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Oakdene doldrums
The price of Oakdene, a housebuilder in the South-east, has remained low since it fell from 99.5p to 66p after a profit warning last week.
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2.3bn in orders
Infrastructure consultant Mouchel is trading in line with expectations in 2008.
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Travis Perkins grows
Travis Perkins has opened 13 branches this year, which it hopes will add £24m to turnover in 2008.
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CommentIs Prince Charles right?
Prince Charles’ speech on new buildings in old places last week was not the bombshell lobbed by his “monstrous carbuncle” diatribe of 1984, which precipitated a nationwide reaction by planning authorities against modern architecture.
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… but confidence takes a hit as growth in output slows
Growth in the construction industry slowed to its lowest level for 16 months in January.
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Buy-to-let ‘has added £14,000 to average house price’
House prices have been inflated by buy-to-let investors, according to a report by the government’s housing affordability advisers.
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Council serves CPO to start work on Colindale estate
First compulsory purchase order under 2004 planning legislation is served by Barnet Council
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More scrutiny
Steven Douglas, chief executive of the Housing Corporation, said it would increase its scrutiny of board governance during its final year as regulator of registered social landlords.
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Stock market turmoil forces T&T to postpone flotation
Turner & Townsend has shelved plans to float on the stock exchange after failing to achieve its £200m target valuation.
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NewsKings of King Street
Grainger and Helical Bapr have been appointed to develop a mixed-use scheme in Hammersmith, west London.
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Crossrail agrees to keep noise down with £2m rubber track
Rubber “noise dimming” rail tracks will have to be installed on parts of the £16bn Crossrail scheme after businesses and residents on the route complained about noise.
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NewsReading’s improving
Construction starts this month on the Green Park office scheme on the southern outskirts of Reading.
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NewsArts centre inches into life
Grimshaw’s arts centre for the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York is midway through construction after being delayed for more than a year.
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… as architects battle for Euston station
Foreign Office Architects, Grimshaw and Wilkinson Eyre are battling it out to design the £1bn Euston station redevelopment for British Land and Network Rail.
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FeaturesProcurement: Develop and construct
Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon describes a new twist to this procurement route that combines elements of two-stage tendering and collaborative working