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CommentWonders & blunders
Martin Playford revisits two grand schemes from the seventies, one a gleaming symbol of the might of the City, the other a sad leftover from a best-forgotten motorway project
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NewsCitywatch: Wishful thinking
There were two pieces of good news for housebuilders this week; the Nationwide building society said house prices rose 1.2% in May and there was some encouraging purchasing data
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Profit up 8% at May Gurney
Infrastructure services specialist May Gurney has restructured its business following a successful year in which turnover grew 8% to £470.3m
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GB Building director quits to join risk consultancy
Jason Farnell has left his job as commercial director of GB Building Solutions to become a partner in risk management consultancy CR Management
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Industry 'out of intensive care unit' as rate of decline slows
The recession in the construction industry eased in May, according to data from the Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply
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NewsLocal Housing Companies stall amid public debt fears
All 14 trial joint ventures delayed, owing to market conditions and row over council balance sheets
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Dytor launches company to take on recession-hit schemes
Regeneration entrepreneur Ken Dytor is starting a company to rework developments held up by the recession
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NewsForget all you think you know
The first signs of increased demand may now be appearing. But any recovery isn’t going to be a return to how things were before. Yolande Barnes predicts a brave new world for housebuilding
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Small builders unfair
A third of the 171 cases brought under the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations have involved small domestic builders, according to the Office of Fair Trading.
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WAG reviews planning
The Welsh assembly government has announced a review of the system for submitting planning applications
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London homes are sold
Only 916 newly built homes are lying empty and unsold in London, according to research from property firm Savills
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McCarthy buys site
Retirement housebuilder McCarthy & Stone has bought a development site in Whitby for 22 houses
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Density is up
In 2008, nearly 80% of dwellings in England were built on previously developed land, with new dwellings built at an average density of 46 dwellings per hectare compared with 44 in 2007.
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NEM awarded £3.6m
New East Manchester has been awarded £3.6m by North West Development Agency to pay for the preparation of the 3.3ha Crossley Works site in Openshaw for future redevelopment.
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FeaturesCouncil houses: return to a golden age?
It’s not a lot, but the government has made £100m available for councils to start building homes again. So is this the start of a glorious return to a golden age?
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FeaturesNeighbours: Lovell and Tarmac on reaching code level four or above
The house on the left aims to meet code level four, but next door they’ve got even loftier pretensions. Stephen Kennett reports on goings-on at a site in Nottingham
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FeaturesAutomated design: checking the regs
So you’ve squeezed every last minute and penny out of the construction process. But what about all the frustrating to-ing and fro-ing with the drawings? Stephen Kennett meets a man who thinks he has an answer to that
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FeaturesCountry focus: Serbia
Serbia’s construction industry may not be racking up 20% growth any more, but it’s still hitting 9.5% and shows little sign of slipping into recession. Sasa Trajkovic of EC Harris marks your card
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Electrical accessories
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