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    Rogers and Pidgley team up for US embassy neighbour

    2010-07-09T00:00:00Z

    Architect to design 800 homes and hotel for Berkeley subsidiary next to £690m Battersea project

  • Future of school building unclear until Christmas
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    Future of school building unclear until Christmas

    2010-07-09T00:00:00Z

    Government review may delay scaled-back programme till end of 2011

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    Client caution takes toll on Cyril Sweett order book

    2010-07-09T00:00:00Z

    Chief executive points to stage-by-stage commitment to projects as orders fall 20%

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    Defence Estates spells out plan to save £50m

    2010-07-09T00:00:00Z

    Defence Estates, the property and construction arm of the Ministry of Defence, may be forced to mothball some of its buildings to deliver £50m of savings on its regional prime contracts this year

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    Grontmij buys French engineer

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    Dutch consultancy Grontmij has bought a controlling share in French engineer Ginger, making it the fourth largest engineering consultancy in Europe

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    Gleeds snaps up consultant in bid to diversify away from BSF

    2010-07-09T00:00:00Z

    Gleeds has bought an education consultancy, Cocentra, for an undisclosed sum in a bid to survive the cuts to the Ӱ Schools for the Future programme

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    Enter the Sitelife competition

    2010-07-09T00:00:00Z

    The developer Urban Splash has joined forces with Property Week, Ӱ and Ӱ Design to launch a competition to find a temporary use for a site in Manchester’s Ancoats district

  • Residential block designed by Studio Egret West
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    No excuse for late returns

    2010-07-09T00:00:00Z

    A residential block designed by Studio Egret West was one of seven projects to win a Housing Design Award this week

  • The Colombo port expansion in Sri Lanka, where Scott Wilson carried out environmental impact assessments
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    Industry shocked by 233% price hike for Scott Wilson

    2010-07-09T00:00:00Z

    URS bought British firm for 290p a share, up from price of 87p at start of June

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    Raynsford hits out at HSE policy

    2010-07-09T00:00:00Z

    Former construction minister Nick Raynsford has condemned the Health and Safety Executive’s blast-zone policy after it scuppered a £300m residential development in south London

  • Headquarters of law firm Pinsent Masons in the City of London
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    Legal brief

    2010-07-09T00:00:00Z

    ISG has won a fit-out contract for the new headquarters of law firm Pinsent Masons in the City of London

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    Grimshaw and Carillion paid out £7m on Bath spa

    2010-07-09T00:00:00Z

    Bath council’s accounts have revealed that Grimshaw Architects and Carillion paid out £7m in compensation for the city’s disastrous spa project

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    Latest Construction appointments - 9 July 2010

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    John Vincent, currently leader of Aecom’s Europe transportation practice, is to take up a new role as the firm’s strategic planning and advisory service for its global

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    Councils given power to decide on housebuilding targets

    2010-07-09T00:00:00Z

    Local authorities have been given permission to plan for as many homes as they see fit in their districts, after the coalition government abolished Labour’s regional spatial strategies

  • Serpentine Gallery
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    Red dragon

    2010-07-09T00:00:00Z

    The 10th temporary Serpentine pavilion in London’s Hyde Park opens to the public this weekend

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    Arup boss: Brace yourself for a tough year and more takeovers

    2010-07-09T00:00:00Z

    Philip Dilley, the chairman of Arup, has forecast further takeovers and a “tougher” year as consultants are hit by cuts in public sector spending.Dilley, who took over at Arup in April 2009, said the recent spate of takeovers of British consultants by US firms, such as URS’ takeover of Scott ...

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    Insolvencies drop 19% in Q2

    2010-07-09T00:00:00Z

    Construction insolvencies fell 19% in the second quarter of 2010 compared with the previous quarter.The number of insolvencies in the second quarter was 555, down from 686 in the first quarter, according to figures from Pricewaterhouse Coopers.Insolvencies were 24% down on the second quarter of last year.Jonathan Hook, construction and ...

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    Travis Perkins buys plumbing firm BSS for £558m

    2010-07-09T00:00:00Z

    Builders merchant Travis Perkins has agreed to buy plumbing and heating firm BSS Group for £558m

  • Coinford's current jobs include the redevelopment of The Lancasters, a 19th-century residence overlooking Hyde Park
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    Coinford says view from the ground is better

    2010-07-09T00:00:00Z

    Company profile Work is picking up for groundworks firm, but profit is an ’ancient word’

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    £450m housing cuts will ‘end Kickstart’

    2010-07-09T00:00:00Z

    A Treasury decision to cut £450m from this year’s housing budget looks set to spell the end of the Kickstart scheme to restart stalled sites and Labour’s plans to transform council housebuilding