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Wednesday, 22 February 2012

The Government has lodged an appeal with the Supreme Court in a bid to overturn a court ruling that its plans to slash Feed-in-Tariff rates before a consultation had ended were legally flawed.

Wednesday, 22 February 2012

Habtoor Leighton Group (HLG) has been awarded a US$515m (£325m) contract as part of the US$1.33bn Habtoor Palace hotels development in Dubai.

Wednesday, 22 February 2012

Vinci Construction UK has been awarded a £6.8m contract from The Leys and St Faith’s Schools Foundation in Cambridge, for the demolition of the existing theatre and the construction of a new state of the art building.

Wednesday, 22 February 2012

Morgan Sindall has won a £10m contract to build the latest Royal Star & Garter care home for disabled service men and women.

Wednesday, 22 February 2012

A Cardiff construction and haulage firm has ceased trading, resulting in the loss of 27 jobs.

Wednesday, 22 February 2012

Jeremy Horner, the chief executive of global consultant Davis Langdon, has left the company after 20 years.

Wednesday, 22 February 2012

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is putting construction sites under the spotlight as part of an intensive inspection initiative aimed at reducing death, injury and ill health.

Tuesday, 21 February 2012

Westminster Council’s cabinet have approved the next stage of regeneration plans for Tollgate Gardens, which is part of a wider improvement programme for number of areas in Westminster including Church Street and Paddington Green.

Tuesday, 21 February 2012

Management Process Systems Limited (MPS) has announced that its Contract Change Management (CCM) system, which supports the NEC form of contract, has been selected for the final phase of utility diversions on the Edinburgh trams project.

Tuesday, 21 February 2012

The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham has announced a new joint venture to privately fund 477 new council homes at two sites in the town centre.

Tuesday, 21 February 2012

Birmingham City Council has launched a new £100m contractors’ framework which will see over 900 new homes built for rent and sale throughout the city.

Tuesday, 21 February 2012

ISG has won the £1.9m fit out contract to complete Wakefield Council’s recently built office scheme, Wakefield One.

Monday, 20 February 2012

Mansell has landed a £4.7m contract to design and build a new student centre for London South Bank University (LSBU).

Friday, 17 February 2012

Britain’s largest trade union, Unite, has welcomed the withdrawal of controversial contracts by Balfour Beatty Engineering Services (BBES).

Friday, 17 February 2012

The shortlist of three bidders for the Mersey Gateway Project has been announced.

Friday, 17 February 2012

Hydrock has been appointed as civil and structural designer for the new west terminal extension at Bristol Airport.

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2012-02-22 12:55

A new £4.1m development of 36 eco-friendly homes for rent has been opened at Rice Lane and Springfield Place in Wallasey.

2012-02-22 11:38

A new multi-million pound road in Carlisle has opened to the public two months ahead of schedule.

2012-02-08 12:13

Stoke-on-Trent’s new bus station is well on its way after excavation work to create the foundations started on the 30 January.

2012-02-08 12:07

Pyroguard FireDoor 60, the specialist fire door glazing product from CGI International, has been installed throughout the new Silverstone Wing, at the UK’s flagship racing circuit.

2011-12-22 16:42

The sun has got his hat on and he’s heading out the door; the old song gains a less than jolly twist when it comes to the Government’s reduction in Feed-in-Tariffs (FiTs), slashed by half this month, so is that it for solar electricity’s sunny disposition? Mark Cantrell reports.

2011-12-22 16:35

January
Construction starts the year in the doldrums. The Glenigan Index shows project starts had dropped by 29% year-on-year in the three months to December.

2011-12-22 16:14

Eurosafe Solutions has landed a contract to test the one of the highest fall protection system in the UK.

2011-12-22 16:09

In 2010, the Lift and Elevator Industry Association made improving workplace safety one of its top
priorities. A year later, what has been achieved?

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