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NewsBBC Trust spends £3.2m on HQ
Watchdog responsible for ensuring value for money at the corporation rejects office space within Broadcasting House for its 60 staff
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NewsUK scientists plan world's first nuclear fusion power station
Research Councils UK says a fusion power station could be in operation by 2030
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NewsJoin the debate on green school refurbs
Your chance to ask experts about best methods and practice for sustainable school refurbishments in a live online text debate that coincides with BSEC event
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NewsHousing completions are way off target
From 2016 we are supposed to be building 240,000 homes a year, last year we managed a measly 118,000
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NewsConfusion over public spending cuts
Figures for a cut in net investment are causing alarm, but its the gross investment construction needs to worry about
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NewsJoin the Charter 284 campaign and help promote construction investment
Sign up to Building’s Charter 284 manifesto that calls on political parties to protect investment in construction work
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NewsSilvertown Quays collapse set to trigger £60m lawsuit
Developer of axed £1.5bn east London project prepares to sue, as LDA plans Olympic role for site
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DL counts cost of housing regs
Local authorities will be told how to improve the viability of housing schemes following a review of government regulations. The study, undertaken by QS Davis Langdon, will assess its cost to the housebuilding industry
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CommentWhy we need Charter 284
This week Building is launching a campaign to argue for five policy goals that the winner of the general election should implement
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NewsCrumbling Yorkshire churches to get £2m makeover
Repairs will focus on leaking roofs and eroded masonry in 23 churches
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NewsBrown attempts Corus steelworks rescue
More than a thousand jobs could be saved if prime minister secures new owner for plant
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NewsSix contractors vie for £90m Reading station revamp
Contract will be biggest station upgrade undertaken by Network Rail in current spending period
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NewsBabcock maintains interest in VT
Support services group says merger with reluctant target would benefit both companies and improve capability across infrastructure, equipment support and training sectors
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NewsCastle Cement fined £250k for cancer risk
Flintshire factory admits four health and safety charges related to dust, smoke and noise
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NewsCSkills to slash a quarter of staff by 2011
CITB ConstructionSkills has begun the process of slashing a quarter of its staff by 2011, as it struggles to plug a £10m deficit
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NewsRICS hits out at estate agents study
Surveyors body says there ‘is more to protecting consumers than prices’ in response to Office of Fair Trading research
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NewsHome completions fall to new low in January snow
NHBC reveals that fewer homes were completed last month than at any point since 1981
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The confusion over public sector spending cuts
There has been much comment recently concerning the planned cuts in public sector investment, with a figure of 50% often mentioned. This relates to the planned reduction in public sector NET investment over the period 2009/10 – 2012/13.However, GROSS investment is planned to fall by a lesser 30% over this ...
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NewsArup and Davis Langdon team up on Ghanaian school prototype
Design uses modular parts easy for local builders to recreate from local materials
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NewsCheap and fearful
Thanks to Richard Butler from Network Rail, who spotted these carefree chaps undertaking a spot of roofing work with the help of improvised scaffolding …