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News
Taylor Wimpey 'begs' quango to dig it out of financial hole
Housebuilder asks Homes and Communities Agency to buy up surplus development sites
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CommentThe skyline just got safer
When Building launched its Safer Skyline campaign almost two years ago, the crane industry was in crisis
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NewsOlympic stadium to become school after 2012 Games
Government to reveal plans to convert venue into new type of sports-themed education facility
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NewsConstruction liquidations rise 57% in past year
Government statistics reveal spike in level of liquidations in construction sector
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Victorian product news: The Austrian boot scraper
The quality of The Builder's 1858 drawings often saved journalists the bother of a full article 'Further descriptive verbiage would be superfluous.' Quite
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NewsCostain ditches Middle East expansion plans
Costain has ripped up plans to expand in the Middle East as a result of the recession
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CommentOld people aren't dead
Let’s design homes that encourage elderly people to live fulfilling lives – rather than sticking them in institutional spaces in which they simply bide their time
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Features
Green cement: an industry revolution?
Cement produces more carbon dioxide than the whole of the aviation industry. But now there’s a variant that actually absorbs greenhouse gases
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NewsParkinson report is 'already out of date'
The prospects for regeneration are even worse than reported in a government review last week, experts are warning
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CommentPure and simple: Construction Act changes
The proposed changes to the Construction Act payment rules are all very clever, but they won’t wash in the down-to-earth world of construction. We want something simpler
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NewsMultimillion-pound courts programme faces delays
Government puts investment plan under review in further blow to firms relying on public sector
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CommentA fair exchange is no robbery: Currency fluctuations
Money matters: Currency fluctuations have never been much of a concern, but with the pound at an all-time low, parties need a more advanced approach to managing risk
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NewsSaudi Arabia to spend £275bn on infrastructure
Kingdom will take advantage of low materials costs to spend $400bn in the next five years
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NewsSheffield seeks partner to build 2,500 homes
Council will form local housing company with private firm to build units for sale and rent on 20 sites
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Comment
O ye who believe... : Sharia and mediation
This second of two articles on dispute resolution under Islamic law looks at arbitration – a system that has found wide acceptance in the Islamic world
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NewsPycroft to step down as Mace boss in five years
Chief executive names trio of insiders in line to succeed him when he hands over the reigns
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NewsCabe audit slams social housing design
Unreleased report by watchdog says most publicly subsidised housing is no better designed than private housing
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NewsLand Securities finally gets permission for Victoria scheme
After two rejections £2bn interchange project to go ahead
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NewsScottish parliament scores high energy rating
Controversial building gets second from top EPC score despite being designed by 1997