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CommentHouse building figures provide no comfort in an age of uncertainty and need
Is the housing minister losing credibility?
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NewsT&T tops QS barometer in September and October
Gleeds, Davis Langdon and EC Harris runners up in Building’s top 40
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NewsNorth Midland issues profit warning
Shares hit as contractor admits problems at building division
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CommentMy digital life…with Carmen Erwee
This associate partner’s digital life is punctuated with emoticons :P
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NewsOctober contracts drop by 5%
Balfour Beatty tops contractor league as index reveals decline in overall sector workload
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FeaturesCountry focus: China
China’s GDP outstrips almost everyone else’s, but, says Philip Darby from EC Harris, there are concerns about inflation, bank lending, house prices and construction safety
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FeaturesSurvival of the fittest: Courses to improve your CV
Is your CV as good as it could be? With 2012 looking tough, now’s the time to upskill and gain knowledge to win the race for jobs and further your career. Here are three courses that could put you in the fast lane
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CommentConstruction and the eurozone: Make it happen
The eurozone is in a mess, but then again so is the UK economy. What we need is to invest in design-led manufacturing so we earn a reputation for excellence
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FeaturesArts-led regeneration projects: Join the culture club
These days museums, art galleries and concert halls are built not for their own sake but in the hope they can transform deprived urban wastelands into vibrant communities. Ike Ijeh looks at the resounding successes - and some abject failures
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NewsHigh profile names join Davis Langdon exodus
Directors of the firm’s office, retail and residential sectors are to lose their posts
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CommentCPA/Barbour ABI Index: Decline in contract awards accelerates
Economic gloom cast a shadow over most sectors in October
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CommentCommercial Offices Index: Offices construction hit by eurozone crisis
October saw the commercial offices index fall by 9%
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Inbox: Quick fix
This week, readers want to help unemployed graduates, solve the problem of congestion on the M25 and see the government consider the consequences of reducing feed-in tariffs
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CommentGlazing over
Thanks to Martin Szajnar for sending in this snap - although he might want to give it to the local neighbourhood watch. As he points out: “Any more pressure and he’ll be done for breaking and entering.”
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NewsThe highest height: The Shard's spire unveiled
Mace carried out ‘test run’ of assembling the spire in a Yorkshire airfield
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Survey shows BIM use
Constructionline survey finds less than a fifth of clients plan to use BIM
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NewsGrass is greener: Hab Oakus' housing project complete
The Triangle, a £4.2m social housing project by Hab Oakus, the development company spearheaded by Grand Designs presenter Kevin McCloud, is complete and fully inhabited. The Swindon scheme comprises 42 eco-homes built around a “village green”. The project was designed by Glenn Howells Architects and built by Willmott Dixon.