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Time to price in the cost of losing skills in a housing crash
Until the realisation of the enormity of the task was grasped those at home and those on the way to the front comforted themselves with the line: "It'll be all over by Christmas." That was WW1.How much of this is a myth, I certainly am not qualified to judge. But ...
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FeaturesFirst impressions: Projects by Jean Nouvel and Westfield
Another ‘First Impression’ panellist, this time Graeme Jacquet, graduate from Oxford Brookes University, comments on five new schemes
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NewsVideo: Latest 2012 velopark designs revealed
Chris Hoy unveils plans for 6,000-seat velodrome to host cycling events for the London Games
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NewsLet's bin unintelligent BMSs
A leading IT experts argues the industry will never create truly sustainable and efficient buildings without open protocol building management systems
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NewsFerrovial makes huge profit on George Best airport sale
BAA owner's £132.5m sale of Belfast airport bodes well for likely forced sale of Gatwick and Stansted
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NewsInternational eco-roundup
Dubai carbon-neutral pyramid city, giant Namibian solar power tower, and a video of the dynamic skyscraper..
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NewsNetwork Rail seeks extra £1bn
Rail client reported to be asking for additional funding in its five-yearly pricing review
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Chelsea barracks partnership under threat
Sunday Times reports Candys may be bought out from Chelsea site by Qatari ruling family
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NewsIsis sheds chief exec and 50% of staff
Mark Ryder resigns from developer and half of staff made redundant as the credit crunch bites
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Surveyor’s body recovered after Stroud trench collapse
Severe weather hampers emergency services for two days after fatal accident on Gloucestershire building site
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Oxford vigil to mark death of worker at Simons site
Ucatt and Construction Safety Campaign to stage minute's silence outside Marriotts Close site
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Former KBR chief admits using bribery to win contracts
Nigerian officials were allegedly bribed over 10 years in efforts to obtain engineering and construction contracts
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APC Trainer on... Technology and Environmental Services (T013)
Testing the strength of your steel and concrete knowledge
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NewsCouncils on the existing stock – video
A senior officer from the Local Government Association gives her perspective on the work her body has been doing to make housing more efficient and what the government needs to do
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NewsAircrete can help with thermal design, research suggests
BRE work afoot to further improve values
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NewsWhat Kazakhstan can teach the Thames Gateway planners
Despite Lord Foster's amazing architecture, Kazakhstan's new capital city lacks life - because people don't like artificially grown settlements
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NewsConstruction output falls 0.5%
Private housing work drops 7% but public housing and infrastructure output rises in second quarter
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NewsGreen guide launched for pre-owned modular buildings
Foremans says the use of recycled modular buildings is an environmentally sound alternative
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NewsThe secret stature of the Burj Dubai
The world's tallest tower is going up in Dubai, but just how tall it will be is a well-kept secret - and for good reason
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NewsCouncils call for national home insulation programme
Local Government Association claims fuel poverty could be lifted and domestic carbon emissions cut by 20% through energy supplier contributions