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UK Housing Market Survey Shows Market Full of Dissatisfied Householders

Savills research has today released findings from its UK Housing Market Survey, which shows a market full of dissatisfied householders wanting bigger, better homes who are constrained by high prices and a lack of supply....

23 Jul 2007

Construction Company Cruden Group Scoop International Safety Award for the 25th Time

Warrington-based construction company Cruden Group has scooped the British Safety Council's prestigious International Safety Award for the 25th time. The Cruden Group builds, refurbishes, repairs and maintains dom...

23 Jul 2007

Can Contractors Keep up with Renewable Energy Device Technologies?

Greater demand for home renewable energy devices is putting increased strain on building contractors, it has been claimed. In particular, roofing professionals are struggling to deal with the growing market for items ...

23 Jul 2007

London Attempt to Secure Long-Term Water Suppy and Look at Desalination

The security of London’s future water supplies is more certain today after the Government confirmed it has granted planning permission for the Thames Gateway Desalination Plant, in Beckton. The announcement ...

23 Jul 2007

Health and Safety Bureaucracy Endangers Desperately Needed New Homes in London

Mayor of London Ken Livingstone has today warned that over 16,000 desperately needed new homes in London could be lost because of ‘over cautious’ changes to planning advice by the Health and Safety Executive ...

23 Jul 2007

Twelve Shared Equity Entries Make Second Round, Aiming to Create More Affordable Housing for Low Income Earners

Twelve new shared equity proposals, which aim to help more people on low incomes onto the housing ladder, have been shortlisted following the successful first phase of the shared equity competition. The competition wa...

23 Jul 2007

Olympic VeloPark to Live on Well After 2012

The VeloPark to be based in the north of the Olympic Park, will include a 6,000 seat Velodrome to host the Olympic and Paralympic indoor track cycling events as well as a BMX circuit for Olympic events (below). A...

23 Jul 2007

Mayor of London Published Views on how London Landmarks Should be Protected

Mayor of London Ken Livingstone has published Supplementary Planning Guidance (SPG) which details how important views of London landmarks should be protected and managed. The planning guidance `London View Management ...

23 Jul 2007

WRAP Launch Initiatives to Assess Building Waste Neutrality

WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) has announced the start of a number of pilot projects, which will test the proposed Net Waste Method, launched by the organisation last month. The method, which aims to pr...

23 Jul 2007

Docklands Light Railway Extension Has Positive Environmental Impact

A new report has shown that the Docklands Light Railway extension to London City Airport has brought huge environmental benefits with around 120,000 fewer taxi rides and 288,000 fewer car journeys having been necessary, ...

23 Jul 2007

H+H Celcon, The First Precast Concrete Manufacturer to Achieve Energy

H+H Celcon UK has become the first aircrete manufacturer and the first company in the precast concrete industry to achieve accreditation under the Energy Efficiency Accreditation Scheme (EEAS), the UK’s independent...

23 Jul 2007

Leighton Wins $500m Contract for Sonoma Coal Mine

Leighton Contractors’ Mining Division has been awarded a five-year contract worth in excess of $500 million by Sonoma Mine Management Pty Ltd. Under the contract Leighton Contractors will perform bulk excavation...

19 Jul 2007

John Holland Win Contract to Build Sydney's Desalination Plant

John Holland is pleased to announce that the Bluewater Joint Venture, consisting of John Holland and Veolia Water, today signed the $960 million contract to design and construct the Sydney Desalination Plant. The Blue...

19 Jul 2007

Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects Appointed Master Designer for Duke University Redevelopment

The Duke University Board of Trustees has approved the selection of Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects as master designer for redeveloping the school’s Central Campus. As master designer, Pelli Clarke Pelli Architect...

19 Jul 2007

Architectural Billings Index Reaches High for the Year in June

Following an almost three point spike in May, the Architecture Billings Index (ABI) zoomed up more than four points in June reaching its highest mark of the year. As a leading economic indicator of construction activity,...

19 Jul 2007