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NewsHouse prices predicted to soar
UK house prices will average £300,000 by 2012 according to National Housing Federation
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NewsStargazing project lands on Kielder - images
Contractor Stephen Mersh starts work on the Charles Barclay-designed observatory in Northumberland
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NewsBRE makes £1.77m profits
Chairman Simms hails establishment's past year as "one of the best" a decade after becoming private company
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RICS Energy Performance Certificate Roadshow
Day of seminars on the production of energy performance certificates
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NewsFaithful + Gould appoints new Swansea office manager
Consultant expands South Wales business with new appointment
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NewsChartered Institute of Building appoints Hill senior boss
Head of Hill Hong Kong and CIOB fellow is new vice president of the institute
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NewsGreen building design for offices
Should we update the current scoring system to help motivate greener construction?
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NewsBridges across US inspected following collapse
700 steel truss bridges to be checked after Minneapolis disaster. Architect hits out at lack of infrastructure funding in the US
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CommentYou made the bed …
The McGlinn case raised the tricky question of the responsibility of the architect for a client’s unsafe design. But if the client insists on an unsafe design, is it not then the real designer?
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CommentStreetlife
A construction website in Belarus reports on an important document on UK street design and now Alex Smith is using it in a squabble with his local council. Talk about a global village …
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Comment‘Relax, babe’
What Dennis Hopper told Amanda Levete and other Vegas stories, plus the secret story of Wembley’s image rights
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NewsNG Bailey sets out growth targets after strong year
M&E group announces plans to increase penetration in maintenance and facilities management
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CommentNothing safe about our houses
So Peter Hain’s first act as secretary of state for work and pensions was to call an inquest into why so many people are dying on building sites – 17 more this year than last.
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Sparks threaten national strike
Wage row between unions and employers’ association threatens widespread walk-outs
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NewsTarmac up for sale
Materials giant put on market for £3bn. Bidders could include Lafrage and Cemex
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NewsRider Levett Bucknall scoops first Frontier Homes deal
Firm will act as project manager and QS on £100m mixed use scheme in Northamptonshire
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Whole life cost standard out in autumn
QS firms can build up Life Cycle Costs on a common platform internationally
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CommentKeep shouting and we’ll keep failing
The pig-headed behaviour of some trade associations is wasting a priceless opportunity to reform the Construction Act to everyone’s advantage
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CommentAn exemplary disaster
Fail to renew your public liability insurance at your peril, as this dreadful tale of a family-run electrical firm, a little old lady’s bungalow and some (possibly) poorly rigged festoon cabling proves