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NewsSocial housing may be excused from green targets
Housing Corporation admits homes bought from private developers may not meet code level three
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Housing stats: New-build sales and completions in June 2008
This month’s data reveals that private registrations are at 40% of the level they were a year ago.
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Crunch brings directors’ pay rises to a grinding halt
… but Derbyshire contractor Bowmer & Kirkland bucks trend to award its best-paid director £8.6m
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Party Wall Act: Good news for good neighbours
A recent decision on the Party Wall Act means that those who consent to a party wall notice are still protected by the act if a dispute arises
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CommentWebmaster review: Rafael Viñoly website
The website of Rafael Viñoly boasts the benefits of pure Flash, but that has drawbacks too
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NewsManchester court is favourite to win Stirling prize
Denton Corker Marshall’s Civil Justice Centre is the bookies’ choice but the result is ‘difficult to call’
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370% rise in firms facing severe financial difficulties
Almost five times more construction companies face “critical problems” than this time last year, new figures show.
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Prison plans may spell end for Norfolk eco-town
Developer says it will abandon scheme if Ministry of Justice prison on former airbase site is approved
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NewsIndustry divided over Construction Act reform
Industry trade bodies remain divided over the draft of the revamped Construction Act, unveiled by the government this week, writes Dan Stewart.
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Sharewatch - hope on the horizon?
Housebuilding shares continued their hesitant recovery over the past seven days as flickers of good news emerged and hedge funds reined in their short-selling activity.
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Olympic worker seriously injured on site …
A worker on the Olympic park has spent the past month in hospital after a site accident
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T Clarke unaffected by crunch
Electrical contractor T Clarke has said its trading for the six months ended 30 June 2008 has not been hit by the credit crunch.
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ODA admits 20% chance it may overrun its budget
The Olympic Delivery Authority has admitted that there is a 20% chance it will use more than its original contingency budget to build the venues for the 2012 Games.
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Minerva set to accept £258m offer from Dubai group
Property group Minerva is set to accept a £258m takeover offer from Dubai real estate group Limitless.
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NewsMake taken off £100m tower
Make Architects has been removed from a £100m scheme to build a 30-storey tower in Manchester’s Spinningfields district, writes Dan Stewart.
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Official figures show construction output dropping in second quarter
So there it is, construction output slumped sharply in the second quarter of this year, according to the first take by the national statisticians of economic activity.The statisticians put the 0.7% drop in construction activity down to the sharp drop in house building work. The 0.7% drop in construction output ...
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NewsTrivial pursuits
Thanks to John Battye of Telford and Wrekin council for sending in this picture taken by his colleague Matthew Venables in Barmouth, north Wales.
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FeaturesTop 150 Contractors and Housebuilders 2008
It looks like we’re in for nasty weather. Problem is, most of the the industry has only known bright, bright sunshiny days. So what can the people who went through the misery of the early nineties teach them?
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FeaturesLong way down
Sorry. The fun stops here. The steady and enjoyable climb of the past two decades, with turnover, pay and margins all rising to spectacular heights, is over.
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FeaturesSo Moorish: property developing in Morocco
24-year-old James Bailey just couldn’t get enough of the sun, sea and surf in Morocco, so 18 months ago he ditched his City job to try and make waves as a property developer near Agadir. Emily Wright finds out how he’s getting on