All Clients articles – Page 21
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Olympic bosses plan big future for 2012 stadium
Legacy body to reverse decision to cut capacity to 25,000 in favour of creating 'living stadium'
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Contractors invited to prison suppliers' day
National Offender Management Service event will inform firms about prison construction and maintenance
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No cuckoo’s nest: mental healthcare markets
The Department of Health is encouraging mental health trusts to invest in well-designed, user-friendly facilities for their patients. Emily Wright looks at the construction opportunities in this specialist market
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Councils accused of tax abuse
The Federation of Master Builders has demanded a meeting with housing minister John Healey to complain about local authorities that are levying council tax on homes before they are finished
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Partnerships for Schools to lead all school schemes
Delivery body will manage and deliver £15.6bn more of schools department schemes
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Too much monkey business
It seems that clients are reverting to the primitive practice of lowest cost single-stage tendering. Trouble is, lowest cost means guaranteed minimum quality
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Jim Knight: just a minute
Speaking before his recent reshuffle to the Department for Work and Pensions, Sarah Richardson spoke to the then schools minister Jim Knight about exactly why ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø Schools for the Future is safe
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Council houses: return to a golden age?
It’s not a lot, but the government has made £100m available for councils to start building homes again. So is this the start of a glorious return to a golden age?
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Network Rail to retender £700m framework deal
Shake-up of design and engineering list comes amid increasing concerns over framework deals
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Dubai to review 2015 strategic plan
Dubai prime minister admits in wide-ranging web chat that downturn will force a review
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Stalled £5bn colleges scheme hits more delays
Unexpected levels of funding applications will force majority of programmes to scale down
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Liverpool bids for rail independence
Liverpool’s public transport body, Merseytravel, is petitioning the government for control over commissioning track and signalling for its Merseyrail Electrics network, which is currently under the control of Network Rail
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Three pre-qualify for £500m Glasgow hospital redevelopment
Contractors Balfour Beatty, Brookfield Europe and Laing O’Rourke are all in the running for the £500m job to redevelop the Southern General Hospital in Glasgow
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Met cuts spending by £400m
London’s police force is to slash planned capital spending by almost £400m over the next seven years as a result of market pressures
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Procurement: the price is tight
Developers should think twice before putting the squeeze on contractors
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Bouygues and Costain vie for nuclear work
Construction firms compete as EDF starts prequalification for two civils packages
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Sainsbury's to open new 150 stores by 2011
Supermarket chain to stick to expansion plans after reporting increase in full-year sales
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Budget hotels: Premier Inn's purple reign
Alex Flach, the man in charge of building the Premier Inn budget hotels, says he wants to build, build, build – which should give some of you looking for work a good night’s sleep. Especially if you like purple
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Stalled colleges could be ineligible for £300m fund
Rescue package may rule out schemes that stood down supply chains when they were put on hold