All Building articles in Blogs – Page 14
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Are the Games' green credentials in tatters?
Missing the target to generate 20% of power from renewables is not the end of the world, but it's not a good sign
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More inflation worries as plant hire prices bounce back
Data from ONS shows year-on-year 2.2% rise in Q4 2010
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A new-look Middle East: threat or opportunity?
Could a rise in people power prompt a shift in what is built in the Middle East?
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Architectural and engineering firms see drop in turnover in 2010
Turnover is now 8% less than the peak in 2008
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Cabe - why it must keep the name
News this week that design quango Cabe’s name may ultimately be up for grabs in its long-heralded merger with the Design Council prompts that age-old question – what’s in a name?
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England sees 102,830 new homes built in 2010 – we built more in 1875
In some parts of the country rates of housebuilding has fallen by more than half
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A bad time to bank on cutting costs to make up for cut-price bidding
Contractors bidding low to win work are playing a dangerous game
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West Ham finally wins its Spurs
West Ham have beaten Tottenham in the race for post-Games tenancy of the Olympic stadium. What does the future for the stadium hold and what lessons can be learned from the bidding process?
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2010 saw fastest growth since the 1980s boom – but we are on the way down again
With public sector spending set to dive, there is little sign that the private sector is picking up
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Nervy investors put brakes on office market
It's a good time to build offices at the moment - if only you can get the finance
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Eaga looks good for Carillion
Carillion looks to have bought the right firm, at the right time, for the right price.
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1.2 million more dwellings than households – is that right?
There are sound reasons why we need more dwellings than households
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RICS housing market survey provides more worries over build rate for homes
Housebuilders are refusing to reduce prices which means fewer buyers
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London 2012: The Final Hurdle
London 2012 is less than eighteen months away. But how are the Olympic venues and park shaping up now they're almost complete?
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Why the Cala Homes' legal defeat shows it's time for housebuilders to wake up to localism
Yesterday’s ruling in favour of the government was not a surprise
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RICS survey provides more worries than hopes
Workload is on the decline and it looks like the downward trend will continue for the next 12 months
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House prices lower in 2016 than today - City traders are putting money on it
Homes will be worth nearly £2500 less in 2016 than today according to future gazers in the Square Mile
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Public sector job cuts and the housing market
The new wave of cuts will hit better off homeowners
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The Markit/CIPS survey provides cheer for construction – but take it with a pinch of salt
How much of the increase in activity is carried over from a snow-bound December?
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Nakheel creditors bite their tongues
UK consultants are loathe to criticise the Dubai developer despite being owed $250m