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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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Bouygues UK has been selected as main contractor for a 42-storey residential tower block in east London.
Manhattan Loft Gardens is a 143-metre high tower to be built in Stratford for London property developer Manhattan Loft Corporation. The project has a gross development value of £250m. Manhattan Loft Gardens is being built...
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HS2 aims for new standards in safety
If you work on the £50bn HS2 project, your instructions from the top are to challenge anything that you think might be unsafe. HS2 Ltd, the company developing the project, has published a simple two-page health...
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Green light for army dogs development
Work is expected to start next year on the redevelopment of an army barracks in Rutland for military working dogs. Rutland County Council has granted planning permission to the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) for works...
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Telford Homes ousts MD
London-focused house-builder Telford Homes has made one of its joint managing directors redundant. Former joint managing director Mark Parker Mark Parker, joint group managing director since 2007, was given his marching orders yesterday. Aged 52,...
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Sound start for HSS
HSS, the plant and tool hire firm that floated on the London Stock Exchange earlier this year, has had a solid start to its new life. First quarter revenues at HSS were up 15% to £72.5m...
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