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FMB poll calms market fears
Fears over the impact of the Iraq war eased this week after a Federation of Master Builders survey showed 41% of small and medium-sized firms had increased workloads in the first quarter.
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HTA wins £200m Coventry plan
London-based architect HTA has been selected as preferred bidder to draw up the masterplan for the £200m regeneration of four rundown housing estates in Coventry
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NewsBuilding sites face logistics nightmare
Construction firms face an increasingly exhausting struggle to get their materials moved to building sites, according to research carried out by the Road Haulage and Freight Transport associations.
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NewsFloat like a butterfly
The Tanzbrunnen pavilion in Cologne, built in 1957 to celebrate the German Federal Horticultural Show, has been restored to its former glory by local contractor Officium Design Engineering.The circular pavilion, which was designed by Frei Otto, floats off the eastern bank of the Rhine and is covered by a canopy ...
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Halcrow to lead British mission to rebuild Iraq
Consultant Halcrow is to head a working group set up by the government to help British companies win contracts in Iraq.
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Christopher Willis dies aged 74
Christopher Willis, a past president of the RICS' quantity surveying division, has died.
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Comment
12 years late is not unreasonable
This was an appeal from a decision of Judge Silber who refused the claimant's application for judicial review with decision of Lewisham London Borough council to enforce a demolition notice. The demolition notice had been served under Section 36 of the Buildling Act 1984 and require the claimant to remove ...
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Shard of class
Renzo Piano’s design for London Bridge Tower was praised to the skies by Lord Rogers this week. If the “shard of glass” doesn’t get built, it won’t be the architect’s fault.
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Step on the gas
Gordon Brown’s Budget pledges to deal with the logjams in the planning system, release sites for housebuilding, review the progress of PPG3 and more, are further proof of the prominence of housing on the government’s agenda.
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Strangled by many hands
As chancellor Gordon Brown made clear in this month's Budget, the undersupply of new housing in Britain needs to be addressed if we are to prevent future shortages.
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FeaturesThe way we live now
Three years after the government launched PPG3 and ahead of its review of housing supply, looks at the guidance that has won over housebuilders but still has some way to go before it convinces all of their customers
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FeaturesWelcome to our chateau
Laing Homes is turning a 19th-century hospital into 190 chateau-style homes – one-third of them affordable. How do affluent buyers feel about sharing their castle with social tenants? We talked to its first residents and to marketing manager Christine Tiernan.
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FeaturesHolliday homes
David Holliday, managing director of Kent-based Ward Homes, has found his place in the sun. With huge housing growth predicted in the Thames Gateway, he couldn't be in a better position. But he won't be resting on his laurels – as we found out, he's flat out keeping up with ...
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Oxford, we have a problem
This town has a standard of living so high that only a few people can afford it.
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Factfile
The South-east registered the highest number of approvals in March. Two approvals, totalling 548 units, gave Bellway the lead in the private housebuilder table. Southern Housing Group, the RSL behind the regeneration of east London's Nightingale Estate, tops the housing associations
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Get it right: Roofing
Recent years have brought increased rainfall and wind speeds, and images of floods and storms have become commonplace.
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A test of their metal
It's easy to say steel-frame housing is the way of the future, but things get a bit trickier when it comes to actually making it work. We look at the struggle over the spec at one Basingstoke housing scheme
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Lifetime costs: Secured by Design
What is the most cost-effective way of reducing criminal damage to property? We consider the whole-life costs of Secured by Design standards for housing refurbishment