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Features
The tracker: Deceleration
The industry is still declining, but the rate has slowed, and the activity index is at an eight-month high. This may be the first step, says Experian Business Strategies, on the path to recovery
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NewsSolar, wind and flower power: Chelsea flower show
Architect Laurie Chetwood and landscape designer Patrick Collins have created this garden for the 2009 Chelsea Flower Show, which kicks off on Tuesday
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NewsNew blockwork wall system installed
Wembley Innovation says system will reduce number of 'wind posts' that need to be inseted along blockwork walls by 60%
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NewsCities as agricultural sources
Architecture students submit proposals for a self reliant future London
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NewsHill and WMCCE offer free advice
Consultant's Birmingham Office to hold commercial and contractual advice surgeries from 15 May
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NewsCapita Symonds signs £40m Breckland council deal
Consultant will provide planning and building control services for council in Norfolk
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FeaturesFirst Impressions: Schemes by Herzog & de Meuron and Zaha
Postgraduate architecture student from the Royal College of Art comments on five schemes
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NewsNetwork Rail boss waives bonus
But other directors fail to follow suit as rail body misses efficiency targets on track renewal
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NewsBalfour Beatty seals £200m schools partnership deal
Partnership will aim to deliver more than 10 schools project in Southwark area
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NewsBalfour Beatty trading in line with forecasts
Trading update shows contractor has £200m cash and an order book of £12.8bn
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NewsRecord business debt sees legal action soar
Debt recovery firm report court action to recover money owed 97% higher than this time last year
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NewsNumber of unsold council homes falls 16%
Tenant Services Authority reports nearly a third of unsold homes are reserved
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NewsLondon mayor turns down Queen's Market scheme
Boris Johnson instructs council to refuse permission for residential tower block on ground of attractiveness
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NewsBig changes proposed for SAP energy tool
Calculation could be on monthly basis and may take into account winter thermal mass and air conditioning
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NewsMott MacDonald bags £45m Cheshire job
Four-story pharmaceutical facility will be built from demolition material from existing site buildings
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NewsKier hopeful of housing upturn next year
Contractor notes easing in market conditions despite continuing downward price pressure
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NewsRefinancing approved for channel tunnel rail link operator
London & Continental Railways will subsequently be sold, possibly to German rail operator
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NewsWork starts on 2012 cycle path and walkway
Greenway makeover by Arup and Adams & Sutherland will provide 2.3km route to Olympic park
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Comment
Traders see a brighter future for house prices - but still expect a further 17% drop
Follow the money they say. Well the money punted in the futures market suggests that average house prices still have at least 17% to fall.That puts the peak-to-trough drop at more than a third.But the good news for those selling homes is that the mood among the traders has perked ...
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NewsWatersheds vs Costa and Gentleman: Guarantees and misrepresentation
Our Fenwick Elliott expert discusses a case of two company directors who wanted to raise finance to expand their business