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NewsCrossrail chairman looks to cut costs
Terry Morgan admits savings are necessary to mollify critics and warns of 'horrific' consequences of delays
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NewsWaitrose plans to double number of stores
Supermarket looks to open up to 300 convenience stores as its food range is introduced into Boots stores
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NewsUS firm unveils low-energy brick
Calstar Products' bricks use up to 90% less energy to make and generate 85% less carbon dioxide
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NewsHousing associations forced to employ apprentices
Housing minister announces plan to provide work for local labour and trainees on government-funded schemes
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NewsOFT: councils can sue guilty contractors
Watchdog says legal action and blacklisting would be 'understandable'
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NewsKerslake: 'HCA plays role in every housing scheme'
Chief executive reveals agency will directly fund half homes built in March 2011
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NewsProcure 21+ swamped by applications
NHS framework forced to extend tender period after ‘very healthy response’ from industry
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NewsCIOB publishes book on Chinese construction
Institute profiles own president in celebration of personalities behind building boom
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Industry backs Mandelson's green industries review
Keith Clarke will chair government study of the business potential of low-carbon construction
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Nuclear giants vie for £3.6bn clean-up
Bidders for nuclear work are gearing up to fight for a multibillion pound contract to manage the clean-up of the Dounreay site on the northern coast of Scotland
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NewsBalfour and Parsons in talks for 'at least three years'
The two chief executives reveal how the £380m deal was done, and what it means for both firms
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Trainees to miss out on 2012 work after LSC funding delays
Apprentices in plastering and dry-lining will no longer be able to qualify in time to work on the 2012 site, thanks to delays in Learning and Skills Council funding for an Olympic training centre
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NewsWithout the aid of a net
Our thanks to John Tarling for this one, taken from his office window in Southampton. Who needs safety equipment when you have the courage of a lion and the wisdom of a sardine?
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HCA to lure institutional investors to social housing
Housing agency to set up system that will allow private backers to build and manage schemes
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Consultation on sustainability code delayed until end of year
The consultation on the Code for Sustainable Homes 2010 has been delayed from October until the end of the year, leading some housebuilders to call for it to be scrapped
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NewsGreen Gorton
This development of 530 units in West Gorton, east Manchester, designed by Hamiltons Architects for housebuilder Braidwater, is set to restart in the autumn following a pick up in demand
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NewsFirst movement
Willmott Dixon has been appointed main contractor on a £22.5m scheme for the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
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NewsMarina's needle
Aedas’ 516m-high Pentominium in Dubai Marina is set to be the tallest residential building in the world
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NewsThere's still room for flats
The trend for smaller and smaller urban flats wasn’t the answer to the UK’s housing needs, but then, neither is a return to just building traditional family homes