04 November 2011
Building
View all stories from this issue.
-
‘Change of use’ policy could be watered down
10 Nov 11
Whitehall rows over plans to make it easier to converts offices in to flats, the FT reports
-
£13bn of viable road jobs 'shelved'
8 Nov 11
Study by Arup and RAC shows volume of scheme sat awaiting funding
-
£300m Regent Palace hotel revamp completed
7 Nov 11
Ambitious redevelopment by Sir Robert McAlpine and Dixon Jones Architects will provide office, retail and restaurant space
-
A quarter of Davis Langdon directors face redundancy
3 Nov 11
Forty directors may go as consultant confirms senior level restructure in response to downturn
-
Arabtec posts five-fold surge in profit and targets work abroad
04 November 2011
UAE’s largest builder made a net profit of £6.6m in the three months to 30 September
-
Are customers loyal or just too lazy to go elsewhere?
8 Nov 11
Our marketing expert explains how earn loyalty from your customers
-
Are we experiencing the second great depression? Into the vortex
04 November 2011
Reports out this week warn of five more years of economic decline, soaring unemployment and the threat of widespread social unrest. Could we be experiencing a second Great Depression? Building travels back in time to predict construction’s future
-
Arup to open BIM consultancy in UK
8 Nov 11
Engineering giant has been offering BIM services in Australia for 12 months
-
Balfour Beatty scoops £70m Land Secs Glasgow scheme
10 Nov 11
Firm wins lead contractor role on Buchanan Street retail and residential scheme
-
Balfour scores £293m US deal
8 Nov 11
Contractor selected as preferred bidder on army housing job
-
Bloxham: Urban Splash is eyeing London market
3 Nov 11
Firm has previously not operated in London
-
Bovis and Persimmon hit autumn numbers
8 Nov 11
Housebuilders report rising visitors number and sales up on last year
-
Building buys a pint ... At construction rocks
04 November 2011
This year our industry experts let their hair down in Camden
-
Calatrava paid £13m for unbuilt skyscrapers
10 Nov 11
Santiago Calatrava’s Valencia scheme is unlikely ever to be built
-
Camden sport centre, library and offices get planning at King's Cross
7 Nov 11
Planning permission granted to King’s Cross Central Limited Partnership as part of area’s wider redevelopment
-
Carillion bags energy contracts worth £445m
9 Nov 11
Framework deals with Fulcrum and National Grid bolsters order book
-
CBI: Government must ‘unfreeze’ housing market
11 Nov 11
Call for action on mortgages, stamp duty and regulation
-
Changes to public procurement regulations
4 Nov 11
A round-up of the recent changes arising from the Public Procurement Regulations 2011
-
Construction appointments 4 November 2011
04 November 2011
Almacantar, the HCA, Pick Everard, Ernst & Young and Robertson Group have all made appointments this week.
-
Consultants on £32bn High Speed 2 rail shortlist revealed
3 Nov 11
Winner will be revealed before the end of the year
-
Cost model: Small projects
04 November 2011
With low availability of space and pressure to reduce costs, more small projects are being built - especially with high demand for affordable housing, care homes and office fit-out. Peter Fordham, Simon Hughes and Paul Donlen of Davis Langdon, an Aecom company, cost it up
-
Costain wins London Bridge station revamp
2 Nov 11
Firm defeats Skanska in final shortlist of two for Thameslink job
-
Councils scrap solar panel plans as feed-in tariff cut looms
8 Nov 11
Leeds council and Reading council are among those affected
-
Councils urge Chris Huhne to rethink solar tariff cut
10 Nov 11
Local Government Association calls for delay to subsidy cut after string of councils cancel solar schemes
-
EPR submits Waterloo office scheme for planning
8 Nov 11
Proposed project is opposite London’s famous Old Vic theatre
-
Falling demand and rising costs hit manufacturers' confidence
7 Nov 11
Construction Trade Survey shows 44% of heavy side firms expect sales to fall next year
-
Fear of charging motorists leaves UK on road to nowhere
8 Nov 11
A new report from Arup says roadbuilding in the UK has ground to a halt despite obvious economic benefits of new schemes
-
FIT cuts threaten 25,000 jobs
04 November 2011
Plans announced this week to reduce feed-in-tarrif to 21p per kWh
-
FITs: Time for a rational response
