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Bechtel closes in on Crossrail delivery partner job
US engineer Bechtel has emerged as the firm favourite to win the role of delivery partner on the Crossrail scheme.
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NewsGrand Piano
As negotiations continue over the Shard, images have been revealed of the first UK project designed by its architect, Renzo Piano, close to Centrepoint tower in central London.
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Oxford University campus attracts star-studded shortlist
Oxford university has shortlisted Bennetts Associates, David Chipperfield, Kohn Pedersen Fox and Wilkinson Eyre for two academic buildings worth £150m.
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Diploma to double intake
Places on the construction and built environment diploma will be doubled for September 2009, under plans announced by the government.
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Urban Splash plans hotel expansion
Urban Splash has appointed architect Allford Hall Monaghan Morris to design the second hotel in its emerging hospitality division.
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NewsSo that’s how it’s done
Construction has begun on Eureka, a sustainable office building in Kent for developer Quadrant Estates.
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NewsThe Pearl of Newquay
Construction is about to start on this residential scheme on Newquay promenade in Cornwall.
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Kinetics buys Rochdale fabric maintenance firm for £7m
Maintenance contractor Kinetics Group has bought £20m-turnover fabric maintenance company Lord Group for an estimated £7m.
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Cyril Sweett buys Nisbet
Cyril Sweett has bought £7m-turnover consultancy Nisbet for £5.9m in shares and cash.
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NewsSharewatch — Market buoyed by hints of US recovery
Good news from the US meant housebuilders enjoyed a mini rally this week. US home sales rose for the first time in seven months in February – by 2.9% to just over 5 million. Although it was 24% down year on year, it prompted some to say the market had ...
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Henry Boot calls for urgent cut in interbank lending rate
Jamie Boot, group managing director of Henry Boot, says interbank lending rates must come down to give housebuilders some respite from the credit squeeze.
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Eleco in confident mood after turnover and profit increase
Timber-frame manufacturer Eleco is confident it will ride out the current financial downturn after posting a 36% rise in turnover for the six months to 31 December 2007.
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OFT housing probe ‘will not consider planning’
The Office of Fair Trading has ruled out forcing a shake-up of the planning system as part of its investigation into the UK housing market.
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2006 was best year for housebuilding in 20 years
Almost 200,000 additional homes were created in England in 2006, the highest number for 20 years, according to the latest government figures.
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Flint defends adaptable homes
Housing minister Caroline Flint has defended the government’s decision to force housebuilders to make all new homes fit for older people to live in from 2013.
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NewsGreenwich à la Mode
This development of 207 homes on the Greenwich Peninsula regeneration site has been granted detailed planning permission.
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The price of PFI
Build costs for PFI social housing schemes are generally “significantly” more than those funded by traditional housing grant, a communities department study has found.
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House prices stagnate
House prices rose 0.8% in March on the previous month according to Rightmove to an average of £239,655.
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Guide to derelict land
English Partnerships has launched a guide on costing the remediation of contaminated and brownfield land, after the government announced further tax relief on derelict sites.