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FMB defends government housebuilding targets
Builders slam MPs for questioning whether 3 million new homes are still needed
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BRE launches standard for green and ethical specification
Rule is launched with 2012 Games in mind and should enable designers to source more sustainable materials
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India gives Nepal infrastructure boost
Funding for educational institutes and rural electrification
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US construction slows less than forecast
Increase in private non-housing boosts construction spending as presidential polls open
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Construction workers get free tickets for 2010 World Cup
South African workers who helped build football stadiums each get two free match tickets
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Foster Wheeler to oversee new £2.5bn Libyan refinery
Engineer's Milan office will project manage construction of Zorco's 200,000-barrels-a-day facility
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South Bank Uni tops out Grimshaw building
Topping-out ceremony held as structure of eight-storey scheme completed
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Threat of more job cuts as credit crunch contagion spreads to commercial work
The recession in construction is looking increasingly desperate as the giant commercial sector appears to be heading for a nasty fall.The latest round of data will be a massive body blow to those who sought comfort in the notion that the recession in construction might limit itself mainly to housing.The ...
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Interim Management Statements: Why bother?
Balfour Beatty's market update this morning made fairly unexciting reading.Apart from the news that a couple of PFI schemes have been pushed back due to the current market malaise, the 354 words didn't add much to its interim results eight weeks ago.Same story for Carillion a fortnight ago - whose ...
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MPs label T5 a 'national embarrassment'
Commons report slams BA and BAA for 'serious failings' and 'hoping for the best'
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MPs hit out at government homes targets
Committee criticises pursuit of building new homes at expense of raising environmental standards
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Approval imminent for third Heathrow runway
Government committed to airport expansion despite cross-party opposition
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Credit crunch hits Euro 2012
Work is frozen on hotels for 2012 football championship in Ukraine
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Trump gets go-ahead for Aberdeenshire golf course
Economic benefits of £1bn resort outweigh environmental concerns
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Engineering body says rail funding figure is 'deeply worrying'
Government not giving Network Rail the investment it needs, says ACE
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Dubai law forces building managers to reveal service charges
Strata Law obliges developers to be more open about what constitutes service charges
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Web poll: Are banks squeezing your business?
Are banks' strict new lending terms putting your small business under intolerable pressure
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Holder Mathias' sleek design for vehicle agency
£7.5m scheme developed in new type of partnership with Welsh government
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Commercial demand falls fastest for a decade
RICS figures for third-quarter demand show retail property is worst hit