http://www.contractjournal.comen-gbFri, 16 May 2008 11:00:00 GMThttp://www.contractjournal.com/Articles/2008/05/16/59264/kiers-construction-orderbook-at-record-high.htmlhttp://www.contractjournal.com/Articles/2008/05/16/59264/kiers-construction-orderbook-at-record-high.htmlKier’s construction division has a record level of cash, but the group’s housebuilding operations report a deterioration in reservation levels - they are currently running 35% lower than at the same time in 2007.Fri, 16 May 2008 11:00:00 GMThttp://www.contractjournal.com/Articles/2008/05/16/59261/mj-gleeson-the-only-housebuilder-with-no-debt.htmlhttp://www.contractjournal.com/Articles/2008/05/16/59261/mj-gleeson-the-only-housebuilder-with-no-debt.htmlMJ Gleeson is cash positive. While other housebuilders are urgently restructuring the repayment of their rising levels of debt, Gleeson’s chief executive Paul Wallwork emphasised that the group had no such worries.Fri, 16 May 2008 11:00:00 GMThttp://www.contractjournal.com/Articles/2008/05/15/59165/t5-cctv-footage-shifts-blame-away-from-contractors.htmlhttp://www.contractjournal.com/Articles/2008/05/15/59165/t5-cctv-footage-shifts-blame-away-from-contractors.htmlBritish Airways has been unable to shift blame onto the builders for the opening week fiasco at Heathrow's T5 because of the elaborate CCTV system in place.Thu, 15 May 2008 13:52:00 GMThttp://www.contractjournal.com/Articles/2008/05/15/59174/700m-of-work-shelved-as-market-jitters-hit-developers.htmlhttp://www.contractjournal.com/Articles/2008/05/15/59174/700m-of-work-shelved-as-market-jitters-hit-developers.htmlTwo major schemes worth more than £700m have been put on hold as market jitters continue to hit developers.Thu, 15 May 2008 13:29:00 GMThttp://www.contractjournal.com/Articles/2008/05/15/59166/skanska-lands-88m-two-kingdom-street-job.htmlhttp://www.contractjournal.com/Articles/2008/05/15/59166/skanska-lands-88m-two-kingdom-street-job.htmlSkanska has scooped its second landmark deal in London in as many years from Development Securities.Thu, 15 May 2008 13:00:00 GMThttp://www.contractjournal.com/Articles/2008/05/15/59170/kier-takes-30m-kent-prison-contract.htmlhttp://www.contractjournal.com/Articles/2008/05/15/59170/kier-takes-30m-kent-prison-contract.htmlKier has locked up a deal worth between £20m to £30m to revamp Elmley Prison at Sheerness on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent.Thu, 15 May 2008 12:22:00 GMThttp://www.contractjournal.com/Articles/2008/05/15/59171/kier-takes-20m-somerset-school-deal.htmlhttp://www.contractjournal.com/Articles/2008/05/15/59171/kier-takes-20m-somerset-school-deal.htmlKier has caned three rivals to win a £20m education-sector deal for Bath and North East Somerset council. The job involves redeveloping the Writhlington School at Radstock, near Bath. Thu, 15 May 2008 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.contractjournal.com/Articles/2008/05/15/59192/m25-widening-losing-bidders-grumble-over-has-decision.htmlhttp://www.contractjournal.com/Articles/2008/05/15/59192/m25-widening-losing-bidders-grumble-over-has-decision.htmlLosing bidders on the £4.5bn M25 DBFO believe the Highways Agency's choice of the Connect Plus consortium - which includes Balfour Beatty, Skanska, Atkins and Egis Projects - will lead to intense scrutiny of the project. Thu, 15 May 2008 10:36:00 GMThttp://www.contractjournal.com/Articles/2008/05/15/59200/willmott-dixon-lands-100m-middlesbrough-bsf.htmlhttp://www.contractjournal.com/Articles/2008/05/15/59200/willmott-dixon-lands-100m-middlesbrough-bsf.htmlWillmott Dixon has clinched Middlesbrough's £100m Building Schools for the Future scheme after fighting off competition from rival Laing O'Rourke for the National Academies framework job. Thu, 15 May 2008 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.contractjournal.com/Articles/2008/05/15/59240/kingspan-revenues-down-as-orders-go-flat.htmlhttp://www.contractjournal.com/Articles/2008/05/15/59240/kingspan-revenues-down-as-orders-go-flat.htmlKingspan, the construction products manufacturer based in Dublin, points to various hiccups that will stop it from repeating last year’s record growth and pre-tax profit. Thu, 15 May 2008 09:39:00 GMT