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Government 'must do more for infrastructure'
Call from Scape’s boss comes as ONS reveals 0.9% dip in construction output for Q3
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Confidence slipping in government's ability to deliver infrastructure plans
CBI and Aecom report that 80% of firms surveyed voiced dissatisfaction with the government’s delivery of infrastructure
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Wates awarded £20m leisure centre scheme
Central Bedfordshire council is rebuilding the 42-year old Dunstable building
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London's landed estates priced out of development market
Estates also cited rising construction costs and a weakening occupier marketÂ
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What to specify: Sustainability
An automated waste collection system, circadian lighting to keep body rhythms in summer mode, and a range of solar collectors that harness the absorption properties of slate, are among this week’s products
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Comment
Case in focus:Â Adjudication relief
Having abandoned the first adjudication, was the referring party acting unreasonably and oppressively in seeking to bring similar claims in a second adjudication?
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Online poll: Carillion's dispute
Do fears over Carillion disputing bills with its suppliers justify renewed calls for project bank accounts on public sector jobs?
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CPA/Barbour ABI Index: EU referendum contract fall takes delayed effect
Activity on site remains high, but the fall in contract awards after the EU referendum is happening now
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Working out a pattern
There were some mixed messages from the various construction data sets that were covered in the press this month
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Sketch of the week: Vertical workplace, Tooley Street, London
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Dan Cove, director at CoveBurgess Architects
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Hansom: Rock on
BIM-hating zombies lose the battle for the industry’s best rock band, plus the pain of legacy contracts, financial investigations and burst appendices
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Carillion woes prompt subbies to demand financial protection
Leaked letter from specialist contractors group to government highlights ‘huge risks’ its members face
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HCA boss steps in to defend 'failing' housebuilders
Ed Lister says firms are doing a good job after peer tells House of Lords they are not up to scratch
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Legal blog: Show me the money
The new Pre-Action Protocol for Debt Claims does little to help creditors – it merely gives debtors more scope for delay
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Image of the week: Blown away
Cork City FC’s football stadium was unfortunate enough to be in Hurricane Ophelia’s path of destruction
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Aecom looks to expand developer arm in the UK
Aecom Capital is targeting a substantial boost to its European operationÂ
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John Sisk tops the tables with £135m Circle Square job
Firm pips Kier to the post with single Manchester contract, to rival’s 53 individual wins
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