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Bovis Homes: Inflation to halve
Bovis Homes chief executive Malcolm Harris has warned that house price inflation will more than halve this year
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NewsGrice: 'We expected the McAlpines would be upset'
Chief executive of contractor admits in court that he expected rebranding would lead to rift
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NewsWSP's £5.6m profit turns fortunes around
Support services group WSP has declared that it has turned around its business after a disastrous 2002.
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NewsPeabody boss denies development crisis
Housing association the Peabody Trust has hit back at rumours that it is winding down its development activities
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NewsTen thousand prefab houses are needed in Bam after earthquake that killed 40,000
Ali Manafpour, of engineer Halcrow, draws up a report that shows Iran paid a high price in death and injuries for failure to check that houses were built properly
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HTA triumphant after Chinese new town victory
Architect gets foothold in Far East after winning competition to create 90 ha urban centre near city of Suzhou
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Contractors pay price
Contractors Carillion, Balfour Beatty and Interserve have all increased the amount of money they contribute to their staff pensions.
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More woes at Mowlem
Contractor Mowlem has lost a court battle over a swimming pool in East Lothian, just weeks after its appeal over the Bath Spa project was rejected
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Design codes key to success
The government is to use "design codes" to help smooth the passage of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Bill through parliament.
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FeaturesHousing Futures 2024
Our serialisation of Housing Futures 2024, the collection of CABE/RIBA papers on the prospects for British housing, continues with John Callcutt's seven rules of regeneration and Christine Whitehead's three economic scenarios.
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FeaturesImperial history
Photographer Julian Anderson spent three years documenting the building of Foster and Partners' sleek Tanaka Business School at Imperial College London. Here's a selection of his pictures.
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CommentDiary of an architecural practice, aged 2½ months
The first of a monthly series following Ken Shuttleworth's fledgling practice considers the perils of overly cosy offices and headed notepaper
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Marketwatch: data centre revival
The spectacular collapse of the internet and telecoms sector at the start of the decade led to financial problems at many large clients.
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Comment*Cosying up ...
Building’s series of profiles of clients with lots of work to hand out begins with Manchester University, which is about to launch Project Unity …
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Comment*Tips on voicing your confidence
Voice coach Susan White has worked with architects such as Terry Farrell & Partners, and Squire and Partners, as well as contractors such as Kajima, Interior and Mace.
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International costs: 2004
Gardiner & Theobald’s 12th annual survey of global construction costs takes a round-the-worldtrip to compare labour rates, building costs, material prices and inflation forecasts
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Just the job
Noel Butcher, one of the first to go on the RICS foreign internships scheme, talks about his time in Texas
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Let's reach out
One-off clients are important customers of our industry, so they ought to be in touch with the Construction Clients Groups. So, anyone fancy a spot of golf?