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NewsPersimmon reports 'strong' forward sales and lower debts
Trading levels at housebuilder up on last year and 9000 homes completed but concern that a rise in unemployment could hit sales
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NewsSaudi to spend £3.2bn on schools
Education minister announces that building programme will award two schools a day to contractors
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NewsTwo-thirds of construction firms expect a positive 2010
International survey reveals most industry professionals believe profits will stay the same or increase by middle of next year
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NewsCyril Sweett scoops job on Saudi Arabia’s tallest tower
Consultant has been appointed cost and project manager on the 385m Crystalline Tower
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NewsBowmer & Kirkland wins £35m New Brighton scheme
New model boating lake and public lido mark mark attempt to return seaside resort to its 1920s heyday
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NewsSecond wave of Sea Change cash announced
Seven coastal resorts get funding in drive to reinvigorate England's seaside towns
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NewsAsking prices for homes fall in November
Rightmove survey shows asking prices fell 1.6% in pre-Christmas dash to shift homes, but tentative recovery expected in early spring
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NewsBAA to raise £500m equity
Funding will be used to reduce debt and facilitate access to capital markets
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NewsTories pledge to scrap current model of PFI
George Osborne says Labour's use of PFI is 'discredited' and 'new ways' needed to leverage private sector investment
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NewsGlasgow's Commonwealth Games receives £81m cash boost
Alex Salmond admits budget increase to £454m will challenge the 'public purse'
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NewsTurner & Townsend forms JV in South Korea
Cost consultant teams up with Soeul-based HanmiParsons to target Korean investors
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NewsPremier Inn buys land for three hotels
Hotel operator paid £18m for sites in Colchester, Edinburgh Park and Lincoln for three new hotels
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NewsPublic backs community-based green utilities
Research shows strong support for sustainable infrastructure including community heating systems and filtered rainwater for toilets
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NewsGlobal carbon language launched to rate buildings
International organisations agree a tool called 'common carbon metric' for measuring carbon footprints
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NewsPassivhaus diary, part 14: ventilation
Despite being struck down by swine flu, our diariest explains the latest on mechanical ventilation and progress on site
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Comment
New Year stamp duty switchback will have little impact, says RICS
For those interested in what will happen when the stamp duty holiday comes to an end on December 31, the surveyors' body RICS has done a little bit of research among its members.Basically, the results seem to suggest that by and large the effect on property transactions will be muted ...
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Comment
Christmas sales come to the housing market
It's the run up to Christmas and we're in a recession - well if not technically, we're definitely suffering from the recession - so don't be surprised to see redundancies on the rise and asking prices for homes on the decline. It is the nature of things.And in this regard ...
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NewsPrime minister praises industry at RIBA anniversary bash
Gordon Brown applauded architects last night at a Downing Street reception
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FeaturesNew world orders: Construction’s latest global hotspots
A startling report is forecasting a big shift in the world demand for construction by 2020. So dig out the guide books and maps for Nigeria, India and eastern Europe
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FeaturesObject lessons: Foster's Berkshire academy
Foster’s latest academy in Berkshire is based around the idea of learning through museum exhibits – which makes for some unusual interior decor