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    Housing Bill survives revolt by Labour backbenchers

    2008-04-04T00:00:00Z

    A major backbench revolt by Labour MPs nearly succeeded in halting the progress of the Housing Bill to the Lords this week.

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    House prices fall

    2008-04-04T00:00:00Z

    House prices fell again in March according to property data firm Hometrack.

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    Liverpool homes

    2008-04-04T00:00:00Z

    Liverpool council has transferred more than 15,000 tenant homes to Liverpool Mutual Homes.

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    Lovells in Leicester

    2008-04-04T00:00:00Z

    Lovells is to build a £13.5m mixed-tenure housing development in Beaumont Leys, Leicester.

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    £25m services deal

    2008-04-04T00:00:00Z

    Raglan Housing Association has signed up property services contractor Ian Williams to a 15-year, £25m maintenance deal on homes in Bedford and Leicester.

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    Regional strategies

    2008-04-04T00:00:00Z

    Regional development agencies’ housing, planning and growth strategies will have to be signed off by a “forum” of the region’s council leaders, the government has said.

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    Investing in the North

    2008-04-04T00:00:00Z

    Martin Crookston, director of Urban Studio, is among the regeneration figures appointed to oversee a commission to encourage private investment in the North.

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    Rogers slams Thames Gateway

    2008-04-04T00:00:00Z

    Architect Lord Rogers has accused the government of overseeing the creation of “shoddy Toytown houses” on the banks of the river, with the Thames Gateway scheme.

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    Well fit: Foster + Partners’ Willis Building

    2008-04-04T00:00:00Z

    StructureTone completes fit-out of architects sustainable timber building in the City

  • Institut du Monde Arabe
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    French toast: Pritzker prize to Jean Nouvel

    2008-04-04T00:00:00Z

    Star architect of Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris is 32nd winner of the Pritzker prize

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    Fifth of surveyors report drop in workload over first quarter

    2008-04-04T00:00:00Z

    Growth in construction workloads fell to its lowest level for more than a decade in the first quarter as the credit crunch hit the industry.

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    Strategic Forum gets to work on supply chain integration

    2008-04-04T00:00:00Z

    The Strategic Forum has produced an action plan to promote supply-chain integration.

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    MPs to approve skills targets

    2008-04-04T00:00:00Z

    A report on the work of the sector skills council for construction was due to be approved by parliament as Building went to press.

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    Birmingham shortlist

    2008-04-04T00:00:00Z

    Foreign Office Architects, OMA, Foster + Partners, Hopkins, Mecanoo, Schmidt Hammer Lassen and Wilkinson Eyre are shortlisted to design the £193m Birmingham library.

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    Morgan in St Helens

    2008-04-04T00:00:00Z

    Morgan Ashurst has won a £5.3m deal to design and build a 30,000ft2 business park in St Helens, Merseyside, for Langtree.

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    ECA training fund

    2008-04-04T00:00:00Z

    The Electrical Contractors Association has launched a £10m training fund for areas that do not qualify for government funding, such as adult training.

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    20m Greenwich gift

    2008-04-04T00:00:00Z

    The National Maritime Museum has received a £20m donation from shipping magnate Sammy Ofer towards the new £35m wing at its Maritime Greenwich world heritage site.

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    Empty property tax

    2008-04-04T00:00:00Z

    The government’s reforms of empty property relief took effect from 1 April.

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    7.4m Tower deal

    2008-04-04T00:00:00Z

    Travelodge has appointed property and construction consultant Wakemans to manage the development of its £7.4m Tower of London hotel.

  • Two of Stanhope’s City projects: Laing O’Rourke’s Mark Lane
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    Stanhope names contractors for three City schemes

    2008-04-04T00:00:00Z

    Developer presses ahead with three office buildings despite turmoil in financial markets