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NewsStyles & Wood cuts 45 jobs and restructures board
New boss believes redundancies and bolstered management board will ‘keep business healthy’
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Architects step into BAA breach
Architects have been parachuted in to review rivals’ work on BAA schemes as employees with construction expertise continue to leave the embattled airport operator.
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Balfour Beatty scores Wembley win
Balfour Beatty has won a £250m deal to build the next phase in Quintain’s regeneration of Wembley.
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NewsGlobal construction inflation hits 30%
EC Harris reports strong cost rise in eastern Europe over the past year
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Futures market puts house prices in cash terms down by a third by 2011
Punters in the residential derivatives game are putting a very bleak gloss on the direction of house prices.The Tradition Future HPI, which measures future prices against the Halifax (HBOS) non-seasonally adjusted average, puts a value of £137,233 on an average house in June 2011. Given that prices peaked at £201,081 ...
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Jones Lang LaSalle acquires ECD
Real estate firm buys Canadian firm ECD, the original developer of the Green Globes rating system
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Three years of construction recession forecast - is that possible?
My good friend Martin Hewes provided me with a sneak preview of his latest three-year forecast for construction output. It's not a bedtime read for the faint hearted, that's for sure.The Hewes & Associates numbers show a recession in construction stretching out for the three years of the forecast period, ...
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NewsAbout to fall on slough...
Thanks to Karl Greenfield of the Access Group for this poignant example of the struggle for meaningful human existence in John Betjeman’s “favourite” dormitory town
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NewsWinning combinations – Housing Design Awards winners from the past 60 years
To commemorate its Diamond Jubilee, the Housing Design Awards revisited award-winning developments of the past 60 years, looking for those that, in particular, excelled as sustainable buildings. Martin Spring brings you the six winners. Photographs by Tim Crocker
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FeaturesThe line of duty – Tim Laurence, Defence Estates
Tim Laurence has commanded warships, sailed the world and held top positions in the government. But taking the helm at Defence Estates is perhaps his greatest challenge.
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FeaturesWe did it our way - Charettes
Charrettes are the new face of collaborative planning, bringing together artists, architects and town planners to thrash out a development plan for an area. But do they work?
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FeaturesKeeping it in the family – Construction dynasties
When family-run businesses are handed down from one generation to another, all manner of issues come into play, not least of which is ownership. Roxane McMeeken looks at how to keep a construction dynasty going
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NewsHome truths: Assistive technology
Technological advances are being harnessed by care homes to allow elderly or disabled residents a greater degree of independence
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NewsSmart meters: technology for housebuilders to monitor energy consumption
Housebuilders have been sluggish in picking up on new technology that allows suppliers and consumers to monitor energy consumption in the home. But studies show they have clear benefits
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NewsHouse doctor: Smarten yourself up with intelligent homes
Intelligent homes are no longer the preserve of the wealthy or the technocratic. To prove it, Peter Caplehorn of Scott Brownrigg runs through the five steps to consider when installing home automation systems
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NewsMultiroom entertainment
Multiroom entertainment systems specialist Opus Technologies has launched the WCU600, a fully customisable touchscreen keypad that can be used to control its Opus 500 whole-house music and video system, as well as other smart home products.
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NewsHeating sensors
Radiant Control has introduced the Kanmor 084e discreet heating sensor, which it says is the first that can be hidden from view in plaster or plasterboard.
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NewsLighting control
MK Electric has enhanced its Aspect DSC lighting control system with the launch of a two-channel version.
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Heating controllers
Dimplex has developed a rotary radio frequency controller and receiver for controlling electric heating appliances in the home, thereby minimising energy waste.
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Cable management
Mita Cable Management Specialists has introduced two new ranges of cable management systems to complement its existing product range.