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NewsNew buyer enquiries hit 10-year high
RICS data shows more than four in 10 surveyors saw enquiries rise in April
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NewsUK firms to vie for international innovation prize
Government invites five companies to compete in innovation competition in Hamburg
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NewsImproved cement substitute cuts embodied energy
RockTron develops new process that enables more than 50% substitution by pulverised fuel ash
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NewsPhase One:t Birmingham New Street
Station redevelopment leaders give young construction professionals the lowdown on the £600m scheme
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Redundancies ravage the construction workforce - 141,000 jobs gone in the past 12 months
The numbers made redundant in construction over the past 12 months have mounted to 141,000, according to the latest set of figures released by the official statisticians at ONS.Almost 100,000 of those redundancies were made in the six months from October last year to March this year.These figures will grossly ...
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NewsDubai claims: the new regime
There have been significant changes in the way disputes are handled in the UAE
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Look east to find some shelter from the storm
My good friend Martin Hewes has just past me some details of the latest Hewes & Associates forecast for new work construction output. It will not make for comfortable reading if you happen to be trading heavily in Yorkshire & Humberside.That region is set to be the hardest hit by ...
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Surveyors feel a stronger pulse in the housing market
The latest survey of the housing market by the surveyors' body RICS has provided yet more evidence that the rate of decay in the housing market may be easing, with the average surveyor busier than at time since last November.The uplift in buyer inquiries seems to be driving the strengthening ...
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NewsSustainable legislation: keep it simple
We run the risk of adding unnecessary costs and bureaucracy to the drive to zero carbon buildings under the current legislative framework. Influential green figure and thinker Pooran Desai argues for an approach to green construction that simplifies short term goals and incorporates broader sustainable principles than just C02 used ...
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APC tips: Professional development and lifelong learning
This month’s article addresses these two recently updated items in the APC process
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NewsConstruction blacklists to be outlawed
Government plans to speed through regulations banning compilation and use of blacklists that victimise union members
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NewsBut is it art?
This intriguing and elegant structure is clearly a masterpiece of pinpoint balancing – but it's not really scaffolding, is it?
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NewsRefinancing Styles & Wood: the chief executive's story
Midnight pizzas and runaway sheep – the inside story on managing a tricky financial move
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NewsCentrica buys 20% of UK nuclear operator
Power firm seals deal with EDF to pay £2.3bn to acquire stake in British Energy
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NewsSmall firms to get help entering Libyan market
£13,000 Service will include introduction to clients and other firms in the market, advice on setting up, getting visas and repatriating revenue
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NewsNakheel renegotiates contracts with creditors
News that Dubai government is plugging funds into developer will come as relief to UK companies working in the region
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NewsGovernment releases £62m for university schemes
This is second round of funding, following 47 projects receiving funds in March
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NewsGalliford Try buys failed firm's housing assets
Contractor pays £7m for five housebuilding sites belonging to Wright Group, which recently went into administration
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NewsTop architects urge boycott of Prince Charles speech
Stirling prize winners Alsop and Wilkinson among those urging architects not to attend RIBA speech
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NewsTravis Perkins plans £300m rights issue to cut debt
Debt at building supply firm hits £984.6m as revenue falls 14%, with further market deterioration forecast