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NewsNorman Askew leaves Taylor Wimpey
Chair of housebuilder to step down from board by the end of 2010
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NewsUK firms lose patience with Dubai as market dives
Companies fear crash in emirate will make recovering payment even more difficult
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NewsBrickonomics blog moves to Building
Our new blogger Brian Green specialises in digging behind the story presented by the statisticians, and today he picks apart the construction output figures
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News1,700 job losses as Corus plant closes
Teesside factory at end of January after buyout deal with international consortium fell through
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NewsEurope launches €1.5bn fund to boost green infrastructure projects
Initial €600m provided by public finanical institutions with investors expected to contribute the rest by 2011
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NewsBellway's reservations up 51%
Trading update shows improvement for the four months to end of November on last year mainly in south England
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NewsISG predicts upturn in London market
Chair of fit-out firm says there are signs of recovery in the capital but that activityin its regional businesses are likely to reduce
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Blacklisted worker lawsuit could cost firms millions
Class action to be brought against over 40 firms including Balfour Beatty, Laing O’Rourke and Kier
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NewsHCA to increase upfront grant for affordable housing
Move by Homes and Communities Agency is an attempt to meet housing targets by end of financial year
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NewsAbbey returns to profit
Housebuilding division of Anglo-Irish group contributes to £3.7m pre-tax profit but plant hire business makes a loss
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NewsBrickonomics: I see no upswing in these construction output figures
In his first blog for Building, Brian Green pulls apart the latest construction output figures
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Comment
Are we witnessing an upswing in construction output? In a word: No
So its official – the construction recession isn’t as bad as we thought. And the even better news is that the sharp fall in output at the start of this year wasn’t anywhere near as sharp as last quarter’s figures had suggested.That at least is how the national statisticians might ...
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CommentVive la restoration: Sir Michael Latham on the importance of heritage stock
What better time than now, when the construction of new buildings is at a low ebb, to focus on the restoration and maintenance of heritage structures
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CommentWonders & blunders with James Finestone
James Finestone marvels at the scientific wonder that is the Salk Institute in California, but sees the Essex new town of Harlow as an experiment that went badly wrong
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CommentHansom: Gift of the gab
The silver tongues of the industry have been a-wagging of late, and would have you believe that the Titanic is unsunk, Paul is John and the RICS never changes its mind
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CommentSmall wonder
Since your article on my and two other graduates’ search for a job was published, (11 September, page 34) I have spent most of my time looking for my perfect surveying job, which I had begun to believe did not exist
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What the charter means
In response to your article which stated that the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) would expel any chartered building company found guilty of cover pricing (27 November, page 9), I’d like to clarify a few points
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Morrell boost
I think the appointment of Paul Morrell (27 November, pages 10-11) is an inspired move and I hope he gets his own way with the agenda for the sake of the industry at large
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In Latham’s footsteps
Paul Morrell may not be a “fan of partnering” but I trust he will do all he can, as chief construction adviser, to resist the swing back to pre-Latham forms of procurement