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New home registrations keep rising
The number of new homes registered with the National House-Building Council (NHBC) across the UK continues to run ahead of 2014 numbers. There were 12,459 new homes registered with the NHBC in April 2015 which...
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Tyneside housing work for Keepmoat
Housing contractor Keepmoat has secured contracts worth more than £5.8m in the northeast, including a £4.8m contract with South Tyneside Homes. Work will start on the South Tyneside Homes development in June 2015 and will...
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More Bell ADTs for AB2000
Scottish plant hire firm AB2000 has bought a further twelve Bell 30-tonne articulated dump trucks (ADTs). Bell Equipment sales manager Sandy Fairweather and AB2000 general manager Bill Marsh The investment follows on from AB2000’s decision...
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Wellington commits funding to runway extension
Councillors in the New Zealand city of Wellington have given the go-ahead for further work on the proposal to extend the airport runway. A majority of councillors approved the proposal to commit NZ$90m (£42.5m) towards the...
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Saudisation forces 130,000 contractors to close
More than 130,000 Saudi contractors have been forced to close down, with many of them citing targets under the government’s Nitaqat – or Saudisation – programme as the root cause of their demise. The programme...
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Lendlease reaches agreement for $1bn Australian resort
Lendlease has finalised the commercial details with Crown Resorts for the proposed development of the Barangaroo South resort in Sydney, Australia. Under the terms of the documentation, Lendlease will receive payments from Crown Resorts Limited...
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UN partners with Japan to ‘build back better’ in Nepal
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has reaffirmed a partnership with Japan to support reconstruction in Nepal following the devastating earthquake. Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the government of Nepal held a seminar in...
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