Building low carbon homes is proving tougher than expected when the Scottish government set ambitious targets in 2007.
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Douglas Fraser
Business and economy editor, Scotland
Greenpeace criticises the current system which relies on builders to certify much of their work, with limited checks.
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The 200-year-old redwood tree was chopped down on the site of 80 new homes in Swansea.
Read moreIt is believed to be the first time engineers have lifted a complete flat into place between existing buildings.
Nigeria's Africa's biggest economy but still lacks necessary transport links, says Abdul Samad Rabiu.
School and housing projects in Powys were left in limbo when Dawnus and Jistcourt collapsed.
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Up to 50 new properties will be built in the Borders to test out a range of different building methods.
Read moreConsumer demand 'squeezed on all sides'
That IHS Markit/ CIPS Construction index, mentioned earlier, gave a 45.3 reading in July. Any reading below 50 shows contraction and it posted below this level for the fifth time in the past six months.
The latest reading was up from June's ten-year low of 43.1 but still signalled a marked downturn in total construction activity.
"Total business activity declined at a softer pace than the ten-year record seen in June, but this should not detract attention from the challenges ahead for the construction sector. Customer demand has been squeezed on all sides in recent months, which has pushed down business expectations to the lowest since the second half of 2012," said Tim Moore, economics associate director at IHS Markit, which compiles the survey.
Up to 5,700 homes in counties Donegal and Mayo were built the crumbling house blocks.
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Cambridgeshire County Council says it can no longer work with Kier after estimates continued to rise.
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