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FeaturesCost model: Residential
Office-to-residential conversions may become increasingly popular, so what does it cost to turn a commercial space into a home? Ben de Waal and Chris Amesbury of Davis Langdon, an Aecom company, look at the conditions needed for success and the key financial considerations
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Comment
Inbox: Mad for metaphors
Comparisons abound this week, with designers likening pylons to dinosaurs and daggers, while other readers lament the stingy proportions of ‘shoebox’ homes and ‘toy town’ developments
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CommentConstruction and finance: Where's the money?
Construction’s recovery depends on finding finance for major projects and infrastructure. But the banks are risk averse and investors are lacking in long-term vision
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News
Bilfinger Berger to raise £245m for PPP projects
Firm will use London float to invest in PPP portfolio
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NewsPickles and Perrins hit back at planning critics
Berkeley boss and communities minister defend industry against attacks by anti-development campaigners
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NewsRise and shine: Belfast's new sculpture
The biggest public art sculpture in Belfast has been completed
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NewsBirmingham Library gets topped out
The new Birmingham Library was topped out at an official ceremony last week.
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NewsAtkins lands nuclear plant contract
Engineer will design extension to Chester uranium enrichment plant
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NewsNHS trusts endangered by new-build PFI contracts, says minister
Liabilities from £12.6bn of PFI contracts put 22 hospital trusts in jeopardy
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NewsUnion prepares strike ballot over sparks' wages
Action expected before December over 6,000 workers’ pay and conditions
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NewsRevealed: The top 50 surveyors on Twitter
RICS calls on its members to nominate themselves onto a list of most influential surveyors
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NewsRyder Architecture merges with London practice JAA
Firms merge in effort to boost offering in UK and in countries including China
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CommentMonitoring is answer to Stunell's green fears
Monitoring buildings’ energy performance is essential to achieve our low carbon goal – if we fail in reducing emissions it will have serious consequences
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NewsCameron writes to National Trust over planning fears
PM pledges to safeguard the environment through responsible planning reform
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CommentShoe box homes is RIBA's Gerald Ratner moment
Report on size of new homes could have devastating impact on housing development
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NewsPolice investigate property fraud at Edinburgh council
Council calls in auditors and suspends half its property department as BBC alleges serious wrongdoing
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NewsLib Dems deny £5bn capital spending boost
Cabinet ministers allegedly told the BBC that plans are under discussion to kickstart economy with spending boost
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NewsCrossrail contractors to use new Lafarge rail link
The cement company says the freight connection will open in February 2012