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NewsMersey modernism
Bellway Homes is about to announce another fine set of figures in its interim results next month, aided by schemes like this – the landmark Pall Mall in Liverpool's city centre. The 159-unit project was designed by Falconer Chester and includes this new-build block as well as refurbishments. The off-plan ...
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Features
What customers think of brownfield
Agent King Sturge asked 400 homeowners and tenants from seven cities what it's like living in urban redevelopment areas …
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Features
Factfile
Planning approvals The need for Kate Barker's recommendations is plain to see, as planning approvals continue at a low level.The only bright spot is the high-demand, high-value South-east, where approvals almost reached four figures New-build completions Winter weather has done little to hold back build rates, and sales ...
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FeaturesOutside: Now/next
Brick systems slip up cladding popularity charts – or you can have render, terracotta, zinc, polished masonry, reconstituted stone … And over the page, this month's products take in a Bristol marina, the south bank of the Thames, the Peak District and the Wiltshire Downs. We're so good to you
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Features
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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Comment
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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News
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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Comment
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?