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Planning Inspectorate clears appeals backlog
£1m cash injection helps restructured Inspectorate get to grips with planning appeals.
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Costs: Prefabricated structural panels
Prefabricated structural panels are increasingly specified as an alternative to traditional site construction. Peter Mayer of Building LifePlans considers the whole-life-cost implications
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FeaturesSpecifier Products
In this off-site special, a panel-framed home that’s ultra-energy efficient, all-in-one shower pods and how car parks can help solve the housing crisis. Plus the latest on the industry’s movers and shakers
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FeaturesOff-site manufacture
This week, we look at the startling way this bingo hall renovation was designed and how an off-site solution was found for an elegant cedar-framed family house in Oxford. Plus advice on specifying steel frames and all the latest products
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NewsBalfour Beatty closes 127m PFI deal
Balfour Beatty secures 25-year Bassetlaw PFI deal for new schools in Nottinghamshire.
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ACE lines up for Olympics
The Association for Consultancy and Engineering is forming two groups to link up with the Olympic delivery team.
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NewsKelly calls on Europe to invest in skills
Ruth Kelly calls on European ministers to address skill shortages in Europe.
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NewsKingspan ahead of market forecast
Kingspan says trading for the year so far is well ahead of schedule.
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NewsMcCarthy & Stone feel house market chill
Retirement home specialist says unit completions will fall 10% in 2004.
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Olympics to trigger cost inflation
Henry Davidson Developments says construction costs will spiral once London Olympic work begins.
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Council-tax payers foot bill for ‘upside-down map’ gaffe
‘X’ doesn’t mark the spot as highways clerk sends contractors to the wrong place.
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Alfred McAlpine scores three-year contract extension
Long-term focus rewarded with £75m highways deal in the East Midlands.
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Taylor Woodrow expecting to out-perform the market
Housing group draws on international base to stay one step ahead.
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Metronet contracts threatened over tube safety failures
Leaked TfL report damns Metronet’s performance.
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NewsMorgan says sorry and quits after RICS outburst
Launce Morgan, RICS construction faculty chairman, resigns after labelling the body’s management ‘arrogant’.
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NewsConstruction quick off the blocks after Olympic triumph
Strategic Forum to set up liaison group to iron out problems as contractors position themselves to win work
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Shares slide as construction firms report bad news …
City slashes prices as Mowlem, Wimpey, Travis Perkins and Gleeson issue sombre statements
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Minister to make planning more responsive to market
Housebuilders welcome Yvette Cooper’s plan to overhaul of PPG3 and force councils to release land for housing