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NewsTop 10 blunders of 2009
It's been a bumper year for safety stupidity - here are some of Building's favourites
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NewsNew home registrations hit 18-month high
NHBC figures show increase of 74% from 2008 in private sector applications
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NewsIndian bridge collapse kills up to 40
Project managers are arrested after worker deaths on joint Hyndai Engineering and Gammon India project
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NewsWelsh hospital repairs backlog hits £505m
Report into lack of maintenance funding sparks political row
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NewsNirah Holdings vs British Agricultural Services and Hanson Building Products: Section 106
Our Fenwick Elliott expert mulls over a Section 106 agreement dispute
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NewsHouse prices expected to fall 1% in 2010
Hometrack market report predicts lower incomes and rising unemployment will keep demand and prices low
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NewsBRE uncovers display energy certificate flaws
Survey reveals public building energy ratings are not good evidence of real improvements
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NewsGlasgow airport plans £100m expansion
Major investment ahead of 2014 Commonwealth Games kicks off with initial £12m spend on facilities and runway improvements
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NewsLook: no scaffold!
Felix Loy was aghast to see this adventurous fellow scrambling about in strong wind above a cast iron gutter. Gulp
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NewsWell, oil be blowed!
David Crick spotted this precarious pile from his sun bed in Malta last summer - seems it's not only the Middle East relying on oil …
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NewsSouth Korea scoops £12bn UAE nuclear contract
Four reactors will supply power by 2020 to help deal with emirate’s escalating energy needs
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Comment
Pundits on balance point to flat house prices in 2010
It's the time of the year for reflections, resolutions and prognostications. And what can be more fun than guessing the likely path of house prices?Well I can think of a few things. And I'm also left wondering why anyone would wish to state a house price forecast publicly and put ...
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FeaturesThe importance of local knowledge
An understanding of country-specific systems is vital to operating in the Middle East
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NewsDoes the GDP debate rest on dodgy figures?
Our expert blogger examines the construction industry's economic foundations
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NewsSouthern Electric vs Mead Realisations: Settlement
Our Fenwick Elliott expert discusses a dispute over M&E services
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NewsBalfour Beatty wins £100m Greenwich schools jobs
Construction group also reveals £91m of contract wins on North Lanarkshire schools PPP
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NewsMayor calls in Southall regeneration scheme
Boris Johnson believes west London development will be 'important driver for the capital's entire economy'
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NewsVideo: Ecobuild’s response to Copenhagen
Ecobuild’s panel of construction big hitters debate the ramifications of Copenhagen
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NewsChristmas crackers: Rupert Choat
What does a construction lawyer want for the industry this Christmas?
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NewsConstruction output grew 1.9% in third quarter
But upward revision of 3% is not enough to pull UK out of recession