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FeaturesEnergy certification of Non-Domestic Buildings
Fulcrum have produced a white paper explaining the requirements for non domestic Energy Performance Certificates (EPC's) which will now be affecting all new buildings and existing buildings for sale or rent.
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Commercial property demand plummets
The latest RICS survey on commercial property demand makes grim reading.Two figures are particularly worrying for the construction sector. Firstly: The balance of surveyors reporting demand down against those seeing demand rising was 30%, the worst figure for six years. Secondly: The balance between surveyors saying there was more available ...
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Slowing lending points to worsening housing market
There was little joy in today's release of the Council of Mortgage Lenders March figures for lending, as they reinforced data pointing to a weakening housing market.Lending was up 5% on February, but the normal 20% March jump was absent with the figure 17% down on a year ago. Worse ...
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NewsPFI schools: Marks out of 10
A new study by accountancy firm KPMG says pupils in schools built through PFI do better than those in conventionally funded schools. But what do those at the frontline think? Emily Wright spoke to two headmasters with rather different ideas on the best way to build our schools. Now ...
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Still on course for zero
The recent report by NHBC on attitudes to zero-carbon homes must be seen as a call to action and not an excuse for failure.
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Not the final chapter
The seven architects shortlisted to design the “Library of Birmingham with Repertory Theatre” in Centenary Square would be well advised to take the grand promises of councillor Whitby and his senior advisers with a large pinch of salt.
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Hot air at speaker’s corner
According to The Daily Telegraph, £191,000 has been spent on air-conditioning for the speaker’s dwelling at the Palace of Westminster.
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NewsThe cube root: Birmingham’s Cube
Groundworks contractor O’Donnell is laying the foundation for Birmingham’s £75m Cube.
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Hochtief back in black
Hochtief (UK) has announced a return to the black in the year ended 31 December 2006, with a pre-tax profit of £2.5m. In the previous year it made a loss of £365,000 after taking a hit on what it described as a “problem project”.
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Potters Fields rethink
Southwark council says a new architect will be sought for Berkeley Homes’ mixed-use scheme at Potters Fields by the Thames.
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Nuclear deadline
The submission deadline for the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (formerly the DTI) consultation on planning for new nuclear power stations is 21 April.
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NewsGrand old Charles Saatchi: Chelsea gallery
The shell and core of Charles Saatchi's 6,500m2 contemporary art gallery in Chelsea, west London is reaching completion.
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First candidate enters RIBA race
Ruth Reed has become the first declared nominee for the 2009 RIBA presidency.
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NewsAn Oxford education
HKR Architects has been appointed by Oxfordshire council to carry out a feasibility study for a new academy in the city.
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NewsFive steps to… successfully co-ordinating M&E services
Peter Caplehorn of Scott Brownrigg advises on the key areas
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NewsBournemouth just got bigger
Images of this development by Redrow Homes in Bournemouth have been released in advance of sales starting on the site.
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NewsThe bungalow bonanza
The Crawford Partnership has won a RIBA competition to convert and extend up to 3,000 council-owned bungalows in Doncaster, south Yorkshire.
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Housing woes
78.5% surveyors reported a fall in house prices last month, according to the RICS housing market survey for March.