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NewsGovernment acts to help housing market
Rent-to-buy scheme to help first-time buyers and new local housing companies among a raft of measures announced today
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NewsBamboo bridge spans the River Tyne
Australian firm Bambuco and engineer Faber Maunsell collaborate on 100m long structure as part of Summer Tyne festival
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NewsDelays at Greenwich Peninsula could cost taxpayer £60m
Lend Lease and Quintain’s £4bn scheme ‘at least two years behind schedule’, says National Audit Office
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NewsCall to include primary schools in academies programme
Think tank CentreForum recommends expanding academies beyond secondary sector, a potential boost to construction workload
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NewsMPs call for new post of chief construction officer
Select committee report is critical of fragmented approach to construction policy and says government should be a better client
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NewsMPs attack government's 'empty rhetoric' in delivering green offices
All-party report offers eight ways Brown could get back on the road
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Contractors fall foul of CIS rules
Government fines 30,000 firms for failing to report supply chain details on time
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Tarmac cuts 300 jobs as plants and offices close
Materials firm cites ailing housebuilding market but says some restructuring was already planned
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NewsAtkins helps pedestrians cut across Oxford Circus
Applying Japanese idea for diagonal pedestrian crossings aims to ease central London congestion
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Hill International bags £5bn university work in Libya
Consultant to provide pre-construction and design management services for 27 campuses
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Comment
Nero comes to mind
On a day that Wolseley has announced 6,000 job cuts and when the employment figures are looking decidedly shaky, even without the effects of the recent cull by house builders, the latest efforts by Caroline Flint to ease pain in the market seem rather puny.I could go into a detailed ...
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NewsHotel made from shipping containers swings into view
Shipping container system by George & Harding and Buro Happold is said to be 25% faster to build than conventional build
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NewsSink or win? The dragonboat winners and losers
Watch footage of Building's 2008 Dragonboat challenge to find out who won and who ended up swimming with the ducks
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NewsProfit jumps at Laing O'Rourke
Contractor's profit rises 76% thanks to mega-projects and rapid growth overseas
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NewsQuarterly house sales fall 40% to hit 30-year low
RICS says estate agents sold just 15 homes each last quarter, 40% less than a year ago
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NewsHousing 'ignored' in youth crime plan
Social landlords are disappointed that housing is downplayed in the government’s blueprint on tackling youth crime.
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Aquatics centre jury noted 'technical issues' in Zaha Hadid design
Freedom of information request reveals jury’s comments on £303m Olympic aquatics centre
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NewsSir Simon Milton promoted to deputy mayor of London
Boris Johnson’s planning advisor to become new deputy of policy and planning
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NewsSt Modwen halts housing schemes at Longbridge and Stoke
Two housing developments put on hold until housing market improves, following firm's announcement of £20m losses
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