All Building articles in 11 July 2008 – Page 2
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NewsGovernment acts to help housing market
Rent-to-buy scheme to help first-time buyers and new local housing companies among a raft of measures announced today
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Tarmac cuts 300 jobs as plants and offices close
Materials firm cites ailing housebuilding market but says some restructuring was already planned
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NewsDelays at Greenwich Peninsula could cost taxpayer £60m
Lend Lease and Quintain’s £4bn scheme ‘at least two years behind schedule’, says National Audit Office
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NewsCall to include primary schools in academies programme
Think tank CentreForum recommends expanding academies beyond secondary sector, a potential boost to construction workload
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NewsMPs call for new post of chief construction officer
Select committee report is critical of fragmented approach to construction policy and says government should be a better client
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NewsAtkins helps pedestrians cut across Oxford Circus
Applying Japanese idea for diagonal pedestrian crossings aims to ease central London congestion
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NewsWolseley slashes 6,000 jobs as credit crunch bites
Materials supplier plans to cut costs in UK as it reveals slump in profits
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NewsHotel made from shipping containers swings into view
Shipping container system by George & Harding and Buro Happold is said to be 25% faster to build than conventional build
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NewsCommunities minister reveals housing targets for North-east
Baroness Andrews outlines plans to build 128,900 homes in the region by 2021
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NewsSink or win? The dragonboat winners and losers
Watch footage of Building's 2008 Dragonboat challenge to find out who won and who ended up swimming with the ducks
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NewsSt Modwen halts housing schemes at Longbridge and Stoke
Two housing developments put on hold until housing market improves, following firm's announcement of £20m losses
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Aquatics centre jury noted 'technical issues' in Zaha Hadid design
Freedom of information request reveals jury’s comments on £303m Olympic aquatics centre
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BDP buys Dutch architect Khandekar
UK architect acquires 30-strong masterplanning outfit to form BDP Khandekar
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NewsProfit jumps at Laing O'Rourke
Contractor's profit rises 76% thanks to mega-projects and rapid growth overseas
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Go-ahead for LandSec's £100m Liverpool mall revamp
Planning approval secured for extension and refurbishment of St Johns Shopping Centre
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NewsQuarterly house sales fall 40% to hit 30-year low
RICS says estate agents sold just 15 homes each last quarter, 40% less than a year ago
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NewsSir Simon Milton promoted to deputy mayor of London
Boris Johnson’s planning advisor to become new deputy of policy and planning
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NewsI want to be alone
Or is this man just an ardent admirer of someone working on the eighth floor of the building opposite?
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NewsHerbert Girardet on eco-cities video
Watch the presentation given by world-renowned environmental thinker Herbert Girardet at this year's Think08 event on making cities sustainable