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NewsDouble-decker bus-stop hits the Oxo tower
Architects' transformational designs in two new initiatives include bunk-bed bus stops and a snowdrop formation
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NewsCorporation seeks green building superstar
Sustainable building prize winner will join famous name projects
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Taylor Wimpey update update
There is a degree of uncertainty surrounding the date of Taylor Wimpey's next trading update - but what can we read into it?While Persimmon brought theirs forward this week and Barratt and Redrow are pencilled in the diary for November, there is no word from TW on a date yet.It ...
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NewsShow me the money: loans for construction firms, house prices and jobs
Ahead of the CIH's eastern region conference, economist David Tinsley says how far house prices could fall, what this means for unemployment and when banks will lend to housebuilders again
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NewsBerkeley Homes tops green housebuilder survey
Crest Nicholson is rated second in the survey into housebuilders' attitudes to climate change
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NewsConstruction has highest death toll, says HSE
More workers died in construction than any other industry despite a fall in the number of fatalities from 77 to 72 in 2007/08
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NewsJumeirah Beach sex pair face longer in jail
Prosecution appeals against leniency of Britons’ three-month prison sentence
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NewsHome repossessions rise 71%
Repossessions in second quarter show ‘significant’ rise, while prices fall 2.2% in the year to September
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NewsUS markets leap on hope of interest cut
Upbeat trading across the globe follows speculation that central banks are about to cut rates
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NewsNew construction body calls for public spending boost
The new CBI Construction Council says government should accelerate spending in areas such as Olympics and BSF during the downturn
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News$25bn rescue plan for Hungary
IMF, EU and World Bank pledge aid over 17 months to save nation’s economy
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NewsDubai Towers takes the LEED in Qatar
Developer Sama Dubai’s RMJM-designed tower will be first in Qatar to gain LEED environmental certification
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NewsFoster reveals latest Crossrail design for Canary Wharf
The proposed £500m Crossrail station will include a shopping centre, restaurants and cafes
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NewsUnorthodox approach
Roof tilers take chances in Batsi, a seaside resort on the Greek island of Andros
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A week is a long time in housebuilding
This week's news that £254m-turnover David McLean had fallen into administration sent reverberations around the industry because it was the biggest construction faller yet in the credit crunch.Administrator Deloitte will wind up the contracting arm and plans to sell off its housing developments; all very sensible so far.Presumably all the ...
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NewsLet it be: did a government review of private rented housing go far enough?
Nick Jopling of CB Richard Ellis says what's missing from the Rugg Review, why a build-to-let sector should not need tax breaks and how student accommodation could be the solution to the housing shortage
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NewsHead in the clouds
Should this German workman have his head in the ceiling while the public hurry past below?
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NewsTaking stock: how two housing associations swapped homes
The housing regulator has urged landlords to swap homes to concentrate their efforts on particular neighbourhoods but few have done so. Now A2Dominion Group tells us of its recent trade with nearby landlord Moat
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News8,000 construction jobs may go in Northern Ireland
Industry body says employment in the region is at 'crisis point'