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Welsh council to maintain road for private firm
A “unique” agreement in which a Welsh council maintains a road on behalf of a private contractor has been renewed.
BCIS: Tender prices fall 16pc from peak
According to the latest report from the Building Cost Information Service, tender prices have fallen 16 per cent from their peak, in the final quarter of 2007.
Infamous Northern Ireland prison to be redeveloped
Northern Ireland’s former top-security prison the Maze will be redeveloped, political leaders have announced.
Carlisle sub contractor's skull crushed in six metre fall
Two brothers have been fined £13,000 after a worker was left with a crushed skull and brain damage when he fell through an industrial roof in Carlisle.
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Contractor and architects fined nearly 200k after worker death
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£250m Alsop hotel gets planning
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Kier ousted by Vinci on Heathrow T3 job
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Mace wins £20m student accomodation deal
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EDF Energy sells Networks business for £5.8bn
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Commercial real estate specialist Colliers sees UK revenue up 15pc
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Wirral Council to rule on massive 13,500 homes plan
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Recruitment firms appeal £39m fines
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Travis Perkins first half profit up 24pc
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Waystone secures site for Castleford Tigers stadium
BUDGET 2010
JUNE BUDGET: £26bn of capital spending cuts to come
The chancellor’s emergency budget has confirmed eye-watering cuts of £26bn a year to capital expenditure by government departments by 2013/14.
JUNE BUDGET: Tax moves better than feared for construction
The chancellor increased VAT to 20pc in his emergency budget today, but lower levels of corporation tax and no change in the fuel duty should boost firms in the construction sector.
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Infamous Northern Ireland prison to be redeveloped
Northern Ireland’s former top-security prison the Maze will be redeveloped, political leaders have announced.
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Bachy Soletanche wins £1m Milton Court Tower piling contract
Bachy Soletanche has won the £1m piling contract for the Milton Court Tower scheme.
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Bachy Soletanche wins £1m Milton Court Tower piling contract
Bachy Soletanche has won the £1m piling contract for the Milton Court Tower scheme.
