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Cost of solar power could fall 40% by 2015
Technological advances are driving down photovoltaic panel prices by as much as 10% each year
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R&D centre announced for carbon-neutral city
Masdar joins forces with GE to fund a new centre to develop and showcase green technologies in zero-waste Masdar City
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Dubai issues new safety code
Emirate's construction department provides English version of new safety standards
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Cornish builder goes into administration
John Nicholls Builders of Truro falls victim to credit crunch after 47 years of trading
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Network Rail names seven firms for £800m track renewal programme
Amey Colas, Babcock Rail, Balfour Beatty, Carillion, Grant Rail, Jarvis and Trackwork selected to carry out track enhancement
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Zaha Hadid unveils 'the Diamond Grasshopper'
Starchitect wins competition for Port Authority building in Antwerp, Belgium
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Complaints commissioner appointed for Crossrail
Transport minister and London mayor make joint appointment to handle complaints about Crossrail building work
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New pedestrian and cycle bridge opens up Rainham Marshes
Thames Estuary Path missing link secures funding
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Greater London Authority makes key Thames Gateway appointment
GLA appoints new director of development and environment to oversee delivery of Thames Gateway projects
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Comment
Mortgage lending at 2001 level spells more bad news for home sales
Mortgage lending last year was down about 30% on the 2007 figures and in the final quarter was running at well below half the peak level, according to the latest figures from Council of Mortgage Lenders.CML expects the level of lending to drop further in coming months, which may well ...
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Construction job vacancies collapse
Record redundancies may be the headline in today's news bulletins and tomorrow's papers as the ranks of the unemployed creep towards 2 million.But in the detail of today's labour market figures of more concern to the thousands of redundant construction workers now looking for new jobs is that vacancies are ...
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Plunging sales rates in 2008 and the threat to new housing development
The latest figures show that home sales in 2008 were down 43% compared with 2007, but scarier than that is the drop in level of property transaction over the second half of last year.This poses a real threat to even "technically" viable housing schemes.Sales are running well below half of ...
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First carbon-negative residential development breaks ground
National Grid to take excess power from 172 homes
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Manchester council appoints five on framework
Willmott Dixon and GB Building Solutions are on four-year framework covering schools and and civic buildings
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Features
Expat survival guide to Mexico
To gain a share in the mass of infrastructure work, perfect your business lunching – but remember to have a snack first
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Peter Varga appointed UK head of operations at Bovis Lend Lease
Fifteen-year veteran at the firm will report to chief exec Nick Pollard
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Pettifer Construction boss Chris Pape joins Vinci
Former Pettifer Construction managing director will run Stradform and Weaver
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Half of housebuilders in financial danger
Survey of top 1000 UK housebuilders reveal 496 on danger list
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Broker warns of Leighton's 'high risk' Dubai exposure
£1.8bn of Australian firm's Dubai contracts believed to be 'at high risk' of delay or cancellation
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Cuts feared in public transport infrastructure
Construction work is under threat as transport chiefs meet the minister to discuss the downturn