All articles by Alex Smith – Page 15
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Brown pledges three million new homes by 2020
Brown announces a new housing agency to help deliver 40,000 more homes a year by 2016
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Blears approves Viñoly’s Walkie Talkie tower
The new communties secretary upsets heritage bodies by giving go-ahead to controversial City tower
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Paper Round: Flood repairs hit £1.5bn
Also in this weekend's papers: Tesco upsets estate agents and Metronet may foot the bill for delayed Tube work
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Jarvis wins £50m of rail contracts
Infrastructure support services group clinches rail contracts across the UK
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Riverbank tales
The film This is Tomorrow about the history of the Festival Hall prompted thoughts of yesteryear for Alex Smith. Luckily, there are some excellent web archives to help him trip down memory lane
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Costain building division makes ‘steady improvement’
Group says remedial actions are beginning to turn round fortunes of building arm
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Redrow appoints new chairman as sales stay on track
Alan Bowkett will take over from interim chairman Jim Martin with immediate effect
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Carillion reaps benefits of Mowlem integration
Group says growth in acquired firm's markets will contribute to increased earnings in 2007
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A sit-in protest
What do we want? A register of checks on cranes to prevent more deaths, without having to go down to Westminister to protest. When do want it? Now! Alex Smith gets his virtual placards out
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Home Inspectors could win Toyota Prius for passing exams
Trainees who pass their exams by August 1 will be offered the chance to win a Toyota Prius
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Metronet starts process to recover £1bn
Metronet has asked the PPP arbiter to conduct an Extraordinary Review into its £1.2bn overspend on Tube renewals
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Persimmon’s £59m Redcar scheme gets planning green light
Coatham Links site will give Cleveland town 340 new homes and a large leisure complex
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Barratt to build zero-carbon ‘Green House’
The housebuilder will build the Gaunt Francis-designed home at the BRE's Innovation Park
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Former Bechtel engineer to head Olympic Executive
Jeremy Beeton was a former senior vice-president at American construction giant
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Ministers and MDs mingle on the terrace as Wicks steals the show
ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV's terrace reception at the House of Commons attracts the top names in construction as well as Lords, ministers and MPs
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Biodiesel firm to float on AIM
Public listing will fund second plant in Ellesmere Port to convert animal fat into energy
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Speedy Hire buys Hewden Tools for £115m
Hire company will have 540 depots across the UK once Hewden is incorporated into business
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Levitt Bernstein’s student housing makes waves in Islington - images
James Lighthill House Student Accommodation scheme provides 20 new student flats in North London
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Southwark fixes 6kW wind turbine to council block
Pilot study will reveal whether wind power will be viable for billion pound regeneration of Elephant and Castle
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2012 Olympic village attracts 500 architects
Architects have three more weeks to enter submission before 40 practices are appointed to compete for commissions