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NewsKickstart funding boosts Persimmons foward sales 40%
Housebuilder says it has received extra £50m under government scheme to support construction of new homes
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NewsBank of England keeps interest rate at 0.5%
Housebuilders welcome continuing freeze but want lenders to relax borrowing criteria for mortgages
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NewsConstruction of Tate Modern extension starts
Herzog & de Meuron's £215m project is due to be completed in 2012
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NewsApollo Group buys Goldhall Electrical
Purchase of south-west based firm is further step toward national coverage for group
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NewsSME register proposed to combat cowboys
Federation of Master Builders proposal aims to prove builder competency to homeowners
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NewsCompletion date scrapped for Masdar eco-city
Developer says delays to 'world's first carbon-neutral city' in Abu Dhabi desert due to technological challenges
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NewsQatar plans to build $1bn solar power plant
Middle East identified as 'boom centre' for solar energy
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NewsAre UK houses really worth 6% more than a year ago?
According to the Halifax index just out they are, but then we need to look carefully at the raw data to understand the true situation
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Are UK houses really worth 6% more than a year ago?
The final Halifax index for 2009 has been released and it settles on a December 2009 average house price 5.6% above that of December 2008.This is roughly in line with the figures from Nationwide which show a 5.9% rise.It is easy from this to draw the conclusion that on average ...
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NewsBuilding the Burj
Building interviews the structural engineer who worked on the Burj Dubai in the week it officially opened
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NewsSite safety as the ultimate snakes and ladders
The Swiss take a no-holds-barred approach to safety, invoking even the grim reaper to produce compliance through sheer terror – but with a sense of fun, too
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NewsWorkload drops as snow falls
Construction output figures show us the huge impact a cold snap like this can have on projects and losses construction suffers
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NewsCamberwell blaze was second on Greenacre Homes site in six weeks
Blaze this morning on timber frame site follows fire in Peckham in November last year
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NewsSnow holds up work on 2012 aquatics centre
Safety issues resulting from bad weather affect activity across London's Olympic park
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NewsStalled Silken hotel bought by main creditor
Subsidiary of bank that put Foster-designed scheme into administration scoops it up after Middle Eastern bidder pulls out
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NewsExperts warn recession may cause on-site danger
“Drastic reduction” in health and safety budgets and rise in site managers’ responsibilities could increase number of injuries
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NewsA lesson in igloo-building
Pair of builders spend seven hours and use 1,000 ice blocks on snow structure
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Workload drops as the snow falls
When we suffered a cold snap back in February last year I looked at the impact of the great freeze of 1962/63 on construction output. In a word it was huge.So, as I walked into work this morning chipper as a child as I trudge though inches of snow and ...
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NewsGovernment launches boiler scrappage scheme
Householders to get £400 towards new energy-efficient boiler if old boiler G-rated or worse
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NewsScots set for £400m Highlands green power line
Ministers expected to approve 137-mile line to connect renewables to national grid despite 18,000 objections