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CommentSwallow hard
Open mike — Yes, moving to zero-carbon homes is going to be strange at first, but then again we’re living through strange days, says Matt Bell. Pretty soon it will all seem perfectly normal …
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NewsFailed Styles & Wood buyout ‘first of many’
Industry observers have warned that more merger and takeover deals will fall through after last week’s management buyout of fit-out firm Styles & Wood was abandoned.
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NewsLabour MPs plot Planning Bill revolt
A former Labour environment minister is planning a backbench rebellion over government plans to devolve major planning decisions to an unelected commission.
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Brickmakers suffer as deliveries drop 13% in three months
Rumours of three-day weeks surface as ‘double whammy‘ of oil price rises and a drop in new housing starts hits manufacturers
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NewsHappily ever after: delivering regeneration in partnership
The public and private sectors are evolving new and fertile ways to marry their efforts on regeneration
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NewsUcatt members working on NHS projects reject pay offer
Workers carrying out maintenance work to NHS buildings reject 7.4% three-year offer
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NewsAbu Dhabi plans £1bn solar energy project
Investment by Masdar will focus on 'thin film' photovoltaic technology which is applied to building surfaces
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NewsRIBA reveals Regional Award winners
The regional winners will now go forward to June's national awards
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Bovis Homes slashes workforce
Bovis Homes has become the latest housebuilder to swing an axe through staff numbers, following the downturn in the housing market.
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NewsWildgoose remains unflappable in trying times
SME profile Derbyshire contractor resolute in face of economic downturn and OFT probe
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NewsOFT faces probe into conduct
A government watchdog is to investigate the Office of Fair Trading’s conduct amid increasing fears that inquiries such as its probe into bid rigging in construction may have been unfairly draconian and over-hyped.
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NewsBrickmakers suffer as deliveries drop 13% in three months
Rumours of three-day weeks surface as ‘double whammy‘ of oil price rises and a drop in new housing starts hits manufacturers
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Mayor gives green light to tall buildings
A series of high-rise and mid-rise buildings have been approved in Boris Johnson’s first planning meeting as mayor of London, despite his self-confessed antipathy to towers.
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Mayor gives green light to tall buildings
A series of high-rise and mid-rise buildings have been approved in Boris Johnson’s first planning meeting as mayor of London, despite his self-confessed antipathy to towers.
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NewsUnholy row erupts over Renzo revamp of Corbusier chapel
Work on Italian architect’s visitor centre is suspended after architecture fans threaten legal challenge
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Government may announce more than 10 eco-towns
Communities department rethinks programme, amid fears sites will not survive planning process
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Three on shortlist for £500m lab
HOK, Rafael Viñoly Architects and NBBJ are understood to be the last three practices in the race to design a controversial £500m “superlab” in central London.
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NewsConstructionSkills’ new head makes diversity pledge
Mark Farrar, Peter Lobban’s successor as ConstructionSkills chief executive, sets out his manifesto
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NewsUnholy row erupts over Renzo revamp of Corbusier chapel
Work on Italian architect’s visitor centre is suspended after architecture fans threaten legal challenge
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FeaturesYou and me both
It’s not just the young people on The Prince’s Trust training programmes who benefit – companies that support The Trust can enjoy a whole lot more than a warm glow