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NewsHousing space standards plan sparks row
Housebuilders say government’s proposal to introduce minimum standards will affect the number of homes built
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FeaturesSomerstown Central Community Hub
A council estate cut in two by a dual carriageway has been reconnected by a community hub spanning the divide
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NewsFirms vie for £37m Birmingham uni library
Exclusive: Sir Robert McAlpline and Carillion are among firms battling it out for Associated Architects-designed library
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NewsAmey and Lagan win £415m Scottish roads job
Contractors to deliver upgrade to M8, M73 and M74 over the next four years
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News£390m contract haul keeps Balfour Beatty top of league
No movement in top two slots of the contractors league table but new entries dominate Top 10
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CommentMuseum of Liverpool case: What went wrong?
Despite being urged to settle, the architect involved in the Museum of Liverpool case chose not to. Thus follows a cautionary tale about how not to approach a trial
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NewsGovernment shows 'no conviction' in tackling late payment
Chair of cross-party inquiry blasts government for lack of urgency in dealing with the problem
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NewsMcCarthy & Stone seals refinancing deal
Retirement homes developer says it can now press ahead with plans to invest £1.5bn in new developments
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NewsSubbie failures cost Renew £2.9m
But cost of unpaid contracts offset by exceptional gains elsewhere
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NewsCouncils 'misusing' credit-rating checks on SMEs
NFB research finds councils are unfairly shutting out SMEs from winning construction work by misusing credit-rating checks
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NewsAdmiralty Arch luxury hotel wins planning
Luxury hotel approved despite no uplift in social housing money
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NewsChristchurch's cardboard Cathedral opens for prayer
Japanese architect Shigeru Ban’s new ‘cardboard cathedral’, built in Christchurch, New Zealand, opened to visitors this month
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NewsMuseum of Liverpool architect ordered to pay further £1.2m damages
Judge has now awarded museum more than £2m from Manchester-based AEW due to project’s major technical problems
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NewsFears over plan to scrap Code for Sustainable Homes
Government proposals raise concerns that vital areas of sustainability will not be covered by fresh standards
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NewsNumber of signed Green Deals tops 100
Latest official figures show number of signed Green Deal plans hit 132, with one plan now ‘live’
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NewsHousebuilders face new minimum space standard
The government proposes national space standard for new build homes as part of its wider review of housing standards and regulations
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CommentConstruction jobs figures provide reasons for hope
The number of unemployed construction workers has dropped- and the need is there to start a huge training programme now
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CommentWonders & blunders with John Tebbit
John Tebbit finds Hagia Sophia in Istanbul awe-inspiring but longs for the day when the Shell Centre on London’s South Bank has been removed and forgotten about
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NewsStricken Sidell Gibson owes £2.5m
Firm enters liquidation after mounting debts and problem jobs