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Construction Confederation bosses face pension probe

2010-02-12T00:00:00Z

Stephen Ratcliffe among those who may be held liable for £20.8m black hole in fund

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Four eco-towns to share £60m for show homes

2010-02-12T00:00:00Z

Government grants funds for 600 homes, but fears persist over feasibility of programme

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Construction marks seventh quarter of contraction

2010-02-12T00:00:00Z

Industry blames pre-election nerves and rising costs for winter dip in workload and profits

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Happy new year for Balfour as it dominates in January

2010-02-12T00:00:00Z

Barometer: Blackburn schools win takes firm to top of construction list for first time in eight months

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Legal challenge stalls £200m LSC payment

2010-02-12T00:00:00Z

The Learning and Skills Council is delaying allocating £200m of funding for stalled college projects because of a legal challenge over its handling of the building programme, writes Sarah Richardson

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Movers and makers

2010-02-12T00:00:00Z

February 12 2010

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McLaren set to profit from slump

2010-02-12T00:00:00Z

Kevin Taylor, chairman of McLaren Construction, has said the firm has an £18m war chest to buy struggling rivals

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Skanska back in black

2010-02-12T00:00:00Z

Skanska UK has announced broadly flat turnover of £1.5bn for the year ended 31 December 2009

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Bellway warns on sales

2010-02-12T00:00:00Z

Bellway has warned that the spring selling season will show that the housing market has not yet recovered from the crash. In a trading update for the six months to 31 January, the firm said first-time buyers were still hamstrung by the level of deposits required for a mortgage

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Insolvencies are down

2010-02-12T00:00:00Z

The number of construction firms going into administration in the last quarter of 2009 fell by 15% from the previous quarter

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Data: Planning applications in January

2010-02-12T00:00:00Z

The South-east had its busiest month for a while, and Langtree topped the clients list

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Wates to replace Latham at CITB

2010-02-12T00:00:00Z

James Wates is to replace Sir Michael Latham as chairman of the CITB ConstructionSkills board

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Four firms in running to buy stricken contractor Harry Neal

2010-02-12T00:00:00Z

Four contractors are circling troubled London-based family building firm Harry Neal

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Mace wins new New Street job

2010-02-12T00:00:00Z

Network Rail has expanded Mace’s role on the £600m revamp of Birmingham New Street station to include acting as principal contractor

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£160m diverted to ODA

2010-02-12T00:00:00Z

The Olympic Delivery Authority is to be given up to £160m from other parts of the Games’ £9.3bn budget to pay for operating the venues in advance of the Games

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Mott MacDonald wins east London rail link contract

2010-02-12T00:00:00Z

Mott MacDonald has won the detailed design contract for a 1.3km rail link in phase two of the East London Line

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Not very great expectations

2010-02-12T00:00:00Z

It seems that the government’s acceleration in capital spending has not had as large an impact on workloads as might have been expected

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New chair for UKGBC

2010-02-12T00:00:00Z

Dan Labbad, chief of Lend Lease’s Europe division, has been appointed chairman of the UK Green ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ Council

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No view from the Burj

2010-02-12T00:00:00Z

The Burj Khalifa’s observation deck was suddenly closed on Monday, a month after the 828m Dubai tower opened to the public

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University cutbacks

2010-02-12T00:00:00Z

Plans for a £25m scheme at the University of Worcester could be postponed owing to an announcement by the Higher Education Funding Council for England that £449m would be cut from university budgets.