7 Nov 11
Feed-in tariffs should have been brought down gradually over a period of time instead of the knee-jerk reaction we’ve seen
-
Friends of the Earth threatens legal action over feed-in tariff cut
8 Nov 11
Green charity will seek a judicial review if government’s decision is not reversed within a week
-
Full list: The 100 most influential surveyors on Twitter
8 Nov 11
Every month Building will reveal the tCn and RICS list of top surveying Tweeters
-
Hansom: hitting the big time
04 November 2011
The lure of celebrity proves too much to resist as industry members rub shoulders with Strictly contestants, reveal their own love of performing and start morphing into famous figures themselves
-
Hopkins' profit falls by half
04 November 2011
Velodrome architect saw turnover fall 41% over the year ending 31 March 2011
-
Housing market in October bounces back
8 Nov 11
Data from the RICS latest to suggest return of buyers in the last month
-
HSS Hire wins contract to supply tools to British Waterways
2 Nov 11
New outsource service will offer online hire management to staff
-
Inbox: On balance
04 November 2011
This week, readers weigh up the arguments for and against PFI, decide the Green Construction Board is missing an academic voice and urge the Scottish government to reconsider its capital budget cuts
-
Interserve targets Qatar for growth
14 Nov 11
Firm says it is relying on global infrastructure markets and UK public sector outsourcing for growth
-
Interview: The most influential surveyor on Twitter
7 Nov 11
Ben Muir of chartered building surveyor Avalon topped the first tCnRICS100 list of most influential users of Twitter
-
Is BIM the future? Share your views with us now
9 Nov 11
We are interested in hearing your opinions whether or not you are using Building Information Modelling
-
Island surf: Zaha Hadid's £172m Abu Dhabi bridge is completed
3 Nov 11
Bridge is a waveform structure 60m above water level
-
Julian Daniel sets up construction firm
04 November 2011
Former head of Lend Lease’s construction business in England and Wales has launched company
-
Land Secs wins planning on major Victoria scheme
4 Nov 11
Kingsgate House redevelopment is designed by Lynch Architects
-
Land Secs’ rents rise despite economic gloom
10 Nov 11
Developer issues bullish half-year trading update
-
Make Architects appointed on major Hanover Square scheme
4 Nov 11
Project, by Legal & General Property, also involves Mace, WSP Group and EC Harris
-
Man arrested and bailed over Olympic surveillance claims
9 Nov 11
Met Police confirms 29-year-old was arrested amid claim that Tottenham Hotspur spied on Olympic Park Legacy Company board
-
Mears blames PV tariff cut for profit warning
10 Nov 11
Social housing firm writes off £2m in investment after slash in FiT makes PV commercially unviable
-
Ministers unveil £500m boost for stalled building projects
7 Nov 11
Growing Places Fund will help schemes hit by poor infrastructure and flood risk
-
More councils scrap solar schemes
9 Nov 11
Some have halted projects, but others hope to rush them through
-
MPs back high speed rail linking London, Midlands and North
8 Nov 11
Transport Select Committee report says HS2 would prove affordable
-
MPs: 'Government is failing to jump-start regeneration'
7 Nov 11
Select committee urges government to take greater risks with public land to reap regeneration gains
-
Museum of Liverpool facing serious technical problems
04 November 2011
Architect AEW hit by £3.5m claim after newly opened £72m museum finds faulty steps and ceilings
-
My Digital Life: Erland Rendall
04 November 2011
A forward thinker, it’s not just apps and tweeting that gets Erland’s digital buzz going
-
NEC3 and the global market: World domination
04 November 2011
Although Tony Bingham and others criticise the NEC3 for its administrative burden, in the global construction market it has a vital role to play in good project management
-
Over 1,000 angry sparks target Shard and Blackfriars
9 Nov 11
Unite confirms Balfour Beatty will face a strike ballot next Wednesday
-
Persimmon develops standardised school
04 November 2011
Move believed to make firm the first housebuilder to join race to make low-cost schools
-
PM ordered to disclose bathroom costs at Downing Street
7 Nov 11
Information watchdog says Cabinet Office must provide details within 35 days
