All Building articles in 04 September 2009
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NewsBrent Cross developers to invest £1bn in local area
Investment will fund transport and road and environmental improvements
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NewsCrossrail ticket hall at Farringdon gains approved
Islington council gives green light to hall in station to link new rail link with existing London lines
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NewsHouse prices rise 0.8%, says Halifax
Bank reports that average price has risen to £160,973, after second increase in a row
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NewsInterest rates stick at 0.5%
Signs of recovery are visible, but Bank of England warns that it will be slow
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NewsThree consortiums vie for first two Crossrail jobs
Firms including Costain, Skanska, Kier and Vinci bid for tunnelling contracts on £16bn rail project
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FeaturesJust landed: Raj Achan moves to Abu Dhabi
After relocating to grow consulting engineer Hilson Moran's Middle East business, Achan is finding schools a problem but his rooftop pool some consolation
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NewsPhase One explores Manchester's answer to Canary Wharf
Construction industry newcomers hear the inside story on the development of the Spinningfields commercial district
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NewsCommercial development activity rebounds after two years of decline
Savills activity index shows first rise since October 2007, led by retail amd leisure sector and refurbishment work
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NewsRedrow to refocus on family homes after £141m loss
Housebuilder to abandon flats for fewer, larger house types in bid to return to profit
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NewsRace car built from carrots to hit Brands Hatch
Part-vegetable sustainable racing car runs on chocolate and wine waste
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NewsGalliford Try plans £119m rights issue to boost housebuilding
Group plans housebuilding expansion to exploit recovering market after posting £27m full-year loss
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NewsNetwork Rail set to sack 750 subbies
Rail operator follows 1,800 in-house redundancies with large reduction of self-employed workforce
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NewsAuthorities arrest 21 people in dawn raids
Cash and class A drugs seized by officers investigating multimillion-pound construction fraud
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NewsBSF brings in the benefits
Providing 110,000 pupils with new facilities and buildings is something to be proud of
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NewsUK job market shows 'signs of recovery'
Report shows marginal increase in appointments although construction lags behind other sectors
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NewsLSC approves £10m for training centres
Cathall Road scheme in Waltham Forest will benefit from government skills and employment push
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NewsThe evolution of the Darwin Centre
The Natural History Museum's collections and research facility will open on 15 September
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NewsUK firms awarded £5bn of London Olympic contracts
New figures show over 1,000 UK firms have won work on building 2012 venues and infrastructure
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NewsCouncils set to build 2,000 more homes
Government green-lights building programme as Audit Commission calls for focus on improving existing housing stock