More news – Page 1950
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NewsGovernment announces £200m Green Deal boost
Danny Alexander tells today’s NHBC annual lunch that money will help incentivise flagship scheme
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NewsGive Highways Agency greater independence, review recommends
Greater commercial focus and changes to governance structure are the key to delivering savings, report says
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NewsFITs cut could cost government £230m
Energy consultancy’s analysis shows huge tax loss to the Treasury if jobs are lost because of cuts to government subsidies for solar power
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CommentThe real problem raised by the Homes and Communities Agency affordable homes figures
Bad news or not, the HCA needs a greater level of transparency about its figures
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CommentLooks like a good deal for housebuilders, but only time will tell
One the surface the return of 95% mortgages on new build homes is good for housebuilders
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NewsNo extra design checks for £400m housing fund
Housebuilders won’t have to meet additional design standards to benefit from £400m government fund
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NewsKier Sheffield to make 50 redundant
Contractor has sent letters to all 985 of the division’s employees
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NewsSkyscraper plan puts Liverpool’s world heritage status on the line
Unesco will demand “radical” changes to Chapman Taylor-designed scheme
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CommentBuilding buys a pint … for Cyril Sweett’s technical and financial due diligence team
Just in time for Movember a fake moustache makes an appearance at Building buys a pint
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NewsState-of-the-art treehouse for vulnerable young people opens
Blue Forest’s £178,000 woodland retreat was opened by the Duke of Gloucester
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NewsIncentives question mark over Green Deal
Businesses will have to wait until Chancellor’s autumn statement to discover how the £14bn green retrofit scheme will be incentivised
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NewsGratte Brothers HQ hit by 'violent and abusive' protest
Up to 50 angry electricians chain doors shut at contractor’s London office
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FeaturesMcLaren factory: Driving force
White, pristine and streamlined – McLaren’s sports car production centre is like no factory you’ve ever seen. Ike Ijeh goes for a spin at the Foster-designed facility
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CommentRICS construction survey adds to grim news for the industry
A fifth of surveyors saw workloads fall in the third quarter
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NewsWillmott Dixon to build £33m Redcar leisure and business centre
Architects S&P and +3 and engineer Buro Happold are also lined-up to work on the project, which is due to start in the New Year.
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News£650m Crossrail station contracts awarded
Organisation names joint ventures for huge Whitechapel and Farringdon station contracts
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NewsLifschutz Davidson Sandilands win UCL campus job
Architect Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands is already engaged in masterplanning a £500m redevelopment of University College London’s existing site
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NewsAffordable housing starts fall 97%
Labour hits out at figures showing impact of Coalition cuts to social housing
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NewsTate St Ives reveals design shortlist
Architects in running for gallery extension at Tate’s Cornish outpost include practice behind stalled 2005 design
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CommentThe Housing Strategy: Was that it?
The government’s new strategy won’t deliver us from housing market purgatory and could serve to bump up house prices for new-build