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NewsCZWG to scale back Arsenal regeneration
Arsenal Football Club is being forced to scale back the final part of its £390m regeneration of the area around its new Emirates stadium in north London, writes Martin Spring.
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NewsWeather delays completion of Snowdon cafe
Carillion postpones opening of £8.35m cafe because of heavy rain and snow
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NewsPlans unveiled for £135m Weymouth seafront redevelopment
Barlow Henley has drawn up masterplan for Howard Holdings’ Weymouth Pavilion and ferry terminal
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Scaffolding manufacturer to close
Cost of raw materials and collapsing housing market hit Welsh firm with loss of 23 jobs
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Birmingham cowboy fined for botched loft conversion
Gerald Collins convicted of convening Building Regs after causing structural damage to client's home
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NewsBuilders react to slump by taking down half-built homes
Berkshire councillor alleges that move has been made to avoid triggering planning payments
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Industry hits 18-year low as prices rise and demand cools
Effect of the market downturn is spreading beyond housebuilders as industry activity goes into reverse
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MPs fear schools bidding is unfair
MPs have raised fears that the government’s £45bn Building Schools for the Future programme is being split between too few contractors, writes Sarah Richardson.
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UK ‘risks losing race to build nuclear power stations’
Government warned that competitors may snap up vital parts if it spends any longer ‘dithering’
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NewsMPs: Make quick fixes a priority for green offices
Cross-party group recommends simple measures to cut carbon before complex retrofitting of offices
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FeaturesMeter reading
Hager has launched a compact and convenient solution for metering energy consumption to comply with Part L2 of the Building Regulations
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Comment
And now for the good news - Treasury set to widen the goalposts
I am not really sure why I was surprised to hear Nick Robinson on the BBC news last night confirming an FT story due to run today about the Treasury changing the borrowing rule set by Gordon Brown when he was Chancellor.It seemed clear that Government debt was set ...
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NewsIt’s a funny old world…
Thanks to Peter Hunt of Technal Architectural Aluminium Systems for the picture on the top right, accompanied by the eternal question: “How many men does it take to fill a flower bed?”
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NewsInternational salary guide 2008: Run!
So there’s a recession coming, the cost of living is rising and my guess is it’s probably raining. Has there ever been a better time to find out how much you could be earning overseas? Thom Gibbs presents this year’s Hays Construction & Property international salary guide
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CommentDomestic builds: Identifying the rogue element
Things often go awry with domestic projects, but they may not always be the fault of cowboy builders
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CommentOlympic hopeful
Never trust an Olympic Delivery Authority until you can see the white of its balance sheet. On the strength of this, Tony Bingham is quite encouraged, actually
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Sharpening the knives in Dubai
Despite the number and scale of construction projects in Dubai, disputes have been few and far between. But several recent changes could set the lawyers’ phones ringing
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CommentData protection: The prying game
The monitoring of individuals is accepted practice today, but be careful how you use the data, as those being watched still have a right to privacy, says Angus Darroch-Warren
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Building intelligence Q1 2008: Hold on tight
Performance varied widely across the industry, with the M&E and infrastructure sectors looking healthy despite the financial turmoil. Experian Business Strategies explains why …
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CommentOur digital lives - Stef & Stelio Stefanou
Stef and Stelio Stefanou’s real lives look similar on paper. So Charlotte Matheson is surprised to discover that the brothers’ online habits are as different as … WA Mozart and Amy Winehouse