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House prices fall nearly 2% in August
Halifax says year-on-year drop now the steepest since the global financial crisis
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Research reveals properly installed and maintained RAAC can perform better than originally intended
Problems centre on reinforcement positioning at the ends of RAAC planks
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Proportion of RAAC likely to be higher among schools yet to return DfE questionnaires
One in 10 schools have yet to respond to the department’s surveys - meanwhile DfE publishes list of schools with at risk concrete
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Barratt share price falls as it reports no improvement in demand
UK’s top housebuilder reports fall in adjusted profit and still expects big drop in 2024 build volume
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Sunak finally eases planning rules to allow more onshore wind
Communities which support wind farms could be given up to 50% off their energy bills
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Output falls as housebuilding slump accelerates
Sector’s ongoing woes revealed in key sector survey
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Stirling Prize 2023: First-timers make up half of shortlist slots
Adam Khan, Sergison Bates and Apparata all debut in final round of the highest prize in British architecture
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CLC to set up expert panel to advise on RAAC crisis
Group will be drawn from industry experts and professional bodies across the construction sector
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Comment
This year’s Stirling shortlist is in tune with these times
The final six projects in contention for the 2023 prize are all marked by an underlying seriousness and a tendency towards simple forms and materials, writes Ben Flatman
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RAAC ‘not widespread in social housing’ says regulator
The social housing in England regulator denies that aerated concrete is likely to be prevalent in social housing
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RAAC schools had been due for renewal under scrapped Labour plan
Plans to renew 13 schools hit by RAAC crisis were shelved in 2010
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Axed Buckingham staff fire off CVs as bust firm counts cost of stadium losses
Contractor collapsed into administration yesterday with 450 jobs going straight away
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Birmingham council declares itself effectively bankrupt
Europe’s largest local authority freezes all new spending after being hit by a £760m bill to settle equal pay claims
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Features
‘I don’t seek permission, I ask for forgiveness’ – Muyiwa Oki on his plans for his RIBA presidency
RIBA’s first black president - and its youngest - did not tell his bosses at Mace that he was running for the role. He wants to do things his own way.
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Government expands RAAC surveys of court buildings after Harrow closure
Harrow Crown Court closed for repairs last month despite assurance that sites had been deemed safe
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Government set to scrap onshore wind ban after second Tory revolt
Backbenchers force Sunak’s hand following broken promise to relax rules by last April
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Eric Parry plans makeover of City office block
Holborn Viaduct scheme built in 2008 by Balfour Beatty
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CLC to hold crisis talks on RAAC schools today
Trade bodies to discuss how industry can respond to need for repairs in schools and other public buildings
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