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Dawnus expects strong growth in 09

3-Jul-2009 | By Nick Huber

Dawnus Construction, the fast-growing Welsh contractor, increased sales by nearly 10 per cent in 2008, bucking the gloom in the construction industry, and giving an upbeat outlook for its growth prospects.

Garvis Snook, chief executive, Rok

Rok extends payment terms for new suppliers

3-Jul-2009 | By Alex Hawkes

Rok has doubled its standard payment terms from 30 to 60 days for new suppliers, prompting criticism from small business organisation the Forum for Private Businesses.

Morrison Construction today started work on the white water canoe centre for the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Morrison starts work on 2012 canoe centre

3-Jul-2009 | By Rhiannon Hoyle

Morrison Construction today started work on the white water canoe centre for the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Construction workers carrying out excavation work for a new school have uncovered a human skull.

Human skull uncovered on school construction site

3-Jul-2009 | By Rhiannon Hoyle

Construction workers carrying out excavation work for a new school have uncovered a human skull.

Ian Taylor, chief executive, Balfour Beatty

Balfour boosted by public projects

3-Jul-2009

UK building giant Balfour Beatty is looking forward to a strong performance this year supported by its new place on the FTSE 100.

Balfour Beatty has this morning told shareholders that it expects to reach financial close on the much-delayed the £147 million Carlisle Northern Development Route project “shortly”.

Balfour Beatty: Close imminent on Carlisle Development Route

3-Jul-2009 | By Rhiannon Hoyle

Balfour Beatty has this morning told shareholders that it expects to reach financial close on the much-delayed the £147 million Carlisle Northern Development Route project “shortly”.

The construction sector shrunk for the sixteenth consecutive month in June, according to the CIPS/Markit Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index.

Construction still shrinking

2-Jul-2009

The construction sector shrunk for the sixteenth consecutive month in June, according to the CIPS/Markit Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index.

PICTURES: Construction worker saves drowning woman

1-Jul-2009 | By Rhiannon Hoyle

A heroic construction worker has rescued a drowning woman from in a dam in Iowa, in the USA.

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