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Archive for July, 2006

Bluestone wins student housing job

July 17, 2006 By: lipslur Category: Housing No Comments →

Bluestone has secured a £9.5 million deal to build student housing in Sheffield for student hospitality provider the Unite Group.

McCarthy & Stone agrees £1bn takeover

July 17, 2006 By: lipslur Category: Housing No Comments →

Retirement house builder McCarthy & Stone has agreed a £1 billion takeover bid for the company - but two other rivals could contest the deal.

Barratt wins Harlow housing deal

July 17, 2006 By: lipslur Category: Housing No Comments →

Regeneration agency English Partnerships has chosen house builder Barratt to build more than 500 homes at Harlow in Essex.

Infrastructure under pressure from homes plans

July 14, 2006 By: lipslur Category: Construction News No Comments →

Infrastructure services like hospitals and transport should be rigorously assessed before the Government pushes through ‘disastrous’ plans for new housing in the south-east, the Tories have said.

Wooden frames used on fire site

July 13, 2006 By: lipslur Category: Housing No Comments →

The use of wooden frames on a housing development in north-west London will come under the microscope after the site went up in flames.

Morgan Est wins £11m roads contract

July 12, 2006 By: lipslur Category: Construction News No Comments →

Morgan Est has clinched an £11 million deal to build a new interchange on the A90 at Portlethen, Aberdeen for house builder Stewart Milne Homes.

MPs call for housing policy change

July 12, 2006 By: lipslur Category: Housing No Comments →

More than 100 MPs from all parties are demanding changes to government proposals for new planning policies aimed at boosting housebuilding.