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Lend Lease to complete halted Olympic village block

2011-05-27T00:00:00Z

Firm lined up by ODA to work on N14 block after contractor P Elliott went into administration

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De-coding BIM

2011-05-27T00:00:00Z

¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ information modelling could be applied to save time and money on every government project within five years. But few people are using it and many don’t even know it exists. Here are seven key ways BIM will affect you and your work

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Hands up if you can cut 20%

2011-05-27T00:00:00Z

We’re all more or less signed up to the government’s target of cutting 20% off costs in the next four years (or so we say). But how we do it is still the subject of fierce debate. ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ asked three construction professionals what they would do

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Three of Wates family join company board

2011-05-26T08:27:00Z

Move is designed to speed up decision-making at the family-run firm

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Lend Lease to build halted Olympic housing

2011-05-25T08:53:00Z

Contractor given nod to finish Athlete’s Village block stopped after P Elliott administration

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Kier cashes in on PFI school stakes

2011-05-23T08:59:00Z

Contractor makes a £4.3m profit on Oldham and Norwich stakes

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BAM's order book hit by austerity measures

2011-05-20T12:15:00Z

Construction revenue down 7% in Q1 2011

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Willmott Dixon profit increases

2011-05-20T00:00:00Z

But group are still cautious

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National Grid boss to head Lend Lease UK construction

2011-05-20T00:00:00Z

Michael Dyke appointed to head former Bovis business, filling position open since last summer

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Contractors back new Crossrail chief exec

2011-05-20T00:00:00Z

Andrew Wolstenholme joins from Balfour Beatty

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All government projects to use BIM within five years

2011-05-20T00:00:00Z

Construction chief Paul Morrell dismissed other ’unambitious’ plans at the London KBB conference

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Athletes' Village builders eye halted P Elliott block

2011-05-19T16:38:00Z

Work on N14 block stopped as Irish contractor placed into administration

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Construction growth strongest for three years

2011-05-19T08:17:00Z

RICS Q1 survey is latest to contradict government figures

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Galliford Try bags £38m of health contracts

2011-05-18T14:29:00Z

Contractor secures five contracts across England

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Interserve lands contracts worth £400m since January

2011-05-18T10:11:00Z

Firm says it expects total revenues of £1.8bn for 2011

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Kier targets infrastructure and power

2011-05-18T10:07:00Z

Contractor expects it has put in bids for five Crossrail stations

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Land Secs to push on with speculative offices

2011-05-18T09:57:00Z

Profit up 14% and so too is the value of the developer’s properties

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Malcolm McAlpine dies, aged 93

2011-05-17T16:32:00Z

President of Sir Robert McAlpine passes away after a brief illness

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Olympic Village contractor faces winding up petitions

2011-05-17T09:44:00Z

Legal action taken by a number of creditors in the Irish High Court

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Contractor rapped after cinema collapses onto carriageway

2011-05-13T10:07:00Z

Demolition specialist fined £5,000 for collapse in rush hour