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    DTI axes dedicated research funding for construction

    2004-06-25T00:00:00Z

    Industry leaders warn that knowledge will 'wither' after government ends Partners in Innovation programme

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    Montpellier calls in police after animal rights threat

    2004-06-25T00:00:00Z

    Construction group Montpellier has called in the police after shareholders received threatening letters from animal activists.

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    CSCS launches card fraud crackdown

    2004-06-25T00:00:00Z

    The Construction Skills Certification Scheme is to crack down on the use of fraudulent cards in the industry.

  • Features

    Factfile

    2004-06-25T00:00:00Z

    Planning approvals Scottish planning approvals are soaring compared with April's 617, whereas numbers in the South-east have unexpectedly plummeted from 796 last month. Wales is gradually coming back with an eight-fold increase This data is provided by Glenigan, the development monitoring service. More than 10,000 new UK housing projects are ...

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    Barker but no bite

    2004-06-25T00:00:00Z

    After Kate Barker's review of housing supply, the industry looked forward to tough changes sparking a housing bonanza. Get one thing straight - it isn't going to happen

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    Inside: Now/Next

    2004-06-25T00:00:00Z

    Is it a wall or is it a window? Some designs may get you guessing, but only about the back of the house – house fronts remain traditional.

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    The taste temptation

    2004-06-25T00:00:00Z

    Once dismissed by housebuilders as a diversion, optional extras are now seen as a way of luring the customer into shelling out for the show home look. We look at ways you can cook up business

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    >outside

    2004-06-25T00:00:00Z

    This month, outside takes a fly through websites and housebuilding technology

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    Products

    2004-06-25T00:00:00Z

    Composite doorset Irish door maker New World Developments has put a great deal of R&D into its new Apeer GRP composite doorset. The door, which comes in eight styles, has been given an authentic timber-grain-style finish and is available with a triple-glazed panel. New World Developments www.nwd.uk.com www.building.co.uk/enquiries 900 ...

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    Doorstepping

    2004-06-25T00:00:00Z

    David Wilson Homes is expanding with the launch of Midlands-based company Urban Revival. Group chief executive Mike Stansfield explains why …

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    Regency Apartment scheme praised

    2004-06-25T00:00:00Z

    Barratt has demonstrated that apartment architecture can please both the purists and the buying public. Its Regency Apartments scheme in London's Westminster has won praise from RIBA president George Ferguson for its design quality and now its 204 apartments and three £795,000-plus houses are sold out. Designed by Assael Architecture, ...

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    Comment

    2004-06-25T00:00:00Z

    The Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act has been hailed for its radicalism. Bunkum, says Liam Russell of architect LCE Archimed, who thinks the new legislation will change little

  • Features

    Beat bullies

    2004-06-25T00:00:00Z

    Workplace bullying is ruining a growing number of people's lives. We look at how it can be stopped

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    Skilled solution

    2004-06-25T00:00:00Z

    ConstructionSkills is launching a drive to tackle the skills crisis. The initiative – Action for Skills – aims to kick-start a debate among employers on training. In the first of five monthly articles, Building, in association with ConstructionSkills, looks at what's gone wrong and how it can be fixed.

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    Broker’s notes: Where no metaphor has gone before

    2004-06-25T00:00:00Z

    I’m thrilled this week, dear reader. I have a choice of two large pegs from which to hang my observations: Euro 2004 or Wimbledon.

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    It's a gas, gas, gas

    2004-06-25T00:00:00Z

    Welcome to the crazy mixed-up world of utilities, where you never know who's selling what or who's going to install it – and neither does anybody else!

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    Hansom

    2004-06-25T00:00:00Z

    We scour the internet, swans around at Ascot, lurks on street corners and goes to sweat-soaked ceremonies and beer-soaked clubs – and all for you

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    Marketwatch: office special

    2004-06-25T00:00:00Z

    It was billed as 'The Big Comeback' – London's office developers were going to wow us with a spending extravaganza. But as we report, in reality market recovery has been more of a slow burn

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    Diary of an architectural practice, aged 6 months

    2004-06-25T00:00:00Z

    This month staff at Make get technical – from grappling with the photocopier to the weighty matter of voting for their favourite cake electronically

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    *bookbox

    2004-06-25T00:00:00Z

    As thoughts turn to escaping the office for sun, sea and sand, Building has compiled its own list of recommended summer reading. And, just so you don't forget work completely, all the books have guaranteed construction-related plots