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NewsBest practice makes perfect
Constructing Excellence has awarded demonstration project status to Elmgrove Tower, a £25m affordable housing development in Greenwich, as an example of best practice during the construction process.
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Tories pledge housing study
The Tory party is to undertake in-depth research next year into how to encourage more affordable housing, the shadow housing minister has said.
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Prices of urban development land plummet across country
The value of urban development land outside of London has fallen by a third in the past year, according to research by property consultant Knight Frank.
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NewsRaiding the RDAs
Gordon Brown’s way of paying for last month’s £1bn housing package is to raid the coffers of the regional development agencies. But many people think this will undo 10 years of regeneration – and won’t even touch the housing problem.
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FeaturesDragon's Den: Paul Tinton's building-waste disposal business
At just 28, Paul Tinton braved the heat of the BBC’s Dragons’ Den and came out with a useful £200,000 to invest in his building-waste disposal business.
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FeaturesStadium building: has football's bubble burst?
Despite the credit crunch putting the boot in to the market, there are still chances going begging in the stadium sector – it’s just a little harder to score …
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FeaturesHarnessing the wind: Bahrain World Trade Centre
Bahrain’s World Trade Centre is one of the first buildings to be designed with wind turbines as part of its structure. It sounds simple, but as Thomas Lane discovered, the problems were many and the answers elusive
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Sharewatch: grist for the rumour mill
Despite ticking offs from the archbishops of Canterbury and York, short-sellers still gave housebuilders “a good kicking” last week, in the words of one analyst (see graph).
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FeaturesCost model: Retail development
This year marks the peak of the retail cycle. With the economy slowing, can future schemes deliver quality and innovation? Simon Rawlinson and Richard Taylor of Davis Langdon investigate
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Oakdene breaches banking covenant after £6.4m loss
The future of Oakdene Homes has been called into question after it became the first listed housebuilder to breach its banking covenants this week.
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NewsA code to live by
Last week the OFT told the housing industry it needed a new customer code of conduct. We’re on to it, says the head of a cross-industry group
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NewsToo much hot air
As of Wednesday all publicly accessible government buildings over 1,000m2, including the Houses of Parliament are required to display certificates showing their energy usage, but with trading standards saying nobody will be prosecuted for non-compliance until 2009, it seems to have been something of a soft launch.
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Government may ditch its own green standard for eco-towns
The government is considering abandoning the use of the Code for Sustainable Homes for its flagship eco-towns programme.
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NewsA hole new world
This 22-storey tower is ushering in a new wave of even more architecturally adventurous buildings in Dubai.
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How Multiplex and Cleveland Bridge freewheeled to disaster
September 2002 Cleveland Bridge (CBUK) appointed to £60m steelwork contract on Wembley stadium July-August 2004 CBUK walks off the project in a dispute over payment, claiming that Multiplex had breached its contract.
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Wembley on trial
The Cleveland Bridge vs Multiplex trial was one of the largest cases to result from the stadium project, but it certainly was not the only one. Here are three of the others …
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Councils may risk planning free-for-all
The Conservative party says it would leave councils to make all their own planning decisions, even if that meant risking a development free-for-all in some areas, writes Joey Gardiner.
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High-speed rail link promised
The Conservatives have pledged to build a £15.6bn high-speed rail line from London to Leeds instead of a third runway at Heathrow airport.