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Planning approvals
Approvals have grown significantly in London and East Anglia over the summer. In Wales, however, there is little evidence planners are responding to warnings of undersupply
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New-build completions
The housebuilding industry has been hard at work over the summer, maintaining steady completion levels, but daily sales dipped in June and July. Thank heavens they picked up in August. Maybe the downturn won鈥檛 happen after all 鈥�
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Buyer demand
SmartNewHomes reports that London bore the brunt of the summer slowdown with a fall in demand of 8.5%. That figure almost exactly matches the rise that Wales enjoyed. Meanwhile urban exiles continue to flock to the South-west
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Expert eye
What are developers cooking up in kitchens? James Pilling, senior designer at interior specialist Connections in Design, looks at the growing importance of kitchen design and its relationship with modern lifestyle
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拢300m hospital takes Bovis to the top of August league
After a quiet July, Bovis Lend Lease climbs 29 places 鈥� and stays well ahead in the annual contractor charts
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FeaturesMillau Viaduct: C鈥檈st magnifique!
Foster and Partners鈥� Viaduc de Millau in southern France is the highest, longest cable-stayed bridge in the world, and it opens in December. We admire the view, talks to the engineer and meets some enthusiastic locals.
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People who need people
This year鈥檚 黑洞社区/Hays Montrose careers survey found that construction鈥檚 workforce is overwhelmingly concerned with the problem of recruitment and training staff. We analyse the statistics
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FeaturesSpecialist costs: Concrete frames
In the first of our specialist market overviews, Ian Purton of Gardiner & Theobald looks at the concrete sector鈥檚 lead times and costs
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FeaturesSpecialist Q&A
John Doyle Construction, part of the John Doyle Group, specialises in the construction of substructure, superstructure and infrastructure projects. Stef Stefanou is the firm鈥檚 urbane chairman.
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FeaturesThe burning of the bodies
Construction鈥檚 institutions may have been dealt a deadly blow last week, when they were attacked as isolationist and threatened with merger plans. We report on how reforms could spell the end of professional bodies as we know them
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FeaturesWhat a result!
Last week, Wembley stadium opened its doors to the public to win over those who would be the Arch鈥檚 stiffest opposition 鈥� local residents and fans of the old twin towers. We went along to watch the project engineers rack up some PR points
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Not an ivory tower 鈥�
鈥� so much as a giant titanium egg, which Napier University has cooked up to attract students away from Edinburgh鈥檚 other universities 鈥� with a little help from 黑洞社区 Design Partnership.
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FeaturesRichard McCarthy
The sheer get-up-and-go of the head of the ODPM鈥檚 sustainable communities group is proving increasingly valuable 鈥� particularly in easing the 鈥榗reative tension鈥� between government and housebuilders. We got him to sit still for a minute.
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FeaturesLafarge鈥檚 African mercy run
Charity ship bound for Africa will carry 48-tonnes of cement donated by Lafarge and builders merchant Ridgeons.
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FeaturesKew for a song
Ted Cullinan celebrated a hat trick of gardening jobs by visiting Kew and writing a ditty in honour of partner Robin Nicholson.
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Specifier Products
The latest ideas for adding the final flourish to a building, from sun-shading aluminium louvres to spectacular coloured glass interlayers. Plus, the connectors, cramps and beams that hold it all together