouth scheme
Mixed-use deal being developed by local council and Morgan Sindall
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CommentCan softer skills solve construction’s perpetual productivity puzzle?
There is growing acknowledgement that soft skills, collaborative behaviours and a more relational model of procurement contribute to better performance. Are these the missing pieces of the construction industry’s comparatively poor productivity jigsaw puzzle?
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NewsLaing O'Rourke the frontrunner for first slice of £200m-plus Canada Water work
British Land submitted plans for £3bn development in May
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NewsCurrie & Brown snaps up Sydney consultant
The Dar-owned consultancy bought Australian firm Crown Project Services for an undisclosed sum
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CommentRelaxing permitted development rights has potential, but concerns remain
Authorities, developers and residents alike should be careful, says TLT’s Katherine Evans
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NewsTerry Morgan expects Crossrail overrun to cost him HS2 job
Morgan said he had not yet been formally told he would lose his position at both Crossrail and HS2
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NewsSpanish giant Ferrovial looking to sell Amey
The Oxford-based contractor made a £190m loss last year
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NewsHomes England sets up Oxford-Cambridge arc team
Agency is working with other public sector groups to push on with scheme
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NewsTrade body tells subbies to go to clients direct to get paid on Interserve jobs
SEC boss Rudi Klein says firms should work out deals with clients as safeguard
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NewsContractors behind 17 closed Edinburgh schools agree settlement with council
Aecom has been drafted in to inspect Amey’s work
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NewsKier boss says right issue cash 'removes debt shadow' from firm
Haydn Mursell bangs drum for contractor, saying subbies can be confident in working with the group
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NewsKier launches £264m rights issue to stave off balance sheet disaster
Contractor’s shares lose a third of their value as firm appeals to shareholders for cash
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FeaturesProjects: Blackfriars Circus, London
Maccreanor Lavington’s Blackfriars Circus for Barratt Homes does everything a scheme centred on a 27-storey residential tower can do to engage with London’s architectural heritage
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CommentMaking promises is easy – delivering them is something else
If only we had politicians who, instead of promising the impossible, focused on what can really be delivered, and then got on with it..
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NewsLendlease settles bust-up with north London council
Firm had begun legal action after Haringey scrapped plans to build thousands of homes over the summer
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CommentConstruction industry gossip: Wouldn’t it be lovely?
An optimistic Kit Malthouse introduces the ‘slimby’ and the water cannon debacle makes us look back at some of Boris Johnson’s other great ideas
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NewsGovernment confirms new construction innovation centre
The centre will be delivered by the Manufacturing Technology Centre, BRE and Cambridge University’s Centre for Digital Built Britain