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NewsLloyds HBOS sets up toxic fund for housebuilding assets
Bank sets up dedicated fund to squeeze cash from property and housebuilding investments including Crest Nicholson and Gladedale
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NewsHouse prices to fall 11% this year
Total fall from 2007 peak of market to 2011 will be 30%, forecasts poll of analysts
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NewsConstruction orders sink to lowest level ever
November figures set new low of under £2bn with infrastructure hardest hit
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NewsHeathrow third runway confirmed
Transport secretary promises high-speed rail link to appease objectors
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NewsFuture Systems founder Jan Kaplicky dies aged 71
Czech-born architect behind Lords Media Centre and Birmingham Selfridges collapses in Prague
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NewsBarratt cuts net debt by £230m
But trading update reveals completions down one-quarter in second half of 2008
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NewsBalfour Beatty becomes first contractor in FTSE 100 for 15 years
Contractor joins list of UK's top 100 companies a week after celebrating the firm's 100th anniversary
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NewsOlympic funding decision delayed
Chancellor postpones media centre decision and approval to increase use of contingency funds
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NewsTribal wins first Frameworks Scotland hospital scheme
Consultant appointed on £120m redevelopment spearheading new NHS procurement initiative
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NewsLambeth blocks Make's Albert Embankment skyscraper
Council planning decision rules that 23-storey building would block light to nearby buildings
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NewsEast Anglia's £60m police buildings: images
McBains Cooper will work on six investigation centres to be built across Norfolk and Suffolk
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NewsGreen light for Nightingale's £79m Essex college scheme
Planning approval gained for architect's redevelopment of SEEVIC College in Benfleet
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NewsNightingale wins planning for £90m Guildford College scheme
Architect Nightingale Associates has won planning approval for a £90m scheme for Guildford College, completely overhauling its Stoke Park campus. At 28,000m2, it is one of the specialist education architect's biggest ever projects. The development will include a series of so-called “pavilions in the park,” which will form academies, each ...
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Worst six months for construction new orders since September 1995
The latest figures for new orders appear to have taken a turn for the even worse in November after already having fallen off a cliff in May last year.The 12 month rolling total of orders won in volume terms dropped rapidly in November to its lowest level for more than ...
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NewsBerger Hill wins numerous Middle East schemes
Hill and Louis Berger SAS joint venture firm will project manage a range of schemes in the region
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NewsTop 10 tips for successful schools
Project management guru Clive Birch offers key advice on making education scheme work
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FeaturesJust landed: Mark Chamberlain moves to Azerbaijan
Mark Chamberlain – a member of Building's graduate advisory board – has just quit surveying for NG Bailey in London to head for a new adventure in oil exploration in Baku
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NewsArup to cut up to 400 UK jobs
Civils sector no longer immune to credit crunch as consultant prepares to shed up to 8% of UK workforce
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FeaturesMiddle East Q&A: Muhyiddin Itani
Davis Langdon's Beirut director explains why construction in Lebanon has been booming in recent years, and advises UK firms how to get involved
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NewsProfit and turnover to crash 70% across construction sector
Business survey reveals building will be the industry worst hit by the downturn this year