More news – Page 2642
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NewsPlans to improve existing stock dropped from Part L proposals
Plan to make energy efficiency improvements compulsory when extending homes has been scrapped
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Latest construction appointments - 19 June 2009
Kier has appointed Adrian Lemarie facilities director
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NewsPrince Charles given say in major London schemes
Developers of King’s Cross and Battersea Power Station admit checking designs with prince
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NewsTaylor Wimpey expects to start new work in autumn
Housebuilder is looking for land-buying opportunities, as it expects to see an increase in price of homes in second half of year
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NewsTotal fires up to 900 workers
Oil company slashes staff numbers following unofficial protest after 51 people lost their jobs
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NewsHigh-speed rail link could cost taxpayers £8bn
Transport secretary says half of London to Manchester line’s funding would come from public purse
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NewsBovis sues for almost £1m over unpaid fees on Oman job
Concern over non-payment in the Middle East grows, as project manager downs tools on megacity job
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NewsRetail rents to drop a fifth by year end
Report says rental values will continue to fall, by 9% in 2010 and 1.3% in 2011
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NewsHyder Consulting shuts down QS arm
Firm shuts down its quantity surveying arm RPA as part of a redundancy and restructuring programme
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NewsRecovery hopes boosted by plunge in helpline calls
Sudden fall in number of smaller firms seeking help on employment issues cheers industry bodies
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NewsCouncils accused of tax abuse
The Federation of Master Builders has demanded a meeting with housing minister John Healey to complain about local authorities that are levying council tax on homes before they are finished
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NewsT&T to be dropped from Viñoly arts centre
Consultant becomes latest firm to get caught in the fiasco surrounding Rafael Viñoly’s Colchester scheme
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NewsRental fund plan could grow after £1bn investor interest
Unprecedented number of bids from investors means homes agency may start up to four initiatives
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Comment
Power without responsibility
"This meddling member of the royal family is a black stain on our democracy," wrote one reader of Building's website.Others described Lord Rogers' scheme as "a herringbone pattern of repetitive blocks with no sense of place" and his defence of it as "tantamount to treason".Never has the death of a ...
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Comment
Recovery a long way off as industry awaits housing recovery
April's improved new orders figures from the Office of National Statistics - up 17% on March - brought some cheer, with encouraging signs of activity from housebuilding and other sectors. However, given that the first quarter numbers were the worst since records began in 1983, recovery is a way off ...
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CommentHansom: Unmasked
Paranoia grips the industry this week as all kinds of things turn out to be all kinds of other things: alien invaders, human statues, sons and, er, someone’s pet doggie
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Comment
Regeneration renewed
The Regeneration Manifesto of the British Property Federation (BPF) gives welcome recognition to some ideas that practitioners in the public sector have been applying for many years
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CommentThe more, the merrier
I note the health and safety photo on 9 May. I saw an exact repeat performance on a house in Yateley, North Hampshire two weeks ago.