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News'False optimism' drives up property asking prices
January asking prices rise in the traditional new-year bounce, but by far less than last year
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NewsMandelson to launch review of construction industry
Wildcat strikes over foreign labour prompt minister to look at UK skill shortages and competitiveness
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NewsAbu Dhabi developer plans 3,500 yacht berths for mega-rich racing fans
Four new marinas to be built on Yas Island in time for Formula 1 Grand Prix
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Could buying up unsold private stock be stifling social house construction?
Is it just me, or is there a link between the deals being struck through the Government's National Clearing House to take unsold private homes into the social sector and the recent collapse in new construction orders for social house building?I ask because I have been doing some analysis and ...
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NewsRLB secretary helps firm win green accreditation
Nicky Hannon's winning 'green day' idea suggests staff work from home once a month
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NewsCapita wins Yeovil College contract
Consultant will provide design services on the £60m Somerset scheme
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Cyril Sweett announces a number of appointments
QS appoints new director, and four senior consultants
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NewsRLF is project manager and QS on Esk Valley scheme
Consultant completes work on the £3m day care centre in North York Moors
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NewsBuilding's Virtual Careers Fair - 18 and 19 February
On-line event offers free company information and live job vacancies as well as webinars advising on working abroad
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CommentSurprise! : New information in adjudication
The box of matters for adjudication that arrives at your door may contain some nasty shocks – such as a cartload of new information. The question is, as ever, is this fair?
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NewsCrest Nicholson boss: Rescue deal is good news for rivals
Chief executive Stephen Stone says deal shows banks will stick with large housebuilders
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CommentThis is an emergency
The argument this week over whether Ed Balls meant to say we were in the worst recession for 100 years may have caused mild hysteria in the media, but it won’t have raised many eyebrows in construction
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NewsNew delay to £350m Salford scheme as BSF woes mount
Contract now 14 months late as audit office highlights £1bn-a-year shortfall in schools programme
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NewsAukett Fitzroy Robinson: market has got worse since January
Architect claims overseas work will bolster balance sheet and keep 2009 results on track
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Laing O'Rourke gets top marks with £200m London BSF deal
Business barometer But January’s haul of £1.46bn of contracts is 39% down on last year
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NewsA bank we could believe in
Stephen Hill argues the case for a National Bank of Reconstruction to fund a new model of housebuilding
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Don't keep it to yourself: Notifying insurers
Insurance policies provide a secure safety net, but that can disappear pretty quickly if you keep the insurers in the dark when things go wrong
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NewsPolice detain CCTV head of construction for fire investigation
Project boss and 11 colleagues blamed for illegal fireworks display at Beijing tower
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NewsHousehold emissions to be cut 33% by 2020
UK Green Building Council welcomes government announcement of new target