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NewsIndustry sees output rocket to 6.6%
Construction output grew 6.6% in the second quarter of 2010, helping boost GDP growth to higher than expected levels.
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NewsHigh street bank mortgage lending fell in June
The value of mortgage approvals for house purchases fell in June, according to new data from the BBA.
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CommentClarification: Public spending on construction
How much public cash has actually been spent on construction?
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Big four engineers launch global H&S tool
UK engineering forum’s tool aims to drive up safety standards worldwide
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NewsVillagers to be given power to decide on new housing
Big Society plans will let rural communities bypass town hall planners
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NewsGiant Brazilian mega-church gains planning approval
Rogério Silva de Araújo’s 55m-tall design will seat 10,000 worshippers
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NewsPlans for new £40 million Hampshire police HQ shelved
Hampshire Chief Constable says he would rather catch criminals than spend money on new Winchester headquarters for the force.
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NewsBSkyB vs HP Enterprise Services UK
This case involved a £700m damages claim for fraudulent misrepresentation, find out who won…
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Schools out for tender
It’s a new order for those involved in building schools after the coalition’s savage cutbacks. But the changes should bring opportunities for smaller contractors
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Hidden agenda: the weakness of adjudication
Because it takes place in private, adjudication is preventing judges from developing construction law - and lawyers aren’t improving the contracts they draft
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CommentHow does the state imagine?
The next decade is going to reinterpret, reorganise and abolish much of our familiar world, so we’ll need creative thinking from government. Which could be a problem
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CommentQuentin Shears: Free schools and the Continuity PTA
’They’re already looking at sites, trying to work out how many kids you can fit in an abandoned Zavvi’
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Hansom: Fruit loops
Though life’s no bowl of cherries for construction, our resilient colleagues have been going bananas on the 2012 site, tapping away on BlackBerries and spilling raspberry juice over a top chef’s kitchen
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NewsHousing Stats: New build sales and completions in June 2010
This month’s data reveals a softening of the housing market as private completions drop on last yearRegional completions June 2010New-build, sales, registrations and completions
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Schools are too expensive ...
The number of people involved and the massive fees that are paid, no wonder the cost of the schools is off the scale
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Let's get falls to fall
Recently released Health and Safety Executive figures, showing that worker deaths were down from 178 fatalities in 2008/09 to 151 in 2009/10, are testament to the work of safety practitioners across the UK
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Have glass, won't travel
Here’s a new feature concept: “Building buys a pint for … anyone outside London.”