All articles by Olivia Boyd – Page 15
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Aecom buys Savant to boost European presence
Consultant takes over 600-strong firm, and renames other subsidiaries including Faber Maunsell
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Ken Yeang to design Shanghai eco-city in the sea
Malaysian sister firm of Llewelyn Davies Yeang picks up megaproject as China maintains green agenda
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Titan prison plans scrapped
Three 2,500-person prisons will be replaced by smaller jails after pressure group opposition
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Gareth Darbyshire: the £20m 20-year-old
While most students rough it, Gareth Darbyshire prefers to swank it up at Claridge’s. But then, between lectures, he does run his own £20m-turnover contracting company. Not bad for someone who just turned 20
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Carbon capture to be compulsory for coal power stations
Energy minister announces plans to make Britain ‘world leader’ in clean technology
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Prisons building to be privatised
Large parts of prison service will be run by private sector as government attempts to cut public sector costs
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Industry accuses Tesco of profiting from fee cuts
Association for Consultancy and Engineering boss hits out at Tesco for ‘boosting record profis by arbitrarily seeking cuts in fees of up to 40% from construction suppliers’
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Olympic inspectors land in London
International committee will visit site to check on progress of 2012 build programme
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Olympics organisers seek parklands contractor
Contract for southern sections of site will include landscaping and construction of concourse
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Telford Homes warns of writedowns despite £57m grant
Housebuilder says HCA grants have shored up its position but falling property values will still mean writedowns
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Carillion wins £90m London rail upgrade
Network Rail hires contractor to improve overground rail links to Stratford ahead of 2012
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Budget set to slash £15bn from public spending
But Darling also expected to announce £500m package to boost green housing and energy initiatives
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2012 media centre kicks off one month early
Structure is last of the main five Olympic venues to get started
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Buyers circle Heron tower steel contractor
Administrator for Allerton, which went bust last week, says there has been interest in its bridges and engineering arms
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Fifteen firms under threat as Wolseley pursues debt
The materials giant will petition to have 15 small businesses wound up in bid to recover debt, according to reports
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Europe approves £225m Olympic village loan
European Investment Bank cash could be spent on building affordable housing units
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McBains Cooper wins BSF contract
Consultant will be employer’s agent on £30m secondary school project in Bracknell
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China unveils £80bn healthcare package
Decision to fund new clinic in each village by 2011 is first phase of 10-year plan to overhaul country’s unpopular health system
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Travis Perkins appoints new non-executive director
Philip Jansen, former Sodexo chief operating officer, joins building materials firm
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Lord Best to head up Northern Ireland think tank on housing
Lord Richard Best is appointed chair of Commission on the Future for Housing in Northern Ireland