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FeaturesCobBauge: what on earth is going on?
An Anglo-French alliance is using subsoil and straw to demonstrate how low energy construction on housing projects can be made commercially viable. Thomas Lane reports
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NewsHousebuilders warned supply chain may ‘run out’ of timber
Roofers complain of surging prices and poor availability amid demand from the US, China and Russia
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NewsBrexit stalemate and rising costs hit construction in first quarter
The Construction Products Association says contractors’ margins have suffered
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NewsIbstock dented by rising gas costs and bad weather
Brickmaker buoyed by demand but warns high energy prices will continue into second half
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NewsProducts firm blames bad weather and Carillion for profit slump
Knock-on effect of contractor’s collapse behind Alumasc’s 2018 woes
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CommentIs the recent surge in brick deliveries a sign of rapid growth in house building?
Whatever the data points to, technology has changed, and brick production can tell us a lot about how the housebuilding industry is moving