All ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV articles in 05 December 2014 – Page 3
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Interserve buys training provider for £25m
Contractor and support services provider hopes the acquisition will give it a better foothold in the Middle East
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Balfour Beatty rejects £1bn bid for its PPP business
Contractor believes piecemeal sales of investment assets will fetch bigger prices
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Canary Wharf owner criticises £2.6bn takeover offer
Revised takeover bid from Qataris and Brookfield swiftly rejected
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Hansom: The vanishing
This week, everything’s disappearing - BBC Television Centre is poised for part-demolition, Rafael Viñoly drops off the radar, a housing minister fails to materialise, and we relive a £1bn fortune going down the tube
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Sir Robert McAlpine takes steps to improve green performance
Firm introduces quarterly reporting of its sustainability data after UKGBC recommendation
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Codifying PFI contracts: Sticking to the letter
How rigidly must you stick to completion criteria of a PFI contract when issuing a completion certificate?
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The rising: World Trade Center
The completion of the £2.4bn One World Trader Center is a milestone in the painstaking redevelopment of the former Ground Zero site in New York. But with two towers and Santiago Calatrava’s vast station still under construction, there’s plenty of work yet to be done.
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Image of the week: Here come the boys
George Osborne and Danny Alexander leave the Treasury on Wednesday
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Sketch of the week: Almaty, Kazakhstan
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Derek Draper, co-director at Atomik Architecture
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This week in 2004
Three years after the attacks on the Twin Towers, three construction experts tell of their involvement in the clean-up and rebuilding
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Government set to cut subsidy for biomass heat by 10%
Biomass installations exceeded expectations last quarter, triggering a cut from 1 January 2015
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Construction appointments: 5 December 2014
Gensler, Scott Brownrigg and WYG are among firms announcing appointments and promotions
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Comment
Online poll: Stamp duty reform
Will the stamp duty reform help to stimulate the housing market? Vote here
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Tension at the heart of government policy
Aside from stamp duty reform, the story for construction in the Autumn Statement was a continuation of the narrative under the coalition, rather than a radical overhaul
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Call to suspend work if Miller Construction pays late
Rudi Klein says subcontractors hit by delayed payments resulting from Galliford Try’s takeover of Miller should put work on hold
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Stamp duty reform to give housing market £800m boost
Chancellor’s reform of ‘slab’ system draws praise but green builders bemoan ‘missed opportunity’
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The Class of 2014: Three months on
Back in September we introduced you to our Class of 2014: 14 young recruits embarking on their careers in construction. Three months later, we ask them how they’re getting on - and if the industry is living up to their expectations
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The chancellor’s statement was no game-changer
The Autumn Statement didn’t give construction a great deal, of more interest is the National Infrastructure Plan announced earlier this week
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The local roads network has lost out
Today’s pledges of investment in strategic roads are welcome, but the cut to local authority funding risks creating a two tier roads system
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Stamp duty reform stole the show ...
… but radical plans for infrastructure for the North of England were sadly lacking
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