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CommentLower help to buy threshold
The government should consider lowering the threshold towards the average house or flat price
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NewsPickles rejects Persimmon scheme over design
Rejection sends message that sustainable development must involve good design
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FeaturesAires freshener
Foster + Partners brings something new to Buenos Aires, with an apartment block that uses fair-faced finishes to redefine the Argentinian capital’s idea of luxury living
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NewsFresh delay to £750m public sector framework 'sets off alarm bells'
Consultants hit out at mismanagement and confusion after deadline for submission of bids for major framework put back
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NewsGovernment to clamp down on bogus self employment
Autumn Statement: Drive to stamp out bogus self employment part of fresh crackdown on tax avoidance
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NewsOsborne pledges £30m for Heatherwick's garden bridge
Chancellor effectively agrees to write off the VAT on the London project
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NewsGovernment sets out raft of fresh planning reforms
Autumn Statement: A series of tweaks to the planning system have been announced in a bid to speed up development
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NewsCouncils get housebuilding boost
Autumn Statement: Borrowing limits for councils to fund housebuilding to be increased, with £1bn also made available to unlock large housing schemes
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NewsBrazil World Cup stadiums to miss deadline
Every stadium still under construction for the 2014 Brazil World Cup will miss Fifa’s original deadline of 31 December
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NewsNew commercial work in London doubles in two years
Contractor survey finds rapid turnaround in the capital with cost inflation new concern
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NewsHorizon appoints nuclear engineers
Atkins, Amec and Cavendish win support roles to new Wylfa nuclear project for the next three years
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FeaturesBarriers to BIM
Building Information Modelling has been embraced with gusto by the construction industry - but do Technical, financial and legal worries now stand in the way of further take-up? Joey Gardiner reports on the growing scepticism about BIM
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CommentRevenge of the subcontractors - coming to a building site near you?
Yes, most commentators are upbeat about the construction market but we have new problems: lack of supply and rising prices
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CommentBIM: Is this the beginning or the end?
The big challenge is improving how buildings perform post occupancy, and that’s where FM teams can take the lead
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NewsHCA moved to suppress advice to replace green Code
Housing quango moved to have call for a replacement for the Code for Sustainable Homes cut from NextGeneration report
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NewsDetails of enhanced Green Deal incentives remain unclear
Lack of clarity over government announcement on improving flagship scheme aimed at offsetting ECO cuts
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FeaturesLondon airports: Battle of Britain
Last month Sturgis Carbon Profiling published a study favouring the Constellation airport proposal as the solution to London’s airport capacity crisis and slamming the Estuary airport alternative. Here we present both sides of the debate in full
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NewsMajor contractors ‘owed over £1.3m’ to collapsed M&E firm
Four major contractors named as owing £1.3m to collapsed M E firm HPEMS
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CommentThe iniquity of 'one in, two out'
The government’s blunt effort to reduce the burden of regulation on our industry seems to be having perverse consequences