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NewsLDA to release land for 12,000 London homes
The London Development Agency is planning to release sites in east London with capacity for up to 12,000 homes as part of a major development strategy to be launched next month
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NewsUN recruits RICS to aid in Haiti rebuild effort
Surveying body will advise on immediate building needs, costs of recovery and long-term plan
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NewsUnion warns of skills time bomb
Unite calls for greater government investment in training for young people in construction and engineering
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NewsIndustry set for £27bn green energy bonanza
Government renewable energy plans announced this week could create a multibillion-pound surge in demand for construction work
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NewsA renewables revolution is coming
The government's announcement on feed-in tariffs is to be welcomed but some details need to be looked at carefully
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NewsTenants move in to Dubai's O14
HH's 22-storey commercial building is one of first to be occupied in Business Bay district
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Government burglars
As Brian Green points out in his column on drumming up work, the government has pretty much kept the industry in business during the recession. About 40% of construction work undertaken in Britain is bought by the taxpayer, compared with 31% in the days when Northern Rock was just a ...
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Bulls in the housing futures market turn sheepish
There has been a sharp change of mood among the traders of housing futures who punt large sums on the level of house prices at given years ahead.Traders had turned bullish last autumn and even at the end of the year the Tradition Future HPI was showing a projected ...
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NewsMakes you shiver
Nick Roarty snapped this “pair of clowns” near the Barbican in the City of London in the act of installing signage from a ladder stationed on top of their van
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CommentThe little Ceausescus
When it comes to making changes to listed buildings, planners and conservation authorities are often unhelpful, ill-informed, and obstructive to the point of malice
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CommentA cock and ball story
Tony Bingham If your little mistake turns out to be a massive mistake because of my little mistake, can you be made to pay the whole of the bill? Over to the Court of Appeal …
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The job’s in the blag
Guy Guinan As competition for jobs gets tougher, more candidates are embellishing their CVs. But it’s the employer who’ll be for the high jump if one of them subsequently messes up
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The road to recovery
Jeff Brown Here’s some good news for firms that are pursuing claims against insolvent defendants: a new bill should make it easier for you to get your money …
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What problems with housing?
It was good to see some reflection in last week’s issue on the state of housing quality (22 January, page 20)
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These problems with housing
The recent problems with the Homes and Communities Agency’s Kickstart programme highlight an uncomfortable truth: many of the new homes being built in the UK aren’t good enough
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These problems with Kickstart
Homebuyers quite rightly are the best judges of private housing quality
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Return to sender
Last week’s story on Concentra said incorrectly that Durkan Holdings sold its 51% stake in Durkan Pudelek to Gombe Holdings
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Ditch the old buildings …
In response to “Morrell: Older buildings must be torn down” (building.co.uk, 25 January): not only were many sixties and seventies public buildings constructed with minimal resources, they were often planned to government handbooks that specified the maximum internal area that could not under any circumstances be exceeded
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… and new ones, too
Regarding Morrell’s views on older buildings: Immediate postwar construction can be equally shoddy