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Wednesday, 8 May 2013

Aberdeen City Council has named a joint venture between Morgan Sindall subsidiary Muse Developments and Aviva Investors as preferred bidder for the £100m-plus redevelopment of the council’s former head office at St Nicholas House site in Aberdeen.

Wednesday, 8 May 2013

Galliford Try has promoted Andrew Richards, currently managing director of its investment division, to be group managing director for housebuilding at its Linden Homes subsidiary.

Tuesday, 7 May 2013

Sage Construction has become Eque2 following a management buyout.

Tuesday, 7 May 2013

Minimal client demand could still be impeding an industry-wide adoption of Building Information Modelling (BIM), a survey run by the RICS suggests.

Tuesday, 7 May 2013

Skanska UK chief executive Mike Putnam says his company has delivered a “positive” start to the year, despite order bookings being behind expectations.

Tuesday, 7 May 2013

The number of new homes being registered with the NHBC is now at its highest level since 2008, the builder’s association has revealed.

Tuesday, 7 May 2013

BAM has been named as preferred bidder for a £9m contract to build UTC Cambridge.

Thursday, 2 May 2013

The Unite Union is holding a protest outside the building site for Manchester City Football Club's new training ground today over what it clams are contractor BAM Construct's links to blacklisting.

Thursday, 2 May 2013

Carillion has won a £335m contract with the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals Trust to build what will be the UK’s largest hospital when it is completed in 2017.

Thursday, 2 May 2013

Southwark Council has awarded Balfour Beatty the £18.5m contract to build a new leisure centre at Elephant & Castle.

Thursday, 2 May 2013

Birse Civils has been retained for the second phase of engineering works aimed at regenerating Stockton High Street in Teesside.

Thursday, 2 May 2013

Galliford Try has secured three contracts in the Greater Manchester area worth £36.5m in total.

Thursday, 2 May 2013

A building contractor who put up hoarding around a restaurant it was refurbishing that wasn’t strong enough to withstand high winds has been ordered to pay over £13,000 after two pensioners were injured when the hoarding fell on them.

Wednesday, 1 May 2013

Elliott Off-Site Building Solutions has been appointed principle contractor for a £9.8m design and build project at King’s College Hospital in London.

Wednesday, 1 May 2013

Brighton and Hove City Council is looking to put together a strategic construction partnership to manage all building work on behalf of the council and Sussex Police for the next four years.

Wednesday, 1 May 2013

A Welsh housing group is looking for contractors to become part of a four-year framework covering buliding work that could be as much as £75m in total.

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2013-05-22 15:48

The thorny issue of whether the widening of the EU’s borders at the start of next year will or will not lead to a huge influx of migrant workers coming to the UK never seems to be far away from the ce

2013-05-22 15:38

According to Katie Saunders (pictured), projects and construction partner at law firm Trowers & Hamlins LLP, you can be sure of one thing whenever preparing a contract for any construction activity: b

2013-05-22 15:25

For sub- contractors faced with a cashflow problem caused by a client’s tardiness in paying, or indeed any other issue, the traditional remedy would have been an overdraft extension.

2013-05-08 11:49

Reforms to costs in litigation still need to be bedded in for their true effect to be noticed, say Paul Jonson, head of dispute resolution at Pannone

2013-05-08 11:37

Activity on both sides of the border between England and Scotland this past month suggests that late payments remains as pressing an issue as ever.

2013-05-07 15:14

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

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?

2013-04-24 11:00

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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