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Mansell takes on £4m in contracts
Tuesday, 21 May 2013

Mansell has won three interior refurbishment contracts worth nearly £4m.

Brent centre achieves practical completion
Tuesday, 21 May 2013

A project team involving Skanska as design and build contractor has achieved practical completion on a new civic centre for the London Borough of Brent.

LSE looks to redesign campus
Tuesday, 21 May 2013

RIBA is inviting expressions of interest from architects interested in redesigning the London School of Economics and Political Science’s (LSE’s) Aldwych campus.

RIBA launches competition for new Met HQ
Monday, 20 May 2013

RIBA has launched a competition on behalf of the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) and the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) to create a new central London HQ - replacing the existing New Scotland Yard building.

Mitie pulls out of M&E
Monday, 20 May 2013

Mitie Group is closing down its mechanical and engineering contracting business to concentrate on higher margin markets.

Construction disputes 'last longer'
Monday, 20 May 2013

Legal disputes in the construction industry now take on average over a year to be resolved, due to the economic downturn, new research shows.

Interserve teams up with environment charity
Monday, 20 May 2013

Interserve has formed a partnership with regeneration charity Groundwork that will see surplus equipment and construction materials that might otherwise have gone to landfill used on environmental projects.

Murphy to take over collapsed Land & Marine
Friday, 17 May 2013

Some 184 jobs look to be saved this afternoon after administrators at Deloitte confirmed that Murphy Group will buy the assets of collapsed Daniel Contractor’s subsidiary Land & Marine Project Engineering together with a number of the company’s contracts.

Severfield-Rowen to cut 93 jobs
Friday, 17 May 2013

Severfield-Rowen is planning to cut around 93 jobs at its structural steel subsidiary Severfield-Watson Structures.

Central London Construction hits 4-year high
Friday, 17 May 2013

Construction in Central London is on the increase - according to the latest London Crane Survey by Deloitte Real Estate, which shows that construction in the city has hit a 4-year high.

Styles & Wood heads for the red
Friday, 17 May 2013

Fit-out specialist Styles & Wood is warning that it is likely to dip into the red in the first half of this year, even with an increased turnover.

Willmott Dixon in £4.5m cemetery contract
Friday, 17 May 2013

Willmott Dixon has started work on a £4.5m crematorium and cemetery in Rugby, Warwickshire.

Morgan Sindall executive joines SPSenvirowall
Friday, 17 May 2013

External wall insulation company SPSenvirowall has appointed Natasha Ives as its new marketing manager.

Longest railway project celebrates safety record
Friday, 17 May 2013

Skanska claims that a project it is currently working on to build the longest new domestic line in over a century has so far clocked up over 40,000 man hours without a single lost time accident being reported.

Jobs lost as Daniel goes under
Thursday, 16 May 2013

Warrington-based Daniel Contractors and Wirral-based subsidiary Land & Marine Project Engineering have gone into administration, which has already resulted in job losses across the two firms.

Government names best councils for SMEs
Thursday, 16 May 2013

Ten councils including Manchester, Sheffield and Barnsley Councils and the City of London Corporation have been honoured at a reception in Downing Street where they were named as the ten best councils to do business with.

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A revolution in costs

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2013-05-08 11:37

Late payments - the rows go on

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2013-05-07 15:14

Laying the groundwork

Rising demand for land for development through reclamation and site decontamination has led to a rapid expansion in the field of ground improvement techniques. High energy impact compaction (HEIC) from Landpac is proving an innovative and cost-effective technology in solving geotechnical challenges. Builder & Engineer takes a look.

2013-04-24 11:21

Fair play

Construction has come a long way from the days when female workers were a novelty, yet women still represent just 10 per cent of one of the UK’s most important sectors. So why is it still such a man’s world?

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Putting the brakes on potholes

An annual survey has revealed that despite a significant increase in highway repairs, the road network in England and Wales is crumbling, fuelling calls for increased and longer-term funding from Government.

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