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Surveyors smell an ill wind across all construction
The RICS construction survey provides a valuable early indicator of workload trends, so its latest figures showing the slump widening out from house building is cause for concern.You don't see too many charts showing sentiment collapse as fast as it appears to have looking at the charts produced by the ...
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House building in the history books
The surveyors' body RICS seems pretty convinced that annual rate of house building in England will fall below 100,000, unless of course something dramatic happens to pick the market up - what who knows?This had me wondering just how low this puts the house building industry compared to periods in ...
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NewsPressure groups welcome climate change department
Ed Miliband's appointment gains broad support
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NewsHousebuilders' hopes rest with big hitter Beckett
Margaret Beckett must draw on experience to help housebuilders weather the financial storm
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APC Trainer on... Conduct Rules, Ethics and Professional Practice M005 (part 2)
More from Alastair Thompson on conduct rules, ethics and professional practice
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NewsMargaret Beckett appointed housing minister
Former deputy leader of the Labour Party replaces Caroline Flint who moves to the Foreign Office
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NewsMandelson returns to Cabinet as business secretary
Controversial Blair ally replaces John Hutton in shock return to frontbench politics
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FeaturesMy Cityscape: anonymous delegate
The inside track on Cityscape Dubai by a conference veteran who says it will blow away anyone new to the event
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NewsLooney Toon
Iain Kane from Currie & Brown spotted this man out of his 6th-floor office window in Newcastle upon Tyne. As he points out, the balcony the plank rests on is attached to the rotten wood of the dormer window. Let’s hope it holds …
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NewsTaylor Wimpey rescue deal set to survive market unrest
Sources say plans to save housebuilder will continue despite financial problems among its lenders
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Comment£22m later …
As the mood of the times moves smoothly from neurosis to outright hysteria, the return of the Wembley soap opera is strangely reassuring, in a perverse kind of way.
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FeaturesWhat it costs: Green roofs
Green roofs may have environmental benefits, but what do they cost to install and maintain? Peter Mayer of Building LifePlans talks us through the issues
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NewsWhy did the legal battle over Wembley cost so much?
Lawyer Rupert Choat talks to Building’s legal editor Chloe McCulloch about this week’s judgment in the High Court fight between Multiplex and Cleveland Bridge over Wembley Stadium
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NewsFoster designs London Routemaster bus for Boris
Foster + Partners to unveil competition design for signature London bus
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NewsVideo: Man-powered Ferris wheel
A low-emission fairground ride that hopefully won't catch on at the London Eye
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FeaturesMy Cityscape: Paul Savidge
Wintech's group operations director plans to use the exhibition to pick up project-specific enquiries and grow the firm's local business
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FeaturesMy Cityscape: Derek Johnson
Davis Langdon's head of Middle East operations rates the show as the year's top business event, advising novices they'll need at least 100 business cards a day
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FeaturesMy Cityscape: Hussam Abdulghany
This Atkins senior architect attends goes to get a feel of the outlook for the year ahead, and also enjoys assessing rivals' schemes
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NewsCaledonian says crunch will boost off-site sector
SME profile The boss of UK’s biggest modular building specialist explains why its time has come