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NewsRICS calls for strict standards in Haiti rebuild
The RICS is pushing for rebuilding work in Haiti to follow strict safety standards following the earthquake last week that left 75,000 people confirmed dead and 1.5 million homeless
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DWP’s safety delay attacked
Safety bodies and industry groups have attacked the government’s delay in publishing a response to Rita Donaghy’s inquiry into construction deaths
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‘Prompt action’ to cut payroll maintains T&T’s profit
Turner & Townsend has said “prompt action” to cut its cost base has maintained its pre-tax profit
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NewsSchool for scandal: Aedas' Holland Park School
This is a first look at Aedas’ redesigned facade for its Holland Park School in west London
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Tories to punish ‘Nimby’ councils
Tory shadow housing minister Grant Shapps this week pledged to take money away from “Nimby” councils in order to fund incentives for local authorities that want housing growth
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Latest construction appointments - 22 January 2010
Apollo Group has appointed Mark Speed contracts manager in its Welsh office
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Super-mosque plan fails
Plans to build Britain’s biggest mosque have collapsed after the group proposing the scheme failed to present a masterplan on time
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Land Secs restarts £240m of London jobs
Mace, Sir Robert McAlpine and Wates have won three large London jobs that are to be restarted this year by Land Securities
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NewsMasdar delay: Foster + Partners' college
Foster + Partners’ Masdar Institute in Abu Dhabi, which was meant to be finished last year, is now aiming to open by September
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FeaturesBroken homes: The row over housing design
An almighty row has erupted between housebuilders and the government’s design watchdog over the quality of housing design in this country
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News2009 was the worst year for housing since the fifties
NHBC figures show that registrations and sales fell about 20% – even on 2008’s disastrous levels
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Housing stats: New-build sales and completions December 2009
The monthly figures show some good news – private registrations are up 130% on last year
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Styles & Woods chief leaves
Steve Wilton, the chief operating officer of retail specialist Styles & Wood has left the firm, according to documents filed at Companies House
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Construction’s failure rate
Construction firms accounted for 21% of all businesses going into administration in 2009, according to accountancy firm Deloitte
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Kier promotes Bowcott
Kier has appointed Steve Bowcott as managing director of its construction division
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NewsAukett to get £1m from Halabi
Nicholas Thompson, chief executive of architect Aukett Fitzroy Robinson, has said developer Simon Halabi may be forced to pay it more than £1m after their legal row
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Wates has a happy Christmas with a flurry of contract wins
Business barometer Contractor takes the lion’s share of building work as Bam cashes in on civils
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Building intelligence - 22 January 2010
The worst of the slump may just be over, but we’re still becalmed in the doldrums. R&M, though, has done surprisingly well, says Experian Business Strategies
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FeaturesEurope’s big beasts: Top contractors on the prowl
Europe’s governments have been throwing bloody haunches to contractors to get them through the famine, says Michael Glackin, but soon they’re going to be hunting on their own
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NewsNew homes: a rogues' gallery
Design for Home's David Birkbeck has compiled a picture gallery of poorly designed UK housing. Prepare to be depressed …