All UK articles – Page 35
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NewsConstruction activity keeps growing slowly
Only housebuilding fails to rise, while overall confidence reaches a five-month high
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Fast-track schools trial to use academies framework
Fifteen qualified contractors hope list will be preferred route for future government spending
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NewsVillagers to be given power to decide on new housing
Big Society plans will let rural communities bypass town hall planners
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NewsGovernment's carbon compliance tool 'inadequate'
Urgent action demanded to improve SAP for calculating energy use of new homes
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CommentOlympic Park landscaping begins with planting 6,000 trees
Building got a sneak preview of the landscaping underway at Stratford, which includes 300,000 plants, flood management technology and a fish refuge
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NewsBAA revises Heathrow capital investment plans
Cash to be diverted from cancelled third runway project
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NewsCity of London's 2012 entrance options revealed
Architecture Foundation shortlists five designs for a temporary new landmark for Aldgate
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NewsDavid Chipperfield cyclists triumph in City of London
London Festival of Architecture kicks off with team race through Smithfield
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NewsCrossrail unveils revised design for Whitechapel station
Amended proposals by BDP and Hyder ’offer better value for money’
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NewsMortgage lending rises as house prices hit double digits
Year to April sees strong growth in lending although figures down since March
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NewsCivil engineers alarmed at transport infrastructure hiatus
CECA warns on suspension of conditional approvals for all major local transport schemes
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NewsBovis Homes launches 90% mortgage with Barclays
Housebuilder’s provision of indemnity to bank enables high loan-to-value mortgage
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NewsCommercial development keeps rising despite slump in public work
Savills index shows public activity down 13% and private up 14%
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NewsGovernment plans to stop developers building homes on gardens
Measures against garden grabbing include reallocation from brownfield category and binning density targets
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NewsRetired contracts manager accused of £250m Ritz sale scam
Retired construction professional in court for fraud over fake London hotel sale
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NewsMansell wins £8m Leicester health centres deal
Balfour Beatty subsidiary appointed on local improvement finance trust (LIFT) scheme
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NewsHopkins gets go-ahead for science building at Benenden school
Architect also receives planning approval for new music school building at Bryanston
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Britain's first water desalination plant opens in east London
Thames Water’s £200m plant at Beckton can provide drinking water for 1 million Londoners
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NewsGovernment housing mandarin revealed to have £175,000 salary
List of high-earning civil servants includes housing and planning chief Richard McCarthy
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NewsNew government advice could halt housebuilding, warns HBF
Home builders fear scrapped housing plans could cause construction hiatus