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Glenn Howells wins £20m Birmingham campus contract
Practice beats Ted Cullinan and BDP to Newman University College job
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Keltbray buys asbestos removal group out of administration
Acquisition by demolition contractor saves 250 jobs at Pectel, which becomes a division of Keltbray but keeps its name
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If 2008 was bad for the housing market, 2009 looks much worse
There are plenty of scary figures in the latest forecast from the Council of Mortgage Lenders not least the expectation that half a million homeowners will fall into arrears.The expectation that 75,000 homes will be repossessed by mortgage lenders is pretty scary too, especially as this in practice would mean ...
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Taylor Wimpey and the Siamese twin chimpanzees
The Taylor Wimpey email from boss Peter "call me Pete" Redern to staff that did the rounds yesterday raised as few eyebrows in the City.Not least for its humorous reference to Angelina Jolie giving birth to Siamese twin chimpanzees when describing how much press coverage the housebuilder has had ...
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APC Trainer on: Client care (M003), spotlight on level 2
The chairman of the APC panel tends to ask the questions on this tricky compentency. Here’s how to win him/her over…
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Construction redundancies rise by 31,000
Figures are three times higher than over the same three-month period last year
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Taylor Wimpey leak reveals refinancing deal near
City analysts say leaked internal email suggests increased likelihood of deal early next year
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Berkeley submits plans for £1bn revamp of Greenwich council estate
Masterplan includes 4,000 homes and a 130m-wide park on what will be the largest UK residential scheme outside the Olympic zone
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Government to cap cost of zero carbon to housebuilders
New proposals would also allow contributions to renewables infracture and energy improvements to existing homes to be taken into account
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Strictly Building: vote for Alistair and Mae!
Our final couple from Hunter and Partners attempt to win your favour
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BAA must sell Stansted, says watchdog
Competition Commission says BAA must sell Stansted and Edinburgh airports as well as Gatwick
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Hadid, Libeskind, Prix and Mayne sign up for Mipim
Next year's design and urban planning conference attracts global starchitects
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Planning requests rejected just to meet speed targets
National Audit Office says application process is being subverted to meet 'perverse' handling speed targets so councils can qualify for extra funding
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MPs announce plans for £7.7m flood forecasting centre
Government measures are a response to critical report on last year's 'devastating' floods
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Mott MacDonald wins highways scheme in Singapore
UK firm hired on three of six design and build contracts on 5km-long Marina Coastal Expressway
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Business rates to rise 5% from April
CBI warns of threat to economy after government ignores its call for a business rate freeze
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Demand for reinforced steel to fall in the Gulf
Price of rebar drops from $1,500 a tonne to $500 as building boom slows
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Construction workforce grows by 30,000 - it's official, but surely it's wrong
The official labour market figures suggest that the construction workforce is growing. Surely this can't be the case?When I eagerly opened the latest press release on Labour Market Statistics this morning, I was looking for some clues as to how much damage has been done to the construction workforce.The official ...