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Three cheers for kate
Kate Barker's review is, as you would expect, a weighty report, but housebuilders will find all 158 tightly-written pages of it pretty happy reading.
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Where has all the land gone?
The government has used the planning system to force developers to put most of their residential developments on brownfield land. And it did to for excellent reasons. Unfortunately, the consequences have been dire.
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NewsMansell boss Cleaver quits after Balfour takeover
Managing director Philip Cleaver will be replaced by Balfour Kilpatrick's Mike Peasland in April
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NewsRound and round and round we go
… and where we stop, nobody knows. With the skills crisis most acute in housebuilding, it seems everybody is poaching staff off everybody else and all getting nowhere. We find out what can be done – and scrutinises five firms’ policies.
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CommentGet Shorty
Disciplinary boards often resemble something between a kangaroo court and a lynch mob – as a former cabinet minister may be about to discover
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NewsRevealed: The real dangers staff face in southern Iraq
Contractors use armoured cars to ferry workers around amid bomb attacks, lorry hijackings and death threats
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NewsRok plans to become Britain's local builder
Rok chief executive Garvis Snook said this week that he planned to treble the number of its regional outlets in the next three to five years.
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FeaturesBasra stories
On the anniversary of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Mark Leftly visited UK firms working in the south of the country. He discovered that everyday life for contractors involves death threats, spiralling security costs, kidnapping, shortages of power and water – and a great deal of raw sewage
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FeaturesDanger money
There has been a spate of bomb attacks on British employees in Iraq, and the costs of protection is going through the roof. With the situation rapidly deteriorating, we uncover the harsh reality of working life in the shadow of the gun …
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On swallowing the bait
A cheque arrives in final settlement of your claim. Trouble is, it's missing a nought on the end. Should you rip it up – or cash it and pursue the balance?
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NewsBarker threatens shoddy housebuilders with OFT
Housing review offers streamlined planning in return for improved customer standards and land tax
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NewsContractors declare success in shift to support services
Amec and Alfred McAlpine announce profit increases thanks to move away from traditional construction
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NewsBill for Scots parliament will come to £500m, predicts construction minister
Griffiths expects cost of building to rise a further £70m before it is completed and lays much of the blame on the civil servants in charge of the project
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ISG founding director bows out
Contractor ISG's founding director Ivan Millar is to retire at the end of June. He will continue at the firm on a part-time basis for up to two years
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RICS boss admits crisis
The president of RICS admitted this week that there was dissatisfaction over last year's 32% increase to membership subscriptions
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Civil service dispersal 'could cut terror threat in London'
Author of report on regeneration says moving civil servants out of capital could reduce risk around Whitehall
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NewsFoster loses third man to Make
A key Foster and Partners architect has defected to Make, the practice set up at the end of last year by Ken Shuttleworth, Lord Foster's former right-hand man