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Tories rule out forcing councils to build homes
Top-down approach rejected in favour of incentives for councils to increase housebuilding
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Property slump blows £400m hole in Crossrail funding
£16bn link may be delayed by fall in land prices and failure to meet funding deadlines
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The wet room
Timber is well suited to the harsh environment of an indoor swimming pool, but at Longwell Green the finish also decided the way the building was constructed, as Stephen Kennett discovered
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Profit plunges 99% at Russian construction firm LSR
First-half net profit of $3m compares with $209m in same period last year, after investments are revalued
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David Adjaye to design two libraries in Washington DC
British architect wins exclusive US commission on back of UK 'Idea Stores'
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CPA predicts three-year slump
Construction is facing a three-year recession, the Construction Products Association warned this week after the financial crisis forced it to revise its forecasts
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£11bn schools work to fuel flagging construction sector
Government primary school building programme on track for April, as academies framework expands
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Cleveland Bridge may appeal £8m Wembley stadium judgment
Judge critical of both sides but awards Multiplex damages and 20% of costs
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Aluminium guttering
Marley has launched the Alutec Evolve range of aluminium rainwater systems, which it says is light and has a life expectancy of more than 50 years.
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Waterproofing systems
Waterproofing systems from Alumasc have been used at Beacon South Quarter, a new retail, commercial and residential development in Sandyford, Dublin.
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Taylor Wimpey banks deal delayed
Talks to secure robust financing structure for housebuilder likely to go on into next year
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Tories in talks over future of £45bn schools programme
PfS could be scrapped and city academies doubled
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The alternatives: Timber ceilings
Timber can be used to create stunning ceilings. Stephen Kennett takes a look at three ways to obtain maximum visual impact
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Work on Viñoly’s Colchester arts centre finally resumes
Council strikes £14.2m deal with Banner Holdings to finish exterior, as design changes to cut costs
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Developer fined for unsafe site management
Chelford Properties repeatedly put workers and public at risk by not securing sites and poorly managing site traffic
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Lawyers say downturn will lead to ‘year of adjudication’
Lawyers predict disputes will soar in 2009 as firms break contracts and wrangle over payment terms
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Royal Haskoning to review New Orleans flooding risk
Consultant signs new deal aimed at maximising damage limitation in future floods
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Zero carbon definition set for another delay
Green blogger claims planned definition for Code for Sustainable Homes will not be released until next year
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Comment
Forecasters see an £8 billion drop for construction work by 2010
So the latest stab by the Construction Products Association to make sense of the economic chaos suggests that construction output will fall 7% over the next three years. That is a loss in cash terms of about £8 billion in work by 2010.The pace of decline in sentiment within construction ...