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£9.7 Million Army Accommodation refurbishment contract won by ISG
ISG has won two army living accommodation refurbishment projects with a total value of £9.7 million as part of its ongoing involvement with the MoD’s strategically important 35-year PFI infrastructure contract, Project Allenby/Connaught, being delivered by Aspire Defence. Located at the Lille Barracks in Aldershot and Battlesbury Barracks in Warminster, the two projects involve the refurbishment of existing accommodation to provide en-suite fa... [more]
Stewart Milne Construction Delivers Landmark Social Housing in Aberdeen
Stewart Milne Construction has completed work on Aberdeen’s first council housing project in over 30 years. As the first phase of Aberdeen City Council’s new-build social housing programme, the project saw the construction of 85 new homes at three locations across the city. The mission was to create high quality, sustainable and energy efficient 21st century housing which incorporates a degree of flexibility to meet the future needs of tenant... [more]
Tight trading and lending conditions are hindering expansion in the construction industry
The UK Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has increased by only 0.2 per cent in the second quarter of 2011, following an increase of 0.5 per cent in the first quarter of 2011. Construction output increased by 0.5 per cent in the second quarter, compared with a decrease of 3.4 per cent in the previous quarter. Government and other services showed zero growth, compared with a 1.1 per cent increase in the previous quarter. Julia Evans, Chief Executi... [more]
ISG modernises the single-storey Central Boiler House building at The Historic Dockyard Chatham
The new University of Kent development at The Historic Dockyard Chatham will house three of the School of Arts’ subject areas - Fine Art, Music & Audio, Performing Arts and Event & Experience Design, within five existing buildings. The development will revitalise an underused area of the dockyard and play an important role in preserving a number of historically important structures including a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a Grade II listed stru... [more]
McBains Cooper designs landmark Police Station in Yorkshire
Planning permission has been granted for the multi-million pound North Yorkshire Police Station on the outskirts of Harrogate. The new project will replace the existing 1930s building which would have taken half the cost of the new build to repair and maintain over the next ten years. McBains Cooper has designed the landmark Police Station in Yorkshire that will operate to the highest possible environmentally-sensitive standards. "The latest a... [more]
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Lawmakers step up warnings on Egypt military aid
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A leading senator warned Egypt's military-led government on Friday that "the days of blank checks are over" as an Egyptian army team huddled with State Department officials to discuss the future of $1.3 billion in annual U.S. military aid. Senator Patrick Leahy, a Democrat who chairs the Senate subcommittee in charge of foreign aid, issued a blistering attack on Egypt's ...
US lawmakers step up warnings on Egypt military aid
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A leading U.S. senator warned Egypt's military-led government on Friday that "the days of blank checks are over" as an Egyptian army team huddled with State Department officials to discuss the future of $1.3 billion in annual U.S. military aid. Senator Patrick Leahy, a Democrat who chairs the Senate subcommittee in charge of foreign aid, issued a blistering attack on Egypt ...
US renews warning to Egypt over aid
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Saturday issued a new warning to Egypt that the failure to resolve a bitter dispute over the status of non-governmental pro-democracy groups may lead to the loss of American aid to the country.
Saudi Arabia: Non-Governmental Organizations
Saudi Arabia: Non-governmental Organizations Question: Are there any U.S. funded NGOs working in Saudi Arabia?
U.S. Embassy shelters Americans amid Egypt NGO crackdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Several American citizens have taken refuge in the U.S. Embassy in Cairo amid a sharpening dispute between Washington and Egypt over U.S.-funded pro-democracy groups in the country, the State Department said on Monday. The unusual step of offering ordinary U.S. citizens diplomatic refuge follows a crackdown by Egypt's military-led authorities on non-governmental ...
U.S. urges Egypt to lift travel ban on NGO staffers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday urged Egypt to lift travel bans placed on several U.S. pro-democracy activists in connection with a crack down on non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that has strained ties between Washington and Cairo. "We are urging the government of Egypt to lift these restrictions immediately and allow these folks to come home as soon as possible," State ...
US Embassy shelters Americans amid Egypt NGO crackdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Several American citizens have taken refuge in the U.S. Embassy in Cairo amid a sharpening dispute between Washington and Egypt over U.S.-funded pro-democracy groups in the country, the State Department said on Monday. The unusual step of offering ordinary U.S. citizens diplomatic refuge follows a crackdown by Egypt's military-led authorities on non-governmental ...
Interview with James A. Lewis: "We Have to Get Our Defenses in Order"
Currently, only few states possess the means to wage a real cyberwar. The technology, however, is becoming more widespread. Less stable countries, like Iran or North Korea, as well as non-governmental hacker collectives, could be tempted to deploy it. States are facing a potentially chaotic future, should they miss setting up proper lines of defense, warns James A. Lewis.
Group to ask top court for go-ahead to sue Anvil Mining
A group of non-governmental organizations is asking the Supreme Court of Canada to rule on whether a Canadian mining company can be sued here for its alleged role in a 2004 massacre in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Egypt plans to send delegation to U.S. as NGO furor mounts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Egyptian military team plans to visit the United States next week as Cairo's crackdown on pro-democracy organizations has called into question the future of U.S. aid to Egypt, American officials said on Friday. The Egyptian delegation hopes to meet with officials at the State Department and the Pentagon. It will also hold talks on Capitol Hill, where lawmakers will soon ...
