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NewsDavid Birkbeck launches housing design review series
Chief executive of Design for Homes to showcase examples of good and bad design on Building website
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NewsCostain JV wins £80m Northern Irish road deal
Venture with Lagan Construction and Ferrovial Agroman signed up for dualling of Belfast-to-Larne A8 road
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Comment
Brighter outlook from forecasters, but severe risks remain
The forecasts from Hewes & Associates and Leading Edge sit interestingly against the other winter forecasts for construction output released over the past couple of weeks.They seem to back up the mood among other forecasters that construction workload might not fall as much was feared in the middle of last ...
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NewsArchitects asked to design Heathrow 'fortress' against third runway
Greenpeace launches competition to design iconic and 'impenetrable' stronghold to beat off bulldozers at site of planned new runway
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NewsLaing O'Rourke to build affordable accommodation for Oxford students
Oxford University's Somerville College aims to improve access to education for poorer students through cheaper housing
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Comment
We’ll be getting off relatively lightly if the construction workforce drops by 400,000
The latest forecast from the Construction Skills Network (CSN) suggests that the current recession in construction will have led to a drop of about 400,000 in the number employed by the industry once job shedding ends in early 2011.This would mean a drop of about 15% in the workforce. That ...
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NewsWe’ll be getting off lightly if the workforce drops 400,000
The latest forecast from the Construction Skills Network (CSN) suggests that the current recession in construction will have led to a drop of about 400,000 in the number employed by the industry once job shedding ends in early 2011.This would mean a drop of about 15% in the workforce. That ...
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NewsBenfield Construction goes bust
Workers face redundancy as Benfield Group puts Midlands-based construction arm into liquidation
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NewsWorkers killed in Scottish bridge falls
Two men die after falling from ladders while working on Forth bridge and Tay rail bridge
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NewsSlow recovery forecast for construction jobs
Construction Skills Network predicts less than one third of jobs lost to the recession will be recouped
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NewsGulf set to outstrip growth predictions
Qatar will see biggest GDP rise in region as analysts see brighter future for Middle East
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NewsMcInerney sees no respite from depressed housing market
Irish housebuilder cuts number of completed homes by half
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NewsGary Neville hires Make to design eco-house
Flower-like design in Pennines for footballer dubbed 'Teletubbyland' home by locals
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NewsConstruction will be 'in recession till 2011'
Construction Skills Network forecasts marginal decline for 2010
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NewsDubai’s ruler offers Victoria Beckham $25m to design hotel
Former Spice Girl could design a hotel in Nakheel’s World islands development
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NewsGB Building Solutions bags £4.6m care home contract
Basingstoke scheme is 13th project of its kind for company in past four years
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NewsInbuilt to offer Passivhaus certification service
Sustainability consultant becomes certifying body for Passivhaus buildings in the UK
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NewsAnshen + Allen's £80m cancer centre opens
Facility, which includes 16m deep basement and grade-II refurb, is largest private hospital in 30 years
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NewsCapita Symonds' €30m Budapest stadium
Consultant will provide multidisciplinary services on 22,000-seat venue
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Comment
Mum: Are we out of recession yet?
You could feel the uneasiness among economists yesterday when the release of official statistics showed that the UK had just scraped enough oomph together in the final quarter of last year to stage a lacklustre return to growth.Most economists had expected the no-growth bar to be cleared by some margin. ...