All articles by Vern Pitt – Page 12
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Sweett’s UK margins improve to 11%
Consultant’s outgoing chairman reports the UK market outlook is “bright”
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Councils plunder development cash to fund school places
Survey finds councils plundering building programme coffers to plug £1bn school funding hole
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Government to boost £24bn road building programme
Further projects set to be added to pipeline of work after the autumn statement
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Carillion ranked as Network Rail’s biggest contractor
Carillion is rail client’s biggest single contractor, while Atkins leads the consultants’ table
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Green Deal ads ruled to be 'misleading'
Advertising Standards Authority rules TV and print ads for the government’s flagship retrofit scheme contained “unsubstantiated” claims
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Lend Lease hiring drive despite £14m Europe construction loss
European construction arm shrugs off poor results and ‘positions itself for growth’ through increased pipeline
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Facebook appoints Skanska for data centre job
Swedish firm and its UK subsiduary to build roads and sub-structure on data centre project
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North Midland inches back into the black
Contractor returns to profit despite ongoing problems on three building and civil engineering jobs
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Government invests in world’s biggest tidal power project
UK government to put £10m into £51m scheme to create tidal power array in northern Scotland
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Scottish government throws out wind farm scheme
Glenmorie wind farm denied planning permission by energy minister after public local inquiry says it should not be built
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Retrofit work slumps to lowest level in over a year
Amount of work under Green Deal and ECO retrofit schemes hits its lowest level in over year
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Sixty jobs lost as Warrington contractor goes under
Globe Management Services, whose clients include St Modwen and Derwent, appoints administrators
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'Very exciting shed' wins highest ever BREEAM score
Speller Metcalfe’s Western Power Distribution depot scores 102% under BREEAM standard
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Interserve JV bags £950m waste facility contract
Contractor will build £145m waste processing facility and partner Shanks Group will operate it
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Costain reports record order book
Firm also reports dramatic increase in pre-tax profit as its one off costs tumble in the first half of 2014
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NDA denies fault in £200m nuclear legal battle
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority defends its procurement process for £7bn Magnox project
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Carillion ends Balfour Beatty chase
UK contractor ends talks after it has three successive merger offers knocked back by its contracting rival
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Carillion ups offer for Balfour Beatty
Carillion offers Balfour Beatty shareholders increased share of merged firm