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NewsHill wins £5m Cambridge college contract
Consultant will project manage redevelopment of Clare College site
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NewsWolseley cuts 3,000 more US jobs
Materials firm's job losses since 2006 market peak now total 10,600
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NewsLike Cannes, but with buildings …
The World Architectural Festival is a feast of stunning buildings, big names and weeping designers
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NewsBRE's Peter Bonfield reveals highlights of Insite 09
Three new buildings are earmarked for the Innovation Park at heart of event, says BRE chief executive
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NewsAxe hangs over 200 staff at Bovis Lend Lease
Drop in commercial work threatens staff numbers as credit crunch bites
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NewsThe international surprises of the World Architecture Festival
From chapels to car parks, the UK has a lot to learn from the ideas of small architects abroad
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NewsA romantic affair between man and machine
London Fields played host this weekend to 'Transports Exceptionnels', a remarkable encounter between a svelte French dancer and a 13-tonne digger
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NewsShortlists revealed for QS Awards
Shortlists for six categories of the annual awards have been published, including Best All-Round QS
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NewsAukett steeled for possible project 'funding issues'
International architect predicts results in line with expectations after making provision for possible credit crunch-related problems
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NewsSkanska wins £75m Polish road contract
Construction group will build two bypasses in south-west Poland
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Banks pledge to help small firms
Bankers set out proposals for supporting small businesses through the downturn
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Plant hire division rescued at Northants firm
Jobs saved after administrators of Mainland Construction Group find buyer for division
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Mitie fined £300k over electrician's death
Firm fined for safety breach that caused 2005 electrocution, but directors are acquitted
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Construction worker to appear in 'Polish Eastenders'
Producer says drama about young immigrants in Britain will be about 'Polsih people screwing over other Poles'
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NewsUS doctors try to reattach builder's severed foot
Accident occurred during pile driving works at New Jersey power plant site
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NewsSustainable design to go into hibernation, expert says
Building regulations chief sees no profit in sustainability
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Comment
US are repossessing more homes per head than the UK is building
Now here is a thought. Over the past months, the rate of foreclosures (repossession) per head of population in the US has been running ahead of the rate of new homes built per head of population in the UK.I haven't got the precise figures on UK completions, because they haven't ...
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NewsSecond homes are pushing out locals, says council
Last week the government's planning advisers said there was little evidence that second homes squeezed out first time buyers. The deputy leader of a council in a second-home hotspot gives his view
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NewsThe suburban carbon slashers
It looks like a thirties terrace but it's leading the way in getting rid of almost all carbon emissions