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London ALMO is the first to buy new council homes
Brent Housing Parnership outbids Hyde Housing for development
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NewsMultiplex sues Mott Macdonald for £253m over Wembley
New claim over alleged design failings is believed to be one of the biggest in construction history
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Le Corbusier: The Art of Architecture - until 18 January 2009
RIBA organises an exploration of the career of iconic architect
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New zero carbon proposals: 'An admirable cop-out'
Building surveys industry reactions to yesterday's government proposal to make zero-carbon housing targets more achievable
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News'Accordia of the North-east' faces planning refusal
Stirling prize-winners' next housing scheme undergoes public inquiry in Gateshead
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NewsDLR death sparks quick-hitch digger safety review
Strategic Forum sets up dedicated safety group on quick hitches after recent death on Skanska/GrantRail project
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NewsMortgage lending down by half in a year
New figures out today show gross lending dropped 51% in the 12 months to November
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BAM wins £120m Scottish hospital revamp
Contractor named on redesign and refurbishment of Dumfries hospital
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NewsMorgan Sindall on track for record profit
Contractor predicts strong 2008 final figures and says broad spread of activity should underpin its performance next year
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British Land names Chris Grigg as new chief exec
Former chief of Barclays Commercial Bank will take up new post in January
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NewsGlenn Howells wins £20m Birmingham campus contract
Practice beats Ted Cullinan and BDP to Newman University College job
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NewsKeltbray buys asbestos removal group out of administration
Acquisition by demolition contractor saves 250 jobs at Pectel, which becomes a division of Keltbray but keeps its name
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Comment
If 2008 was bad for the housing market, 2009 looks much worse
There are plenty of scary figures in the latest forecast from the Council of Mortgage Lenders not least the expectation that half a million homeowners will fall into arrears.The expectation that 75,000 homes will be repossessed by mortgage lenders is pretty scary too, especially as this in practice would mean ...
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Taylor Wimpey and the Siamese twin chimpanzees
The Taylor Wimpey email from boss Peter "call me Pete" Redern to staff that did the rounds yesterday raised as few eyebrows in the City.Not least for its humorous reference to Angelina Jolie giving birth to Siamese twin chimpanzees when describing how much press coverage the housebuilder has had ...
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APC Trainer on: Client care (M003), spotlight on level 2
The chairman of the APC panel tends to ask the questions on this tricky compentency. Here’s how to win him/her over…
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NewsConstruction redundancies rise by 31,000
Figures are three times higher than over the same three-month period last year
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NewsTaylor Wimpey leak reveals refinancing deal near
City analysts say leaked internal email suggests increased likelihood of deal early next year
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NewsBerkeley submits plans for £1bn revamp of Greenwich council estate
Masterplan includes 4,000 homes and a 130m-wide park on what will be the largest UK residential scheme outside the Olympic zone