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Balfour Beatty JV secures 10 more years on A30/A35 contract
A joint venture of Balfour Beatty and South West Highways has secured 10-year extension to its existing contract to maintain the 102km A30/A35 Exeter to Bere Regis trunk road. The £40m contract is on behalf...
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New housing registrations jump 18%
New figures from NHBC show that 18% more houses were registered in the UK in the first quarter of this year than in the same period of 2014. In total, 40,281 new homes were registered -...
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Contractors groups agree merger
Trade bodies NSCC and UKCG have confirmed their intention to merge to give contractors a stronger voice. Suzannah Nichol Above: Suzannah Nichol The National Specialist Contractors' Council (NSCC) and the UK Contractors Group (UKCG) had been...
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Contract awarded for Glasgow subway station upgrade
The Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) contract for upgrades to the Govan subway station and the neighbouring bus station is part of an ongoing £288m subway modernisation programme. Govan, which services around one million passengers...
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Safety report highlights dangers of knocking down walls
The latest Confidential Reporting on Structural Safety (Cross) update highlights the dangers of knocking down walls in terraced housing. Confidential reports that are submitted to Cross are de-identified before being reviewed by a panel of experts....
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TClarke says losses are now behind it
Building services contractor TClarke has reported a pre-tax loss of £1.7m for 2014 despite making record revenues. Chief executive Mark Lawrence Above: Chief executive Mark Lawrence Group revenue was up nearly 5% to £227.5m (2013: £217.1m)...
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House-builders crank up lobbying noise
The house-building sector has published a report that it commissioned from economists to show how much house-builders contribute both to the exchequer and to society. According to the Home-Builders Federation report, house-building ‘contributes £19.2bn a year...
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