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In the Pipeline

Sept. 1, 2003

Work has recently commenced on site for 44 houses and flats at Elgin Road, Cowdenbeath. The developer and builder is David Boyack Homes.

Lack of affordable housing fuels crisis

Sept. 1, 2003

A massive drop in the level of social and affordable housing is to blame for the crisis in the UK housing market, according to the Royal Institution of Charter…

First time buyer figures plummet

Sept. 1, 2003

The number of first time buyers has fallen to an all time low due to demographics, social change and affordability according to FPD Savills. The “worrying tren…

Cars fall foul of Londoners’ green living

Sept. 1, 2003

Londoners are increasingly likely to live without a car according to a survey into the transport habits of the city’s apartment-dwellers.

Sound RSDs out for consultation

Sept. 1, 2003

The government has published for consultation the industry’s robust standard detail proposals, devised by the industry to satisfy new sound insulation rules. T…

Boost for training funds

Sept. 1, 2003

The Construction Industry Training Board’s (CITB) grant funding pot has been topped up to £86.5 million for 2003/04 - a 15% increase on last year. Construction…

Diary Dates

Sept. 1, 2003

September

The Walrus

Sept. 1, 2003

Our hot and bothered Walrus admires the Comic Timing Division at the ODPM but accepts that it is overshadowed by the department’s Short-Lived Building Legislat…

Sept. 1, 2003

Kitchens

Crucial components

Sept. 1, 2003

Cavity trays, lintels and damp proofing - not the sexiest areas of housebuilding but Tim Palmer finds intensive product development mainly driven by PPG3 and P…