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DL counts cost of housing regs
Local authorities will be told how to improve the viability of housing schemes following a review of government regulations. The study, undertaken by QS Davis Langdon, will assess its cost to the housebuilding industry
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CommentWhy we need Charter 284
This week Building is launching a campaign to argue for five policy goals that the winner of the general election should implement
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NewsCrumbling Yorkshire churches to get £2m makeover
Repairs will focus on leaking roofs and eroded masonry in 23 churches
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NewsBrown attempts Corus steelworks rescue
More than a thousand jobs could be saved if prime minister secures new owner for plant
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NewsSix contractors vie for £90m Reading station revamp
Contract will be biggest station upgrade undertaken by Network Rail in current spending period
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NewsBabcock maintains interest in VT
Support services group says merger with reluctant target would benefit both companies and improve capability across infrastructure, equipment support and training sectors
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NewsCastle Cement fined £250k for cancer risk
Flintshire factory admits four health and safety charges related to dust, smoke and noise
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NewsCSkills to slash a quarter of staff by 2011
CITB ConstructionSkills has begun the process of slashing a quarter of its staff by 2011, as it struggles to plug a £10m deficit
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NewsRICS hits out at estate agents study
Surveyors body says there ‘is more to protecting consumers than prices’ in response to Office of Fair Trading research
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NewsHome completions fall to new low in January snow
NHBC reveals that fewer homes were completed last month than at any point since 1981
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Comment
The confusion over public sector spending cuts
There has been much comment recently concerning the planned cuts in public sector investment, with a figure of 50% often mentioned. This relates to the planned reduction in public sector NET investment over the period 2009/10 – 2012/13.However, GROSS investment is planned to fall by a lesser 30% over this ...
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NewsArup and Davis Langdon team up on Ghanaian school prototype
Design uses modular parts easy for local builders to recreate from local materials
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NewsCheap and fearful
Thanks to Richard Butler from Network Rail, who spotted these carefree chaps undertaking a spot of roofing work with the help of improvised scaffolding …
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CommentThe great divide
Given the importance of school work, contractors need to dedicate much more thought to getting education experts and construction experts to work together
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CommentDetached housing policy
Grant Shapps’ plans for the housing market fly in the face of expert opinion and will seriously hinder the recovery
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CommentBuilding buys a pint … for EC Harris
It’s pretty well understood that if you gather any group of English people over a certain age together in any one place for any period of time they’ll start talking about house prices...
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CommentHansom opportunity lost
Chance favours the prepared mind, which is bad news for Grant Shapps, Chris Cheshire, the RIBA press office and the government of the UK – and very good news for a certain consultant
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Comment
Flawed board
James Wates’ appointment as chair of the CITB CSkills board (12 February, page 10) has some clear benefits for the sector, and he will bring real strengths to the role
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CommentMind, body and soul
I read the article on “broken homes” and Amanda Levete’s article (22 January, page 20 and page 22) and neither discussed one of the main reasons why we should deliver better homes and workplaces
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Comment
You need help
As a quaintly named “heritage professional” dealing with “heritage assets” and their management, I can understand Simon Tolson’s frustration with the lack of standard procedure in dealing with historic buildings (5 February, page 47)