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CommentAre new ‘Garden Cities’ the answer to our housing shortage?
Today’s circumstances are very different to those that led to Ebenezer Howard’s utopian vision
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NewsConstruction sites hit by more than 6,000 break-ins
Construction sites around the country have been hit by more than 6,000 break-ins in a single year, a new study has revealed
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NewsWest Ham sells home ground to housing developer
Football club agrees sale to London developer Galliard Group in a move that will see the Boleyn Ground turned into a housing development
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NewsDeal sealed for 320 private-rented London homes
Developer Sigma Capital earmarks site in Barking Riverside for private-rented housing
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NewsUK lags behind Europe on energy efficiency funding
Campaign group claims Treasury is refusing to earmark £60bn in carbon taxes for energy efficiency programmes
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NewsFormer RMJM Hong Kong staff claim they're owed £250k
Former RMJM staffers in Hong Kong issue press release spelling out their grievances
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NewsPlans unveiled to dampen Leeds tower 'wind tunnel' effect
Plans to reduce wind deflected from the 32-storey Bridgewater Place come after a man was killed by a lorry blown over in high winds
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CommentTwintec Ltd vs Volkerfitzpatrick Limited: Jurisdiction
This case, before Mr Justice Edwards-Stuart in the Technology and Construction Court, raises several issues around letters of intent and the appointment of an adjudicator
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NewsHyder shares plummet on profit warning
Shares down 28% at close of trading after engineer issues profit warning
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NewsAnother worker dies in Brazil World Cup stadium construction
Another construction worker has been killed in an accident at a stadium being built for this year’s football World Cup
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NewsMorgan Sindall’s £1bn Slough regeneration underway
Contractor starts work on library and cultural centre, The Curve
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NewsBattle over controversial Smithfield scheme heats up
Second public enquiry into Henderson’s scheme set to open as rival developer Cathedral Group submits 11th hour alternative plan
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CommentThis relationship isn't working
In his latest blog exposing the reality of buying a new build home in the UK, David Frise looks at the tangled mess organisations he has to deal with to try and get things done
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NewsBusinesses targeted for third of £16bn Crossrail 2 cost
Developers and businesses should contribute a third of projects costs, London First report finds
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NewsFirst sustained construction growth in five years
Latest CPA trade survey finds construction activity grew in final quarter of 2013, with sector enjoying three consecutive quarters of growth for the first time in five years
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CommentMexico: Putting the 'M' in MINT
Some see Mexico developing into the world’s fifth largest economy, ahead of the UK, by 2050. What opportunities does Mexico offer for UK construction?
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CommentPower sharing
The upturn in the construction industry should redress the power imbalance in the supply chain
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CommentPlanning court will keep us building
Developers and public bodies, who have had to cope with the increasing cost of defending judicial review challenges, will welcome the setting up of a new planning court
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CommentAn architectural renaissance is possible
In the second of a three-part series, Ben Derbyshire says why the profession could be about to regain its clout