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Costain profit falls 80%
Contractor’s pre-tax profit falls to £3.1m over the first half of the year, with firm taking a £3.7m hit on failed bid for May Gurney
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Carillion brings downsizing to an end
Contractor reports half-year profit up 13% and says it has now “largely completed” the downsizing of its UK construction business
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Housing space standards plan sparks row
Housebuilders say government’s proposal to introduce minimum standards will affect the number of homes built
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Firms vie for £37m Birmingham uni library
Exclusive: Sir Robert McAlpline and Carillion are among firms battling it out for Associated Architects-designed library
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Watchdog slams design faults at £200m prison
Report criticises design faults at new £200m HMP Oakwood ‘super prison’
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Amey and Lagan win £415m Scottish roads job
Contractors to deliver upgrade to M8, M73 and M74 over the next four years
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£390m contract haul keeps Balfour Beatty top of league
No movement in top two slots of the contractors league table but new entries dominate Top 10
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Government shows 'no conviction' in tackling late payment
Chair of cross-party inquiry blasts government for lack of urgency in dealing with the problem
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McCarthy & Stone seals refinancing deal
Retirement homes developer says it can now press ahead with plans to invest £1.5bn in new developments
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Subbie failures cost Renew £2.9m
But cost of unpaid contracts offset by exceptional gains elsewhere
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Councils 'misusing' credit-rating checks on SMEs
NFB research finds councils are unfairly shutting out SMEs from winning construction work by misusing credit-rating checks
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Admiralty Arch luxury hotel wins planning
Luxury hotel approved despite no uplift in social housing money
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Christchurch's cardboard Cathedral opens for prayer
Japanese architect Shigeru Ban’s new ‘cardboard cathedral’, built in Christchurch, New Zealand, opened to visitors this month
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Museum of Liverpool architect ordered to pay further £1.2m damages
Judge has now awarded museum more than £2m from Manchester-based AEW due to project’s major technical problems
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Fears over plan to scrap Code for Sustainable Homes
Government proposals raise concerns that vital areas of sustainability will not be covered by fresh standards
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Number of signed Green Deals tops 100
Latest official figures show number of signed Green Deal plans hit 132, with one plan now ‘live’
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Housebuilders face new minimum space standard
The government proposes national space standard for new build homes as part of its wider review of housing standards and regulations
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Stricken Sidell Gibson owes £2.5m
Firm enters liquidation after mounting debts and problem jobs
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City Halls prioritise energy efficiency
Study finds varying responses to climate change from city bosses