NHBC stats show private home starts are down 72pc
The NHBCs latest housebuilding statistics show 14,537 applications to start new homes in the combined private and public sectors in the three months to February. The applications are 59 per cent down...
View ArticleHeaviest falls on record in UK construction
With the amount of bad news that has been coming out, it is tempting to become desensitised to any new bad figures. Indeed, some commentators do appear to be seizing on any bits of positive news so...
View ArticleShortlist revealed for £4bn academies framework
Partnerships for Schools has shortlisted 22 contractors for the hotly contested £4 billion academies super framework. Construction giants including Balfour Beatty, Carillion and Kier are joined by...
View ArticleRobert Peston (BBC) tells building industry ‘life will be tough’
The BBCs business editor Robert Peston has told the property and construction industry that the economy will not recover until the end of 2010. Addressing the British Council for Offices annual...
View ArticleRICS: Construction workloads continue to fall
Construction workloads in the first quarter of 2009 continued to weaken the latest construction market survey published by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors today revealed. Around 45 per cent...
View ArticleBAA radically overhauls procurement procedures
Airport operator BAA s procurement procedures were overhauled last week in a bid to cut costs, with major projects being put out to tender rather than awarded through its framework of contractors....
View ArticleUK Applications to build new homes up 10pc
The housebuilding industry has received a boost with applications to build new homes up 10 per cent in the three months to April, figures from the National Housebuilding Council have revealed. The...
View ArticleHousing update
Hometrack released research on house prices in May, finding prices remained static in May after almost two years of falls. (01 June)According to the latest figures from Land Registry, annual house...
View ArticleConstruction output figures show record fall
Government construction output figures for the first three months of 2009 highlight the biggest falls on record, the Construction Products Association has warned. The Office for National Statistics...
View ArticleA quick overview guide to The London Building Act (Amendment) Act: 1939...
Overview Section 20 of the London Buildings Acts (and subsequent amendments) is concerned with the danger arising from fire within certain classes of building which by reason of height, cubic extent...
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