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Bellway warns on sales
Bellway has warned that the spring selling season will show that the housing market has not yet recovered from the crash. In a trading update for the six months to 31 January, the firm said first-time buyers were still hamstrung by the level of deposits required for a mortgage
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Insolvencies are down
The number of construction firms going into administration in the last quarter of 2009 fell by 15% from the previous quarter
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CommentSir Michael Latham: The triumph of ConstructionSkills’ diploma
ConstructionSkills’ diploma is already proving a success with pupils. If employers continue to back it, it will make a huge difference to our training effort, says Sir Michael Latham
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Wonders & blunders
Esther Rantzen heaps praise on the improvised brilliance of Salisbury cathedral, and pours vitriol on the badly built eyesore that is Luton’s Library Road car park
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CommentIn your own time
While Tory campaign managers, a finance director and a London mayor show up long past the hour appointed, a certain Nick Raynsford will just be glad to be invited back
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Data: Planning applications in January
The South-east had its busiest month for a while, and Langtree topped the clients list
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FeaturesFor love and money: One in three QSs face takeover
The word is that one in three UK consultants is facing a takeover – with many set to be married to US engineers. Roxane McMeeken plays Cupid …
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Risk! Is moving abroad to work worth it?
Moving abroad can be the only way to find work in a recession, but it can also be a gamble. Emily Wright spoke to three farflung Brits about the sacrifices they have made and the difficulties of fitting in, as well as the exciting opportunities for those willing to play ...
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Wates to replace Latham at CITB
James Wates is to replace Sir Michael Latham as chairman of the CITB ConstructionSkills board
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Four firms in running to buy stricken contractor Harry Neal
Four contractors are circling troubled London-based family building firm Harry Neal
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Mace wins new New Street job
Network Rail has expanded Mace’s role on the £600m revamp of Birmingham New Street station to include acting as principal contractor
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FeaturesAny better?: Liverpool tower
This is the redesign of Leach Rhodes Walker’s 165m tower in Liverpool
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FeaturesThat’s all, Folkwangers
David Chipperfield Architects has completed an extension to the Museum Folkwang in Essen, Germany
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£160m diverted to ODA
The Olympic Delivery Authority is to be given up to £160m from other parts of the Games’ £9.3bn budget to pay for operating the venues in advance of the Games
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Mott MacDonald wins east London rail link contract
Mott MacDonald has won the detailed design contract for a 1.3km rail link in phase two of the East London Line
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FeaturesActon up: £560m South Acton estate
Countryside Properties and L&Q have been selected to help regenerate the £560m South Acton estate
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NewsNot very great expectations
It seems that the government’s acceleration in capital spending has not had as large an impact on workloads as might have been expected
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New chair for UKGBC
Dan Labbad, chief of Lend Lease’s Europe division, has been appointed chairman of the UK Green Building Council
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No view from the Burj
The Burj Khalifa’s observation deck was suddenly closed on Monday, a month after the 828m Dubai tower opened to the public
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University cutbacks
Plans for a £25m scheme at the University of Worcester could be postponed owing to an announcement by the Higher Education Funding Council for England that £449m would be cut from university budgets.