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NewsInvestors undeterred by Taylor Wimpey deficit
Taylor Wimpey’s £216m pension fund deficit has not put off potential investors, according to sources close to the housebuilder
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Data planning applications: July 2008
Contractor Exel and London & Continental Railways were hatching the biggest plans last month
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CommentLet’s ditch the training levy
The ConstructionSkills levy is making enemies and criminals out of contractors and not getting much training done either. There must be a better way …
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NewsHome truths: Facade design
House facades are often constrained by budget, maintenance requirements, and internal layout. But that doesn’t mean they have to be boring
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CommentBridget Jones’ diatribe
The pressure to conform causes singleton Tarek Merlin untold grief at his friends’ dinner parties. It also happens to be the single greatest blight on the built environment
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Unleash the OGC
The government cannot afford to fail to implement the Construction Commitments through its supply chain, particularly after publicly signing up to them (25 July, page 9). And why on earth would it want to?
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Talks fail over Vinoly gallery
Client and contractor on Colchester arts centre fail to agree price for completing building exterior
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Hammerson blames credit crunch for £417m first-half loss
Falling property values knock £407m off value of developer's portfolio
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NewsRIBA presidents represent UK in Beijing
President Sunand Prasad and past president Jack Pringle to speak at UKT&I seminar in Olympic city
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NewsScottish distillery to harness whisky waste in biomass plant
Diageo plans £65m biomass plant to reuse distillation waste at Scotland's largest distillery
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NewsLib Dems highlight 20% crash in auction house prices
Party says auction prices reflect true state of market and demands urgent stamp duty reform
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NewsPhoto leads to crane driver sacking
Falcon Crane Hire has dismissed a crane driver for breaching safety rules in the week that a report about the fatal collapse of one of its machines was published
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Skanska UK broke through £1bn barrier last year
Skanska UK broke through the £1bn-turnover barrier in 2007 despite going £41.5m into the red in the first six months of 2008 and parting company with its chief executive.
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NewsHouse doctor: Built-in sunshine
Fuel costs being what they are, housing design must make the most of sunlight to heat houses. Peter Caplehorn of Scott Brownrigg explains how to arrive at an integrated solution
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Prime location
Readers have been invited on your website to suggest suitable locations for the siting of Jack Pringle’s Skylon.
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Government delays 2016 zero-carbon consultation
Housing minister says long-awaited document will not appear until September ‘at the earliest’
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The World Architecture Festival - 22-24 October
The largest architectural awards programme is open to buildings completed between 1 January 2007 and 20 June 2008
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Chancellor rules out imminent move on stamp duty
Government tries to prevent housing market stalling as buyers hope for tax holiday
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100 years of Structural Engineering - until September
Exhibition celebrating the importance of engineering in creating some of the most iconic buildings of the past 100 year
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NewsUcatt: scheme to tackle worker abuse will not work
Government plans to set up fair employment board to protect immigrant workers ‘lack credibility’