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Cabe to call for single tough housing benchmark

2010-06-04T00:00:00Z

Design quango wants standard, based on ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV for Life, to be included in planning regulation

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Baqus issues profit warning as public spending ‘disappears’

2010-06-04T00:00:00Z

Listed QS Baqus has issued a profit warning as its public sector contracts dry up in the wake of the election

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Defective work: Making amends

2010-06-04T00:00:00Z

If you’re an employer cheesed off with a contractor’s work, it’s tempting to get someone else in to sort it out, then claim for the costs. Here’s why you should count to 10

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Alternative medicine

2010-06-04T00:00:00Z

How do I … avoid going to court? Litigation can leave you with a headache, not to mention a large hole in your wallet. But disputes do not have to end up in the courts, says Paul Flook

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CityWATCH world affairs and local fears

2010-06-04T00:00:00Z

Although it had other things on its mind - a rather tense Middle East and Korean peninsular, not to mention the continuing threat of national bankruptcy in southern Europe - the City still had time to welcome the proposed takeover of BSS by Travis Perkins

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Aecom bags Brazilian clean-up job

2010-06-04T00:00:00Z

Aecom’s UK planning and design arm is set to masterplan the redevelopment of São Paulo’s crime-ridden Nova Luz district, making it the latest British firm to benefit from Brazil’s construction boom

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Terry Farrell to masterplan 70-acre Earl’s Court site

2010-06-04T00:00:00Z

Terry Farrell & Partners has won a competition to masterplan 70 acres of land on the site of the Earl’s Court exhibition centre in west London

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CIPS: Activity at 32-month high

2010-06-04T00:00:00Z

May was construction’s strongest month since September 2007, according to the latest figures from the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply

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Galliford Try wins £300m deal

2010-06-04T00:00:00Z

Galliford Try has been named as the preferred private sector partner on a £300m project to build community facilities in south-east Scotland

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Interserve to design and build £30m Leeds academy

2010-06-04T00:00:00Z

Interserve has won a £30m contract to design and build an academy for Leeds council

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Scottish private housebuilding reaches 29-year low

2010-06-04T00:00:00Z

Private housebuilding in Scotland has fallen to its lowest level in almost three decades

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Housing mandarin bags £180k

2010-06-04T00:00:00Z

Salary details released by the Cabinet Office show that housing mandarin Richard McCarthy earns up to £180,000 a year.

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Tribal sells Nightingale Architects for £13m

2010-06-04T00:00:00Z

Public sector services consultant Tribal has sold Nightingale Architects for £13.1m to the UK subsidiary of Canadian design group IBI

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MoD prime contracts to be cut by £100m

2010-06-04T00:00:00Z

Defence Estates to slash expenditure by reducing construction work to essential maintenance

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ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV Answers: 04 June 2010

2010-06-04T00:00:00Z

The ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV Forum’s online discussion site includes a page where members can ask advice from fellow professionals. This latest is about non-payment.

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Latest construction appointments: 04 June 2010

2010-06-04T00:00:00Z

Brian Stewart has joined building consultant Bidwells as a part-time consultant, advising on public engagement and consultation.