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NewsOpen House seeks mentors for summer workshops
Built environment professionals invited to get involved with Summer Eco City Architecture Academy this month
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NewsVinci poised to buy Haymills
Deal to save £181m-turnover contractor is expected to be sealed tomorrow
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NewsClient relationship versus cash flow in the UAE
How to balance chasing payments with paying your subcontractors
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NewsPassivhaus diaries, part seven: The walls
The walls are going up with a little help from the Russian space programme while Bill flits off to the beach, giving the clients a chance to put their view of the project
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NewsNew mortgages rise 23% in June
But total value of lending still strongly down on a year earlier, says CML
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NewsArdmore beats Wates and Galliford Try to Olympic village job
Lend Lease awards first athletes’ village contract to build 300 apartments, as shortlist is revealed for next three jobs
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NewsHomebuyer enquiries up but supply still low, says RICS
UK housing market survey shows 63% of surveyors note a rise in enquiries from new buyers
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NewsLocal councils have lost nearly £2.7bn in crash
Survey by Local Government Association reveals low interest rates on cash deposits have hit council income hard
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NewsCorby council could pay £4m costs to birth defect families
Judge awards interim payment of £1.6m for legal bill of mothers exposed to poisonous waste
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NewsNew homes are too small, finds Cabe survey
Design watchdog discovers new-build private-sector homes in and around London have inadequate space for normal activity
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NewsMiddle East growth helps drive Interserve profit up 18%
Rise in UK public sector work also lies behind strong first-half results for maintenance and building group
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NewsSir Robert McAlpine wins Glasgow velodrome job
2012 Olympic stadium builder appointed to £116m cycling venue to be used for the Commonwealth Games
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How to stop suicidal bidding: punish the abusers
Let's start with an assertion: Suicidal bidding in construction is not consistent with fair trade and is not in the best interests of the consumer, the client, the industry or the long-term prosperity of the nation.It's a view. It has merit, particularly in the eyes of those who witnessed the ...
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CML provides further evidence of the housing market becoming more buoyant
The Council of Mortgage Lenders today adds yet more weight to the view that the housing market is in a period of stability if not growth.Its June figures show a 23% increase in the number of home loans over the past month taking the total to a level not seen ...
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Survey shows widening North-South house price divide
The latest RICS survey out today adds yet more evidence to suggest a widening north-south gap in the housing market.Prices are now rising robustly in the equity-rich, high housing-demand south, while for most of Britain house prices remain on a downward slope. The exception to the north-south split is Scotland, ...
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NewsHyder nabs two Crossrail jobs
Winners of six design contracts on £16bn rail project revealed today
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NewsTop five reader comments: 10 August
Haymills workers on the agonies of uncertainty… while Bonny Prince Charlie causes aggro again (twice) and Boris perplexes
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NewsCPA 'gloomy' after fall in public sector output
Contractors, manufacturers and specialists all reported falls in activity over second quarter of this year
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NewsHouse prices forecast to rise next year
New CEBR predictions suggest a further 3% decline this year but 2% higher prices by the end of 2010
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NewsBAA unveils latest plans for Foster's new Heathrow terminal
First phase of the building formerly known as Heathrow East will be complete in 2013