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NewsPassivhaus diaries, part 20: Coming to an end
As the Denby Dale house completes Bill Butcher reflects on what he’s learned in his penultimate diary entry
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FeaturesTaking the law into your own hands
With the number of construction disputes getting ever higher, now could be a good time to hit the books and get some legal qualifications
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NewsRok profits jump to £17m after shift from new build
Profitable repair and maintenance work helps offset steep drop in new build activity
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NewsHealey reveals green revamp for planning rules
Housing minister to invest £10m in improving skills, back second wave of eco-towns and overhaul three planning policies
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NewsISG's profit drops 61% to £2.4m
Forward orders down at fitout specialist with overseas operations hit but London market performing well
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NewsHousebuyers return after cold snap
Rise in new buyer enquiries is being outstripped by increase in housing supply, say surveyors
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NewsKnotweed under attack as biologists release killer beetles
Government gives go-ahead for Japanese Knotweed's natural predator to be released into the UK
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NewsEcobuild: UKGBC declares war on wasteful non-doms
Manifesto calls on government to force improvement in energy efficiency of non-domestic buildings
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NewsNightingale Associates unveils £23m hospital in Wales
108-bed community hospital in Rhondda Valley includes biomass boiler and other low-carbon features
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NewsMerseyside builder fined £1,000 for Health and Safety breach
Charles Molloy prosecuted after HSE inspector finds him and an employee working on a pub roof without safety measures
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Industry calls for help for ailing professional services firms
Data indicates 54% firms had seen decreases in incomes in the year to October 2009
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NewsImages: England's first Passivhaus office
Office development in Kent claims to be 80% more energy efficient than required by current Building Regulations
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Comment
Is the housing market on the turn again?
Today’s release by the surveyors’ body RICS of its latest housing market survey provides a little bit of support to both sides of the will-they-won’t-they debate on house price rises.Looked at nationally, the broad measures of estate agents experiences and expectations of house prices remain positive.A majority of 17% saw ...
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NewsGovernment green lights £420m of BSF schemes
Six local authorities join schools programme but fears persist over timetable after general election
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NewsBovis Homes posts £4.8m pre-tax profit
Housebuilder overcomes last year's £78.7m pre-tax loss on the back of £281.5m turnover
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NewsKickstart round two unlocks over 5,000 new homes
Almost £83m will boost affordable housing provision and create apprenticeship places
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NewsBam scoops £60m Bluewater events venue
Lend Lease appoints contractor to build Bluewater Events Venue in Kent
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NewsFirst images: Brookfield's Elephant & Castle tower takes shape
Building goes on site at London's tallest residential tower, nicknamed 'the razor', and finds out about the challenges created by its three integrated wind turbines
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NewsThe eco-refurb that could save homeowner £28,000 over 25 years
Keepmoat’s Mark Sapola on the green makeover of a three-bed home in Bristol
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NewsBalfour Beatty wins blacklist tribunal
Construction worker Mick Dooley found to have been fairly excluded from employment