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Barratt boss warns credit crunch will affect housing
Mark Clare, chief executive of Barratt Homes, warned this week that there was likely to be downward pressure on housing volumes and price inflation as the credit crunch takes its toll.
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Bids in for colleges framework
Architects and consultants this week submitted final bids for work on the Learning and Skills Council’s framework for building and refurbishing further education colleges.
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Project bank account set to be launched
Rider Levett Bucknall has developed project bank accounts for use in the construction industry.
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NewsThe beautiful South Bank
Bovis Lend Lease has reached practical completion on London’s Bankside 2&3, designed by Allies and Morrison.
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FeaturesIs the HSE understaffed?
Some agree with the Goverment's plans to shrink the HSE, others argue that this is directly responsible for the increase in construction deaths.
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NewsAdrian Barden at Labour Party Conference: full transcript
Chief Business Development Officer at Wolesely's speech 'Construction at the heart of the economy'
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NewsManufacturer launches guidance for sourcing sustainable materials
Hambleside Danelaw advises contractors and specifiers to ask twelve key questions before buying
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NewsSuspension of disbelief
It's either a miracle of mechanics and balance, or something incredibly daft - ten storeys up and not so much as an octopus strap holding this lot together.
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NewsCarillion JV wins £175m Tyneside schools PPP
Local Education Partnership is preferred bidder on Schools for the Future PPP contract
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NewsTime and Tide given green light for Manchester Gravity tower
Planning permission granted for 35 storey tower and accompanying appartment block in the city's Eastern Gateway
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NewsBathing beauties arrive in Mablethorpe
Post-modern beach huts are unveiled in the seaside towns of Mablethorpe and Sutton in Lincolnshire
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Death toll rises in Vietnam bridge collapse
Up to sixty-four people are now thought to have died after eight more bodies are discovered
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NewsLondon Mayor launches access guidance
Two reports aim to provide best practice guidance on housing access for the deaf and disabled in the capital
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NewsJohnson accuses Livingstone of 'dictatorial' stance on housing
New Tory mayoral candidate claims there is civil war between Labour incumbent and London Boroughs on housing targets
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BBC Pension Trust sues Galliford Try over water leak
The BBC is headed for a £400,000 High Court showdown with construction firm Galliford Try in a row over a huge water leak.Water poured from a fifth floor water main through the ceilings of a newly built £11.6 million office block in Clarendon Road, Watford, causing massive damage.Now the BBC ...
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NewsMaterial giants working on new embodied energy standard
Aggregate Industries and Marshalls join forces with carbon Trust to draw up carbon footprint standards for hard landscaping products
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Asda in battle over Kent store expansion
Asda Stores is headed for a High Court showdown with two property companies in a dispute over
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NewsThe elusive Ruth Kelly
The second day at conference, and the transport minister is proving hard to trace. Still, our correspondent saw Seb Coe, Sunand Prasad and Hazel Blears in action, and discovered a new Olympic sport - fish translocation