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NewsDevelopers shun Treasury's grant allocation programme
Budget report reveals housebuilders have won just 1.6% of Housing Corporation's £3.9bn grant initiative
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NewsBrown snubs brownfield sites
The government's commitment to urban regeneration has come under scrutiny after last week's Budget.
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Museums spearhead carbon reduction scheme
A consortium of museums and academic bodies in South Kensington, London, has been granted nearly £3m in the Budget to reduce carbon emissions in their area.
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NewsReady for the off at Aintree
Contractor Laing O'Rourke has completed the first phase of the £30m redevelopment of Aintree racecourse in Merseyside in time for next month's Grand National.
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70,000 building workers join strike over pensions
About 70,000 construction workers joined a national strike of 1.5 million council workers over pensions on Monday.
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Senior civil servant leaves
The most senior civil servant responsible for construction affairs, Elizabeth Whatmore, is to leave her post at the DTI next month.
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Museum will bring the Mary Rose back to life
Architect Wilkinson Eyre is to enclose the Mary Rose warship in Portsmouth in a concrete shell roof measuring 80 × 34 m.
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Three women join CABE's board of commissioners
Design watchdog CABE has appointed four new commissioners, including three women, to its board.
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Laing and Serco tipped to be PFI pioneers
The Treasury is looking to infrastructure groups Laing and Serco to pioneer "project delivery organisations", a PFI concept that would transfer some of the public sector's management responsibility to private firms.
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NewsSquare deal
Northern Irish developer McAleer & Rushe has lodged a planning application with Westminster council for this hotel-led mixed-use scheme, to be built on the site of the Swiss Centre in Leicester Square, central London.
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UK firms may bid for nuclear power stations
UK contractors could soon be lining up to form consortiums with foreign nuclear specialists to bid for a new generation of nuclear power stations.
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ODPM ‘afraid to take on building sector', say MPs
A committee of MPs has criticised proposals for a sustainable homes code, accusing it of setting low standards and being afraid to take on the building sector.
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NewsThe ends justify the means
The Balornick Bowling Club in north Glasgow is one of 29 prize winners in this year's Civic Trust awards.
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Director quits as LDA gains new powers
Tony Winterbottom is to leave the London Development Agency after a restructuring designed to accommodate mayor Ken Livingstone's new planning powers.
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Alsop agrees £1.8m sale
Will Alsop has agreed to sell his design practice to quoted architect SMC Group for £1.8m.
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Barratt unveils strong interim results
Shares in Barratt Developments rose 2%, or 21p, on Wednesday when it indicated that the spring housing market would be strong enough to drive its growth targets.
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Carillion to offload Mowlem's Australian arm
Carillion was this week in talks with Australian companies, known to include Bovis Lend Lease, to sell Mowlem's Australian business Barclay Mowlem.