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...More than a third of US bridge spans need significant repairs and should be replaced, according to the American Road & Transportation Builders Association....
...Initial US jobless claims, a proxy for lay-offs, are forecast to have held relatively steady last week and the National Association of Home Builders will release its confidence index which is expected to...
...A study by Knight Frank identified 11,000 potential sites, making up less than 1 per cent of the greenbelt....
...Housebuilding in England jumped in the second quarter of 2023 as builders fast-tracked projects to avoid tougher energy performance standards, according to official data published on Thursday....
...mine that currently wouldn’t even look at certain districts because the politics of that area make it too difficult to deliver a project,” says Stuart Baillie, head of planning at property consultancy Knight...
...In Smyrna (now Izmir), Timur ordered that all the captured Knights Hospitaller be beheaded, then catapulted their heads into the galleys of their colleagues who had fled by sea....
...“If there’s even a sniff of a peak in rates, you can construct a case for the FTSE 100 owing to its exposure to builders, banks, insurers and staples,” Mould said....
...“We have relationships with architects, builders, interior designers, electricians, plumbers, gardeners, tax lawyers, schools advisers — the full gamut,” he says....
...“This is ultimately a well-intentioned but probably limited in scale scheme,” said Simon Gammon, managing partner of Knight Frank Finance, the mortgage broker....
...The European build-to-rent market has taken off in recent years, with investors pouring in €399bn since 2013, according to Knight Frank....
...He turned to Qatar as the “white knight” to resolve the ownership impasse. Qatar wanted to own 100 per cent of the hotels, so struck an unusual deal that is only now being tested....
...Abramovich’s properties can no longer be rented out — or employ builders, cleaners or gardeners — while Chelsea cannot sell tickets for matches, merchandise, or even food at a profit to its owner....
...A few miles west of the centre of Oxford, Knight Frank is offering a five-bedroom family home built with hemp concrete, panels and bricks (and timber) for £1.6mn....
...the summer had little long-lasting impact on the mainstream market but fuelled demand for top-notch properties by displacing some owner-occupier families from their homes for months, as they called in builders...
...The company forecasts the UK-wide figure to grow to 820,000 by 2025, helped by increasing institutional investment and partnerships between operators and builders to unlock development sites....
...They don’t want to deal with builders for two years.” These factors have conspired to bring the big beasts to the same watering holes....
...With Johnson’s successor as mayor Sadiq Khan introducing higher targets for affordable housing delivery, development economics have looked less favourable and prompted many private builders to look beyond...
...Now, the task for builders of the 5,700-strong superyacht fleet — defined as boats longer than 30m — is to hold on to customers in the post-pandemic market....
...The builders we are using take a real sense of pride, something that transcends a nine-to-five discussion of work.”...
...In the parlance of New York developers, Silverstein was an owner — not a builder. At 70, few expected him to have the stamina or will....
...However Colin Thomas, a builder who has done several barn projects in Herefordshire, says the main challenge is restoring the original structure....
...Ballymore, one of the main builders in the area, recently commissioned a series of “ghost signs” — painted advertisements that dot London’s old industrial buildings....
...“The interesting domestic schemes are coming from legacy builders now,” says Hamlyn....
...According to consultancy Knight Frank, as of 2018 there were 198,000 ultra high-net-worth individuals in the world whose wealth exceeded $30m. This number is forecast to increase to 241,000 by 2023....
...Those looking for the convenience of a new build, meanwhile, could head to the Hamptons where a five‑bedroom contemporary barn-style residence, on sale with Knight Frank at $8.95m, stands out for its classic...
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