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CommentMissing our chance
The response on all sides of the housing industry was the same: it’s the mortgage market, stupid!
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Downturn hits QSs as Davis Langdon makes job cuts
The impact of the credit crunch spread to new parts of the industry this week as it emerged Davis Langdon was cutting staff, while several industry sources said fellow QS Arcadis AYH was also making cuts.
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Earthquake experts: Chinese building regs are out of date
Chinese building codes were inadequate in the face of the Sichuan earthquake and must be updated, a group of seismic experts has warned.
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NewsClose encounters: International UFO Museum and Research Center
This is the design for the new $30m (£16.8m) 18,000ft2 International UFO Museum and Research Center, in Roswell, New Mexico.
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CommentHansom Dancing away the storm
There may be trouble ahead, but while there’s music and moonlight and love and romance, let’s face the music and dance. Alternatively, we could just change our names
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NewsCity slickers
This is the first image of a proposed residential conversion of two back-to-back office buildings in London. Designed by architect ORMS for developer Halcyon Properties, the scheme will provide 26 apartments as well as retail and restaurant space.
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HCA names Taylor Wimpey’s Terry Fuller as regional director
Terry Fuller, Taylor Wimpey’s managing director of major projects, has been appointed director of the East of England at the planned Homes and Communities Agency.
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Urban village go-ahead
Chesterfield council has granted planning for the first phase of a £300m urban village on the edge of the town.
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Lovell wins scheme
Affordable housing developer Lovell has been chosen by Craven Housing Association to build a £2.4m affordable housing development in Hellifield, near Skipton, in North Yorkshire.
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City links project
The Northern Way and the Spatial Economics Research Centre are carrying out a research project to boost links between Manchester and Leeds to encourage the cities’ regeneration.
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CommentFortune cookies
As the Olympics move on from China, Richard Steer looks to the future and asks what legacy the Games will leave the People’s Republic – and what they will mean for London
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CommentBuilding buys a pint for … Parsons Brinckerhoff
Forget hard drinking, this group’s main concern is how to outdo last week’s Building Buys a Pint lot in the glamour stakes. Given that they were on a yacht and we are on a London street on a greyish evening, this seems a tricky task.
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NewsAedas appoints new Birmingham regional manager
Also: Cyril Sweett announces three regional directors in Bristol
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NewsPaul Maddison's postcard from Dubai
The EC Harris partner is looking forward to the end of summer heat and the start of new 'biggest, tallest, longest' schemes
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NewsTooth fairy visits freerunner after bloody night out
Freefrunning, the art of Jumping off buildings, sounds dangerous and often is. Just ask the competitor who landed headfirst at last night's World Freerun Championships
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NewsAffordable homes target at risk despite rescue package
Industry observer says government's £1bn of housing measures will have 'bugger all impact'
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NewsCluttons launches property asset recovery service
Consultant's new division a response to current credit crunch and property market slowdown
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NewsRLF project manager leads all-female crew at Little Britain
Association of Women in Property team includes contractors, architects, consultants and construction lawyers