All Data articles – Page 56
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Features
Cost analysis: Sustainable schools
The government’s target is to make schools zero carbon by 2016. Sean Lockie and Ian Butterss of Faithful + Gould and BRE’s Anna Surgenor look at the costs involved in upping their green grades
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Planning applications: August 2008
The number of residential planning applications was down by 35% on July
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Housing stats: New-build sales and completions in July 2008
This month’s data reveals that private registrations are down 57% on last year
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Country focus: France
President Nicolas Sarkozy’s honeymoon period may be at an end, but France is weathering the credit crisis relatively well and the construction industry is still a bastion of the economy, reports Patrick Leniston of EC Harris
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Housing stats: New-build sales and completions in June 2008
This month’s data reveals that private registrations are at 40% of the level they were a year ago.
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Planning applications: June 2008
Applications have risen by some 180 projects in London and the South-east over the past month
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Housing stats: New-build sales and completions in May 2008
This month’s data shows private sector registrations have halved in a year
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Country focus: Russia
With spending on construction rising rapidly and the Winter Olympics on the horizon, Russia is a happy hunting ground for building opportunities. Just beware the risks involved, says EC Harris’ Mike Pearce
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Planning applications: May 2008
Planning applications have remained steady across the country since last month
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Housing stats: New-build sales and completions in April 2008
The private sector plummets in April, but social housing completions climb by more than 50%
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Country focus: Ireland
The Irish economy has doubled in the past decade, and construction has been an important part of that. The emphasis is now moving from housing to infrastructure, says Richard Fitzpatrick of EC Harris
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Planning applications: April 2008
There are still a few reasons to be cheerful if you’re in the South-east, as Bellway carries on regardless
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Cost model: Schools
It’s a critical time for BSF. With the programme’s first schools just open and large-scale building starting, local authorities will begin to find out if the effort has been worthwhile. Simon Rawlinson and David Long of Davis Langdon review the issues of design and delivery
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Housing stats: New-build sales and completions in March 2008
This month’s data reveals that private housing starts are down almost 40% on last year
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Planning applications: March 2008
Number of new homes at detailed planning stage falls 43% in March, with the North hardest hit
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Housing stats: New-build sales and completions in February 2008
This month’s data shows that sales and registrations are substantially down on this time last year
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Country focus: Italy
The Italian construction industry has played a central role in the growth of the economy in recent years. Although the global slowdown is now steadying the boom, new project finance rules and investment vehicles should help offset its effects. Roberto Talotta of EC Harris reports
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International costs: 2008
As inflation cools in western Europe and the US, it’s roaring away in eastern Europe. Gardiner & Theobald surveys the world and tells us what it sees
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Planning applications: January 2008
Applications hold steady in the South-east and rise sharply in the Midlands, North and South-west