Pettifer update: contractor to be wound down
Posted: 28 November 2008Administrators for collapsed contractor Pettifer Construction are winding-down the firm after admitting no buyers are interested in taking-on the company as a going concern.
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Demolition builder inundated by £3m of unpaid bills
Posted: 28 November 2008A builder who demolished his handiwork after a customer did not pay has had more than £3m of unpaid bills registered on his website.
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Construction to start on £97m Titanic memorial building in January - PHOTO
Posted: 28 November 2008Construction of a £97m building in Belfast to commemorate the sunken Titanic is expected to start in January 2009.
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First Olympic venue ready today
Posted: 28 November 2008London 2012’s first venue – the Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy – will be handed over today (Friday) six weeks ahead of schedule.
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IOC will not rescue the troubled 2012 Olympic Games
Posted: 28 November 2008The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has stressed it has no resources to help 2012 chiefs combat the recession or keep its £9.3bn budget on track.
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Just 15 zero carbon homes qualify for £15m scheme
Posted: 28 November 2008A £15m project to build hundreds of zero carbon homes has been labelled an “eco-con” after only 15 properties qualified in the first year.
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Mandelson meets plant manufacturers to discuss industry challenges
Posted: 28 November 2008The plant manufacturers have lobbied Lord Mandelson over the state of their industry.
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Kingfisher to close Trade Depot stores and expand B&Q and Screwfix
Posted: 28 November 2008Do-it-yourself retailer Kingfisher will close its Trade Depot stores to expand its B&Q and Screwfix chains.
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Road building will not benefit from £400m infrastructure spend
Posted: 28 November 2008Chancellor Alistair Darling’s claim that £400m of his fiscal stimulus package will increase capacity on motorways has been dismissed as spin.
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Robin Ellis Construction Services in administration
Posted: 28 November 2008Robin Ellis Construction Services and Robin Ellis Projects have fallen into administration, resulting in 35 redundancies.
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Taylor Wimpey shares surge by 73%
Posted: 28 November 2008Taylor Wimpey’s shares surged by 73% yesterday… though they are still only worth a lowly 10p.
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Analyst's verdict on construction's five top players
Posted: 28 November 2008With the UK construction market having become bi-polar, Joe Brent, an analyst with stockbroker Citi, had produced an 80-page report on how the prospects are changing for five of the major contractors.
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Balfour Beatty boss escapes Mumbai horror
Posted: 27 November 2008Balfour Beatty boss Ian Tyler is on his way back to Britain after being caught up in the terrorist violence in Mumbai.
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Developer planning rugby ball-shaped museum in £80m Neath scheme
Posted: 27 November 2008A developer is planning an “iconic” golden rugby ball-shaped museum as part of an £80m regeneration scheme in Neath town centre, Wales.
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Planning Bill to save £300m following Royal Assent
Posted: 27 November 2008Major infrastructure projects may be approved faster following the Royal Assent of the controversial Planning Bill.
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Prime Minister meets with house builders at Number 10
Posted: 27 November 2008Prime Minister Gordon Brown told house builders today that he is ready to look at more initiatives to spark new home starts and pull the industry out of its slump.
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Worker killed after construction vehicle overturns on site
Posted: 27 November 2008A 44-year-old Oxfordshire man has been killed on a building site in Gloucestershire after the vehicle he was driving overturned.
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£65m bio-diesel plant in Grangemouth shelved
Posted: 27 November 2008The construction of one of Europe’s largest bio-diesel plants in Grangemouth, near Falkirk, has been shelved due to the economic downturn.
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Tenders imminent for Canary Wharf twin towers - PHOTO
Posted: 27 November 2008Tenders for the main concrete core package for two new towers at Canary Wharf will be issued early next year.
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Gee Construction told by subcontractor 'no guarantee until we get paid'
Posted: 27 November 2008Subcontractor Capital Roofing has won a payment battle with main contractor Gee Construction after refusing to hand over its guarantee until outstanding monies were paid out.
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