Outgoing HS2 chair Douglas Oakervee warns poor capacity & infrastructure means the transport system needs investment tiny.cc/yehe5w

New survey reports West Midlands #housebuilding is up, as construction workloads rise at strongest rate since 2004 tiny.cc/npxe5w

Construction News | Fall in construction firms going bust in September bit.ly/17dqqDm

Upgrading existing lines instead of building HS2 could mean 14 years of weekend closures, according to new studies tiny.cc/v9sn5w

HS2 would create 24,600 jobs and £19.6bn of construction contracts according to the government’s latest business case tiny.cc/b44p5w

330,000 more people living in the West Midlands in the last 10 yrs, prompts calls to boost construction & build homes tiny.cc/25ot5w

Fears over skills shortage as survey shows construction orders and output are now growing at fastest rate for 6 years tiny.cc/fyw05w

Leader | HS2’s early engagement is the right way forward bit.ly/1cKsBhQ

In the next 5 years, growth of 14.7% is predicted in the West Midlands, slightly behind the national average of 17% tiny.cc/i5i45w

Average house prices are up £13,000 in 12 months, with predictions that values will rise by 25% in the next 5 years tiny.cc/k1a65w

HS2 outlines procurement strategy for contractors - Commercial Director says developer will tender 20 major packages tiny.cc/wtg85w

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Construction output rose 1.7% in Q3 of 2013 - the highest rise in Q3 output since 2003, figures from the ONS reveal tiny.cc/6aqd6w

HS2 would spread the prosperity of London & the south-east to "rebalance" the UK says former deputy PM Lord Heseltine tiny.cc/xjwf6w

RBS & Halifax report strong uptake of #helptobuy with 2,384 applications but critics concerned about a housing bubble tiny.cc/uuhh6w

West Midland LEPs helping to drive economic growth, says Government TheBusinessDesk WM - tiny.cc/qu9i6w

MPs to question Transport Secretary over report that predicted HS2 project would boost the UK economy by £15bn a year tiny.cc/abbl6w

The UK has met the target of raising £11bn of economic benefits from the Olympics, including contracts for Brazil tiny.cc/hopq6w

Architects see first annual workload increase in 4 years, RIBA reveals - but workloads are yet to reach 2008 levels tiny.cc/uyhs6w

European construction output fell by 1.3% in September compared with August, according to estimates from Eurostat tiny.cc/1m9x6w