All articles by Vern Pitt – Page 36
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NewsFirms to pay over £2.7m to crane collapse victim
Crane driver left paralysed from the waist down by crane colapse settles with firms
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NewsEnergy firms accused of halting ECO work
Construction bosses claim energy companies are pulling funding before the outcome of a government review of the scheme
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NewsGraduate civil engineer salaries up 7% in three years
ICE hails survey’s finding as “very good news” for profession
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NewsHS2 outlines procurement strategy
Railway developer set to spend £17bn on line from London to Birmingham
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NewsGoogle scraps £300m HQ design
Internet giant tells architect AHMM to go back to the drawing board to design a “better” building
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NewsMears sells M&E business for £1
Contractor set to recieve a share of income from loss-making Haydon business
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NewsCostain reports record £3bn order book
Firm shuffles management roles and says it is on track to meet the board’s expectations
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NewsConstruction confidence behind soaring growth forecast
Survey of UK businesses predicts 1.3% growth in the fourth quarter of 2013
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NewsAmec spends £18m on US nuclear firm
Engineer looking to expand offer and grow American nuclear services business
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NewsRenewable energy project pipeline jumps 28%
Government stats reveal rapid growth of renewable energy projects
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NewsCarillion and Morgan Sindall win £290m dual carriageway job
Contractors to build 10km dual carriageway near Manchester airport
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NewsShepherd wins £82m train factory job
Contractor to build factory for Hitachi in the North East of England
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NewsKey zero-carbon housing proposal may breach EU law
Government’s allowable solutions proposals may not be compatible with EU directive, warns CIBSE
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NewsContractors fear sudden cut to £1.3bn ECO programme
Construction businesses warn government review could trigger break clauses in retrofit contracts
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NewsPublic will shun firms that fail to pay minimum wage
Government survey finds eight out of ten will not give work to low paying construction firms
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NewsOfwat brings forward £100m in water work
Regulator tells water firms to uncork spending early to reduce dips in work pipeline
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NewsPlan for low carbon target law defeated
Lords vote against setting decarbonisation target for UK’s energy mix in 2014
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NewsGovernment to keep hold of roads standards
Plans to spin-out the Highways Agency would still see government keep control of design requirements
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NewsGreenpeace drops Hinkley legal challenge
But £16bn nuclear project still facing legal challenge from Ireland’s National Trust