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NewsMoveable Torfaen EcoBuilding
White Design worked on the £325,000 scheme using the latest eco-techniques and technology to provide a green benchmark
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NewsUAE unveils ambitious masterplan for Abu Dhabi - images
Plans for emirate will see population triple to 3m over next 22 years
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Waterman unaffected by credit crunch
Environmental and engineering consultant says business is in “robust health”
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NewsDemolition contractor destroys jumbo
General Demolition dismantles 71m-long plane in Bournemouth
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Construction confidence sinking fast
Accountants report business confidence sliding in all sectors, but predict no recession
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NewsCarillion named second greenest company in UK
Skanska MCM Architecture and Berkeley Homes also among most sustainable companies according to The Sunday Times Green List
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Wildlife groups trump £1bn Scottish golf scheme
Environmentalists propose alternative layout to protect sand dunes from Donald Trump's planned golf resort
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Accountants see confidence drop in property and construction
When accountants start to get twitchy it is worth sitting up and taking notice. So, the latest business confidence survey by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) showing the impact of the credit crunch is spreading is worth taking seriously.Figures of note are that property has ...
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RICS revises down house price forecast
Transactions are to plunge by 40% this year and prices will fall about 5%, says the latest Housing Market Forecast from the surveyors body RICS.The latest forecast shifts RICS from it position of last September when it was predicting house prices would remain flat. But for the industry at large ...
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"Wrong tactics" by sellers stoke asking prices for homes
The rise in Rightmove's asking price index to a new record high is the result of out-of-touch discretionary sellers testing the spring market with unrealistic prices, according to the property website's commercial director Miles Shipside.Despite the almost overwhelming gloom in the market, Rightmove posted a rise of 1.2% in asking ...
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NewsArup proposes Eurostar extension to Heathrow
New line would extend high speed continental rail link to the north of England via a huge new transport hub at Heathrow
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FeaturesNeil Sachdev: Want to work for Sainsbury's? First stack some shelves ...
Supermarket giant Sainsbury’s plans to spend more than £700m annually on growing its space by 10% over the next three years. But if you want to impress commercial director Neil Sachdev, you’ll need to know your way around the shop floor.
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CommentFirst impressions: Projects by Make and Sheppard Robson
Another veteran First Impression panellist, this time from Nottingham University, returns to comment on recent images of new projects on the Building website
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NewsChalcot estate: Altered towers
The refurbishment of a sixties north London estate could serve as a template as attention turns to cutting CO2 emissions from existing housing. Stephen Kennett reports
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NewsPlanning review: Teaching tortoise to gallop
The latest planning review aims to ‘weed out bureaucratic hurdles’. Jon Neale asked senior figures at every stage of the planning process to tell us exactly what is going wrong
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CommentLegal special: The OFT and us
Mark Jones and Victoria Slater kick off the analysis by explaining the background to the OFT’s interest in the building industry – which shows no signs of subsiding
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FeaturesThe plot to escape Erinaceous
When Britain’s fastest growing consultant began to fall apart, the firms it bought had to find a way to avoid sharing its fate. For seven months they fought a hidden war to save their lives. Sarah Richardson found out how six of them pulled it off
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CommentIt just gets worse
When the Office of Fair Trading accuses the supermarkets of price fixing, consumers don’t demand assurances at the checkout that the butter they’re buying has been fairly priced.
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NewsRedrow slashes staff by 15% as housing reservations halve
Housebuilder acts to cut costs and blames shortages of mortgages for paralysing market