-
Public procurement: Getting the hang of it
04 November 2011
Public procurement rules aren’t there to be broken - Brussels’ orders. But it will help if you learn to juggle with their terms
-
Rambøll's Flemming Pedersen named engineering CEO of the Year
9 Nov 11
While WSP’s Chris Cole receives lifetime achievement award at ACE’s European CEO Awards
-
Recession looms despite upward revision of output
11 Nov 11
ONS revises construction output upwards from -0.6% to -0.2% for third quarter
-
Regeneration boost for Morgan Sindall as order book hits £3.3bn
9 Nov 11
Growth in regeneration pipeline helps offset markets hit by public sector cuts
-
Respected healthcare architect ceases trading
04 November 2011
UK arm of Jonathan Bailey Associates has been placed into voluntary liquidation
-
Robertson Group unveils £6.5m pre tax profit
2 Nov 11
Turnover at infrastructure, support services and construction firm increased by 5% during the year to 4 April 2011
-
Safety in numbers
04 November 2011
Nobody is safe from the acquiring arms of foreign firms (apart from architects), but is this the grisly end of UK independence or just small companies fighting for survival?
-
Shadow housing minister faces salary probe
8 Nov 11
Parliamentary standards commissioner launches formal investigation into Jack Dromey
-
Sir Robert McAlpine faces £530,000 claim by hospital
04 November 2011
Claim is for damaged flooring; while McAlpine’s insurers subsequently claim against subbie NG Bailey
-
St Mary's University's new wave of sports facilities
4 Nov 11
Morgan Sindall has completed a £6m sports centre for St Mary’s University College in Twickenham, south-west London.
-
Sustainability Now: Watch the highlights
11 Nov 11
All videos and webinars from the two-day Sustainability Now conference are now available to view
-
Taylor Wimpey sales up despite market fears
7 Nov 11
Housebuilder says market is stable despite euro crisis
-
The big time
04 November 2011
You’ve got to be in it to win it, but who is going to win this consultant sector battle?
-
The consultancy sector: Little and large
04 November 2011
Consolidation is now the name of the consultancy sector game - except some clients still like a more individual touch. Joey Gardiner asks if uneasiness over the new giants is spawning small startups
-
The rise of the BIM consultant
04 November 2011
With its clear government backing and success stories in the press, construction firms realise that BIM is a Very Important Thing. The question is, how to do it? Thomas Lane meets the new wave of BIM consultants who may have the answer
-
The Tom Bloxham interview
04 November 2011
For 20 years, renowned regeneration company Urban Splash grew and grew. Then in 2008 the bottom fell out of the market and soon after the firm found itself on the ‘brink of collapse’. Its founder tells Emily Wright how it changed everything - and nothing
-
UK must invest more in R&D, says ICE boss
04 November 2011
Coackley stresses importance of increasing research and development investment in first interview as ICE president
-
United AG latest subbie to go bust on Olympic village
04 November 2011
Project has seen failure of several subbies with others in talks with Galliford Try over financial disputes
-
Watchdog claims Ucatt may invalidate another leadership election after barring candidates
04 November 2011
Both Alan Ritchie and Mick Dooley have been banned from standing for general secretary
-
Westfield eyes third London mega mall
10 Nov 11
Developer enters exclusive talks to redevelop Croydon shopping centre
-
When does the new Construction Act apply?
04 November 2011
Working out when the new Act applies is tricky, but looking at past cases might help
-
When it rains, it pours
7 Nov 11
These two are on a slippery slope to disaster
-
Why BIM doesn't have to be 3D
10 Nov 11
QSs may adopt BIM more quickly if they stopped thinking of it as a 3D tool. BIM’s about more efficient ways of working not just computer models
-
Willmott Dixon completes eight-storey cross-laminated timber building
7 Nov 11
Contractors claims use of solid cross-laminated timber on East London apartment block saved 892 tonnes of carbon
-
Wilson Bowden granted planning for huge Leicester scheme
9 Nov 11
Communities secretary Eric Pickles approves 30ha employment-led scheme on appeal
