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NewsUrban mountaineering
Ian Mills of IGM Associates sent us this daring attempt to conquer the Building Opposite the Department of Housing in Stratford, east London
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Citywatch: Because you’re worth it
Now the December year-end contractors have revealed what their bosses took home last year, we can take a snapshot of who earned what in 2008 and how good they were for their money
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Number of firms in ‘critical financial distress’ leaps by 126%
The number of construction companies in critical financial distress increased 126% over the past year, according to corporate recovery specialist Begbies Traynor
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Aukett issues profit warning
Architect Aukett Fitzroy Robinson has issued a profit warning after being hit by retrospective fee cuts in the Middle East
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Persimmon remains cautious despite positive start to year
Persimmon has said house prices and profit margins remain under pressure despite a promising start to 2009
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NewsDoncaster’s cultural 25%: Civic and cultural quarter
Muse Developments, the regeneration arm of Morgan Sindall, has won a £300m contract to build a civic and cultural quarter in Doncaster
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Cabe report into social housing design attacked as ‘unfair’
A housing association and a developer have hit out at a report that found social housing to be no better designed than private homes
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NewsIt could have been a lot worse
The housing industry was on tenterhooks before the Budget, hoping for a solution to all its woes. Well, we didn’t quite get that, say Toby Lloyd and Anthony Brand, but it’s a start …
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Planning on the rise
Planning applications were at their highest level last month since September – 47,349 in England, Scotland and Wales, up from a low of 34,876 in December
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Retail inquiry
The communities select committee is holding an inquiry into plans to allow out-of-town retail parks to be built based on their impact rather than need
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Cumbria leaders
Murray Easton, formerly of BAE Systems, is to chair the board of Cumbria’s Barrow Vision scheme
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Westminster homes
London’s Westminster council has announced plans to build 500 homes in the borough on brownfield sites
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Right to buy ditched
The Scottish government has announced plans to end the right-to-buy policy for tenants in new-build council stock in the country
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The new Corgi
The Tenant Services Authority has reminded housing associations to ensure their gas safety engineers have signed the new register that replaced the Corgi system this month.
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NewsGovernment to miss carbon emissions target
The government will miss a target to cut 12.5% of carbon emissions by 2010/11 and needs to set more ambitious targets for its estate, according to its own sustainability watchdog
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Planning applications rise to highest level since September
The number of planning applications made in the UK rose by more than 18% in the last month, indicating the first stirrings of renewed confidence in the property industry
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NewsTender prices to fall by up to 9% this year
Tender prices will fall by up to 9% in 2009 and a further 3-5% in 2010 according to the latest market forecast prepared for Building by cost consultant Davis Langdon
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NewsScene stealer: New Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury
ISG Jackson has won a contract to build the £25.6m New Marlowe Theatre in Canterbury
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NewsThe fat lady has sung: National Opera and Ballet centre, Oslo
Norwegian architect Snøhetta has won the Mies van der Rohe Award for its National Opera and Ballet centre in Oslo
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NewsTurner & Townsend chairman vows not to cut salaries
Tim Wray, chairman of Turner & Townsend, has said he will not to cut salaries at the consultancy, despite other top QSs cutting pay by between 12% and 20%