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Damage to historic building halts work on Taipei stadium
Taipei city government has ordered the suspension of work on the new baseball stadium because of damage to adjacent foundations and concerns about the MTR line. The city government in Taiwan’s capital said that a neighbouring...
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Lend Lease becomes Lendlease
Lend Lease has changed its name to Landlease and has a new-look logo, described as “a design for the future”. Lendlease group CEO and managing director Steve McCann said: "We have emerged out of our...
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RICS launches diversity initiative
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) is launching a scheme to promote diversity among employers. Any construction company can qualify for the RICS Inclusive Employer Quality Mark by demonstrating a commitment to recruiting and...
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£500m Welsh framework winners listed
A raft of contractors, including Kier, BAM, Willmott Dixon and Morgan Sindall, has been named for a £500m framework for local authority construction projects in Wales. The full list of the firms chosen for...
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Saudi Arabia’s $100bn KAEC could be ready by 2035
The developer behind the world’s largest construction project, King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC), has said the $100 billion megaproject could be ready by 2035. Speaking on the sidelines of a regional conference of the World...
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HTC Plant taken over by its German crane supplier
German tower crane manufacturer Wolffkran has taken over the UK crane hire business of PC Harrington. Wolffkran has confirmed that it completed the acquisition of HTC Plant on 14th May. Previous owner PC Harrington collapsed into...
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Bailey gets hospital M&E package
NG Bailey has won a £7m contract for mechanical and electrical (M&E) services on a hospital modernisation project in Sheffield. NG Bailey has been selected by principal contractor Simons Group as building services subcontractor for a...
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