All articles by David Matthews
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News
Skanska and Arup green venture looks to hit £200m
Details of green initiative add to evidence of improving London market emerging at Mipim
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Features
Nakheel's debt deal: Too little too late?
With debts of $10.5bn, Dubai developer Nakheel has left UK consultants £250m short. Some creditors say the company is close to a deal involving Islamic bonds, but others admit they are now reluctant to work with it again
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Apollo undercutting rivals by 20%
Documents show firm has won contracts from competitors with offers that are ’suspiciously low’
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£14.3m Eccles tower block refurb gets green light
Developer claims energy efficiency measures and PV cells could save tenants £200 a year in fuel bills
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Mouchel pays heavily for public sector involvement
Analysts predict two more years of suppressed profit as cuts to road schemes bite
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Norwich bears brunt of Connaught fallout
Norwich needs replacement for £17.5m deal to maintain over 15,000 council homes
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WSP: UK firms must go abroad for bulk of work
Chris Cole, the chief executive of consulting engineer WSP, has warned that UK consultants will do more business overseas than in the UK within two years owing to the shrinking domestic market
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Converting 2012 stadium into West Ham's ground will cost £180m
Karren Brady says extension of roof and other modifications would cost up to £180m
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Arup, Mott and Balfour on PM's Indian trade trip
Bosses from Balfour Beatty, Mott McDonald and Arup are among 39 industry leaders on David Cameron’s trade delegation to India
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Industry sees output rocket to 6.6%
Construction output grew 6.6% in the second quarter of 2010, helping boost GDP growth to higher than expected levels.
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'Several hundred' in Atkins redundancy talks
Government cuts could force QS to slash transport division workforce
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CAA changes 'will bring more airport facilities'
The Department for Transport has said that changes to the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) will see greater investment in passenger facilities at airports
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Multiplex pay £63m to shareholders over Wembley fiasco
Australian contractor pays investors for not keeping them up-to-date on Wembley cost over-runs
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WSP axes up to 50 jobs ahead of cuts
Consultant reveals that staff cut-backs in roads business could amount to 2% of UK workforce
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WSP slashes jobs in advance of government cuts
Consultant confirms another round of redundancies as public sector money dries up
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Energy policy delays spark industry outcry
The government has been warned that its failure to pass legislation to promote domestic power systems is creating a crisis of confidence among suppliers
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Sector buoyed by last-minute social housing scramble
Business barometer:Â Value of work tumbles but housing repairs put Apollo and Mulalley on top
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Barratt posts rising completions and profits
Housebuilder sees modest growth in trade but warns of uncertainty caused by government cuts in funding
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Ex-Kier chief engineer starts new consultancy
Barry Johnson joins ex-Robert Benaim director Brian Bell to form Bell Johnson
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Client caution takes toll on Cyril Sweett order book
Chief executive points to stage-by-stage commitment to projects as orders fall 20%