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NewsHomes agency to review all Thames Gateway spending
HCA to decide which schemes in regeneration area have ‘realistic chance of getting off the ground’
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Goldschmied steps in to sponsor struggling Stirling prize
The Stirling prize has been rescued by the Marco Goldschmied Foundation, which is stumping up the £20,000 prize money after the RIBA struggled to find a sponsor for the prize
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CommentIt happened in Hertfordshire
Back in the fifties, one council changed the way everybody built schools. And the buildings it created can now be born again as models of sustainability
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FeaturesIn my day: Industry greats reminisce about their schooldays
These tykes grew up to become pillars of the construction community – despite the overheated classrooms and endless dark corridors. So how would they redesign those grim sixties cellblocks they called ‘school’?
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FeaturesPenoyre & Prasad’s John Perryn primary school: Start again!
John Perryn primary in east Acton had lost the confidence of parents, staff and Ofsted. So the government stepped in to rebuild it, with a little help from Penoyre & Prasad and Willmott Dixon
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FeaturesLet the little ones join in: primary schools funding
It’s come to our attention that the big boys have been taking over the playground and depriving the smaller children of their dinner money. Mr Kennett will now explain how primary schools are going to change this
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Citywatch: Writing back and signing off
As the dozen or so housebuilding analysts filed out of their meeting with Persimmon last Tuesday, there was some head-scratching over why it had written back the value of its land by £28m in its half-year results
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NewsHow to defuse a time bomb
Central and local government must do something to stimulate housing output or we face a nationwide shortage. John Stewart has some suggestions
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Blackpool goes green
Great Places Housing Group is developing eight homes for affordable rent in Blackpool
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Charitable appeal
Housing charity, Shelter Scotland, has asked the Scottish government for an extra £200m
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Rural housing drought
One rural primary school is closing every month as a result of housing shortages in the countryside, according to research commissioned by the National Housing Federation.
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Swindon head leaves
Peter James, the chief executive of Swindon’s urban regeneration company, is stepping down after four years in the post
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More mortgages
The number of mortgages approved by banks has risen to the highest figure for 17 months
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£184m repair contract
Paragon Community Housing Group is tendering for a 10-year housing repair and maintenance contract worth £184m
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NewsCadaver Court
Work has started on site for a research facility at Oxford university’s school of pathology
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NewsUnions in last-ditch talks over power station strikes
Employers to meet unions in eleventh-hour attempt to halt strikes on seven power stations across the UK
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NewsJenga on ice
The Norwegian Barents Secretariat has announced plans for a cultural centre that it claims will be the world’s tallest wooden building
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South-west told to keep building
The government has urged planning authorities in south-west England to press ahead with plans to build thousands more homes, despite delays to the regional plan and opposition from the Tory party
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Wilson James in TDG alliance
Construction logistics firm Wilson James is to form a strategic alliance with distribution firm TDG in a move the firm says will offer its customers a “control tower” view over their whole supply chain
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UK construction continues to decline – but at a slower rate
The rate of decline within the UK construction industry was the slowest for 18 months last month, figures from the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply revealed