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UK builds first warehouse using hemp lime panels
Wine Society's warehouse uses preformed panels of hemp and lime that locks in carbon dioxide
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Rok trading in line with forecasts
Maintenance specialist on course to meet full-year expectations
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Sustainability Now agenda out
Download the agenda here for the two day event. Plan your visitto the virtual event here
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Paul King previews new green events - video
UK Green Building Council chief executive offers a sneak preview of two upcoming sustainable events at the end of 2009
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UAE construction tenders to fall up to 15%
Last week, we published our latest forecast for UK tender price inflation, in which we predict tender prices to decline by a further 6-9% this year and another 3-5% in 2010, due to increased competition as jobs complete and contractors chase a dwindling supply of work, as well as lower ...
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The trouble with house prices
I read with interest recently the CEBR's predictions for the total fall in house prices and when it expects the turnaround to come and that got me thinking on the topic of house prices in general.The basic problem with house prices is, whose do you use? The ones the press ...
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Construction orders reveal industry’s pain
The March figures for construction new orders were only marginally better than those seen in the previous two months and there are still little signs that point to any stabilisation in industry workload.Monthly new order figures can be volatile, so to assess the trend in work volume it is better ...
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Bend ze knees!
Surely even in Essex there are better places to practise one's skiing technique?
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Leadbitter may seek management buyout from Heijmans
Bosses of Oxford-based contractor could retake control of the business after Dutch parent signals UK pull-out
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Workers march for British jobs at 2012 site
Construction workers from around the UK converge at Olympic park for unofficial protest
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Survey: How good was your last tender?
Is the tender process a breeze or do you find it a chore? Let us know in our Tender survey and in our New Foundations forum
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Gas bills could soar 40% with green energy
Senior civil servant warns of hike in price unless Renwable Heat Incentive is carefully planned
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Construction faces worst year on record
Report predicts recovery will not start until 2012 and warns of further job losses
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Over 150 architects apply for Glasgow School of Art comp
Large response to call for architects for £50m building – but far less than avalanche predicted
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LandSecs boss: 'no market recovery until 2013'
Chief executive Francis Salway warns industry colleagues of a long wait ahead
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House prices drop 1.7%, reports Halifax
Market hopes dampened as lender's April figures show a continuing decline
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Kew Gardens revamp could include new bridge over Thames
Landscape architect Gross Max commissioned to draw up proposals for riverside revamp and new bridge at historic gardens
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Britons' bid to catch out burglars
Survey reveals 5% of householders may be risking jail by setting ambushes for intruders
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Rivals circle failed consultant CNP
£14.5m-turnover building consultant seeks suitors to pay off parent LandAmerica's creditors
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Carillion JV picked for £500m Durham BSF
Partnership named as preferred bidder to deliver 40 schools in the county over 10 years