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NewsHousing stats: New-build sales and completions in March 2009
Housing associations surpass private registrations for the first time since 1986
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CommentApprenticeships: has the system collapsed?
Apprentices are one of the main victims of the recession, but if they suffer today, it’s a sure thing that the rest of the industry will suffer tomorrow. So how can they be saved?
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Government ups skills pressure
The government is moving towards making training policies a factor in whether firms win public work
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NewsGimme five
Foster + Partners’ designs for the first five-star hotel near Heathrow have been approved by the mayor of London
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NewsCitywatch: We're buying us!
It was a bizarre week for consulting engineer White Young Green: the graph shows it was by far the biggest climber in the construction sector
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FeaturesFrom Grey to Green
Poor old concrete: too dull and not sustainable. Well, the dullness charge never did stack up, but now a report from the Concrete Industry Sustainable Construction Forum intends to deal with the second one by telling the industry how it can transform its environmental image
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NewsA long and winding bridge
Wilkinson Eyre has won a design competition for the “Peace Bridge” in Derry, Northern Ireland
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NewsGrand Prix hotel on track: Aldar's Yas Hotel
Part of the £27bn Yas Island development in Abu Dhabi, is on course to open in September
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CommentAbout all we could hope for
The Budget might not have been all that the industry would have wished for, but for a country facing its biggest public debt since the war, it was about what you’d expect
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CommentWeb poll: The Chelsea Barracks furore
As Prince Charles pooh-poohed Lord Rogers’ design and proposed Quinlan Terry instead, nearly 1,000 readers rushed to our online poll to tell us which they prefer. The results so far? Terry 67%, Rogers 33%
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NewsBudget fails to lift gloom over growth of national debt
Industry welcomes measures to soften impact of downturn but fears dramatic cuts in the futureBy the Building newsdesk
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The Grimdex: 24 April 2009
Building’s seven-strong Gloomwatch panel was formed to take the temperature of the ailing construction industry
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NewsSurvey reveals growing anger with banks
A fifth of small and medium-sized builders have been refused an extension to their overdraft in the past 12 months, despite government attempts to improve the availability of credit
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FeaturesSomething for the panes: vacuum glazing
Double glazing isn’t always a suitable prescription for thermally inefficient older buildings, particularly in conservation areas where the original style has to be maintained. Could a slimline Japanese system be a better remedy?
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FeaturesCode standard windows
Jeld-Wen has developed a window that is designed to help architects and developers meet the requirements of the Code for Sustainable Homes
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Revolving doors
Royal Boon Edam Group has come up with a design for a revolving door that also generates energy