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NewsHCA details £1.7bn affordable housing prospectus
Agency to hold back a quarter of the 2015-18 programme to halt volatility in housing construction
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NewsEaling council appoints own architects for Crossrail stations
Council says John McAslan and HOK to work on Ealing Broadway and Southall following design quality row
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NewsCameron’s slashing of green regs branded ‘poisonous’
UK Green Building Council calls prime minister’s promise to cut environmental guidance “utterly reprehensible”
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NewsTaylor Wimpey closes timber frame arm
Housebuilder shuts Prestoplan with loss of up to 168 jobs
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News'Super-sewer' poaches Crossrail director
Crossrail programme director appointed as chief executive of Thames Tideway Tunnel developer
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Salford regeneration scheme gets £60m boost
Legal General invests money in Salford Central scheme and also sees 1000-home Bracknell scheme win planning
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NewsProduct manufacturers bullish on growth
Sales grew in the fourth quarter 2012 and manufacturers expect them to continue to grow this year
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CommentA campus is a neighbourhood
If university buildings are designed as siloed developments, they will never be more than the sum of their parts
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CommentDesigning fast, building well – the Chinese way
Maintaining design quality in China’s young and bullish culture is difficult but achievable
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CommentThere's method behind Labour's attack on builders
Proposed planning changes to promote smaller sites could help deliver more homes
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NewsMPs call on the government to release 'Shrewsbury 24' papers
Victory for campaigners as MPs vote overwhelmingly for documents relating to 1972 building workers’ strike to be made public
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NewsEC Harris adds 18 new partners
EC Harris has promoted 18 staff to partner and confirmed its partnership as a whole has increased in size by 15% from last year.
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NewsValue of new construction projects soars
The value of construction projects in the UK rose by 67% in the last year, with infrasturcture and residential leading the way
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CommentADR: RSVP or face costs sanctions
It is simply not an option for parties to stick their heads in the sand regarding alternative dispute resolution
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CommentAndrew Mitchell MP vs News Group Newspapers Limited: Stricter approach to relief from sanctions
Sanctions were imposed on the MP due to a failure to submit cost budgets an adequate space of time before the case management hearing
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CommentDoing the robot
For an industry still, largely, employing the same methods of construction as it did five decades ago, advances in technology represent an opportunity to explore more efficient ways of working
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CommentStill building on weak foundations
Never again, said the civil servants running the programme. But the truth is that the reliance of social housing on cross-subsidy has grown since, not diminished
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CommentThe blame game
It seems odd that Barker should think it’s understandable that he got it wrong, but that construction firms should have seen the lacklustre performance coming
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CommentMy digital life … Kathryn O'Callaghan
The Interiors Group head of design on her love of Pinterest, listening to Take That and organising her life with a Mac
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NewsArchitects line up to get on board Crystal Place rebuild
Around 40 practices from across the world including Europe, US and Chile express interest in £400m competition