All Building articles in 04 July 2008 – Page 3
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Vince Cable calls on government to prop up housing market
Liberal Democrat says programme to buy up unsold homes for social housing must increase hundred-fold
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Mountgrange's Caltongate jeopardises Edinburgh's heritage status
Unesco concerned that planning approval given to £300m scheme that will destroy two listed buildings
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Mayor pledges £60m to tackle London’s empty homes
Boris Johnson announces new funding to recycle London’s 84,000 empty homes into affordable housing
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Banks Developments drops out of eco-town shortlist
Bidder leading proposed Curborough scheme says it will look into developing an alternative to the eco-town on the same site
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Regeneration plan proposed for Borough Market
Greig and Stephenson submit planning application to regenerate area around famous London food market
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Connaught rides high in social housing market
Contractor's full-year results to be on target, with a booming order book this year
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Balfour Beatty on board for £300m rail contract in Malaysia
Contractor’s share of joint venture work on Malaysian rail extension expected to be worth £160m
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Credit crunch has spread to Europe, warns Savills
Financial squeeze now affecting many European markets, according to property consultants
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Persimmon cuts 2,000 jobs as sales slump 31%
Housebuilder confirms redundancies as it reveals 31% lower sales and a 45% fall in reservations in first six months
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Masdar video fly-through
Experience the futuristic Foster and Partners-designed zero carbon Masdar city planned for Abu Dhabi
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Take a look back at the house of the future
Ten years ago a house was built for BBC TV to show case the future of green and intelligent housing technology. Now architect Craig Anders takes us on a tour to see which aspects of the design took off and which missed the mainstream.
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Best of the Sustainability Now lounge, part 1
Here's our first instalment of excerpts from the lounge area during last week's virtual event. We start with a discussion on energy performance certificates - what are they, can they make a difference, how are they related to display energy certificates?
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The jelly banquet - the truth
The media appearances made it sound like a lot of fun, but the reality was a Nuremberg Rally for foodstuff fans
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Bradford grows its own construction workers
A local housing association convinces young people from ethnic minorities to try a career on site
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Tony Pidgley to receive £31m bonus package
Berkeley boss and three other directors are rumoured to have awarded themselves shares worth a total £60m
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City Lofts goes into administration
Developer becomes most high-profile casualty of the credit crunch
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Greensburg in Kansas undergoes eco-rebuild
LEED Platinum building features on-site wind turbines and PV panels, geothermal climate control and more
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Persimmon to cut over 1,000 jobs
More than 1,300 jobs have been cut at housebuilders Persimmon and Kier, Building.co.uk can reveal
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Sir Howard Bernstein to head up Blackpool regeneration body
Manchester city council chief exec will step down from Olympic Delivery Authority board