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NewsHousebuilders to issue gloomy trading updates
Persimmon, Bovis Homes, Redrow and Barratt to report disappointing figures to the City this week
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NewsProposals invited for 2014 athletes' village in Clyde Gateway
Expressions of interest sought for 38.5ha scheme to become 1,000-home community after Commonwealth Games
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NewsFarrell scheme wins planning on Newcastle's Quayside
George Wimpey development will feature a 13-storey residential tower and a four- to six-storey office building
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NewsGreen flooring: Technik Floor
Panelised stone flooring system behaves as a single-surface layer and replaces cementious screeding
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NewsLet's follow America's LEED
BREEAM should make way for the US green standard, argues the Property Merchant Group chief executive
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NewsJeremy Clarkson’s dream home?
Dubai’s ambitious rotating skyscraper is parading its eco qualities, but it also seems to be encouraging some fuel-thirsty additions…
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NewsHealth & Safety special
This week we have a bumper crop of cover-your-eyes moments from around the world.
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CommentMisery: Crest Nicholson vs Mr & Mrs Western
So you buy a new house, find some flaws, get nowhere with the builder and go to arbitration. At which point your troubles really begin …
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NewsBouygues UK casts net wider for acquisitions
New boss Madani Sow looks at new sectors as the company makes finding right target a priority
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CommentEastern promises
The UK’s own history makes it uniquely placed to partner China in transforming old industries and leading the world in putting eco principles into practice, says John Prescott
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FeaturesHow is that possible?: Beijing’s CCTV Tower
Arup and OMA’s gravity-defying overhang on China’s television headquarters had to be joined without the legs toppling over. Stuart Macdonald reports on the surprisingly simple solution
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NewsMaking the cut: Polish pavillion at the Shanghai Expo 2010
The exterior of this steel-framed building, designed by Wojciech Kakowski, will be in laser-cut plywood
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Banks order Taylor Wimpey to sell Taywood
Lenders insist on disposal of housebuilder’s construction arm after it fails to raise £500m in capital
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FeaturesThe road to recovery: Rebuilding after China’s earthquake
British engineering and construction firms are on the front line of China’s efforts to repair the devastation left by May’s earthquake. Stuart Macdonald reports
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CommentPFI: Opportunity still knocks
Although PFI disaster stories receive a fair bit of publicity, they haven’t dissuaded contractors from signing up
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Withholding notices: Aedas Architects vs Skanska Construction UK
This dispute arose out of works done on contracts to renovate some schools in Midlothian. The claimant sought periodical payments but was met with refusal because the Defendant claimed that it had large and on-going contra set-offs which were much more than what the claimant was pursuing.The claimant argued ...
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NewsUpdated with new images: RSPB Visitor Centre
East London sustainable scheme had to be vandal proof and be an eco-education centre
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NewsMayor announces 10 flagship 'low carbon' zones
Energy Saving Trust, British Gas and EDF Energy will suggest greener solutions for households and businesses to cut carbon footprint and bills
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NewsBanks order Taylor Wimpey to sell Taywood
Lenders insist on disposal of housebuilder’s construction arm after it fails to raise £500m in capital
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NewsCorruption scandal delays Dongtan by two years
Arup’s eco-city for 500,000 people hit by corruption trial of Shanghai political boss who sponsored it