All Building articles in 15 August 2008
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Fitzpatrick builds for its green future
Winner of the Building Sustainability Award large project of the year the new Fitzpatrick HQ building is an exemplar of green development. It achieved a BREEAM ‘excellent’ rating thanks to an inspired design, dual power supplies, dimmable external lighting and pine scented air
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Savills posts 41% drop in profit
Estate agent admits to finding 2008 a 'challenging year' as housing market slump continues
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Angry residents to force Chelsea Barracks redesign
Candy Brothers face opposition from locals over planning application to redevelop prime London site
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Three Olympic venues could be scrapped
Tessa Jowell asks KPMG to scrutinise cost of equestrian, shooting and basketball venues
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Government orders inquiry into construction deaths
Department of Work and Pensions commissions investigation by HSE into recent fatalities
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Tesco withdraws bid for Cambridge eco-town
Supermarket giant is the latest bidder to pull out of Gordon Brown's initiative, after proposals were opposed by local planners
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Ucatt targets ministers in pleural plaque campaign
Abestos activists and union members will take fight for compensation to the constituencies of Jack Straw and Hilary Benn
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Prefab sports hall takes shape at Islington Academy
School sporting facilities built using sustainable prefabricated timber panels to speed up construction
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IES tool allows designers to predict energy use in SketchUP
Integrated Environmental Solutions says tools for Google's SketchUP will allow architects to predict energy use in designs
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Farmers win appeal to build Cornwall's first ski slope
Cowbells to ring out on £3m artificial ski slope near Newquay after planning refusal overturned
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BAM turnover up 10% as public work buoys HBG
Dutch group posts 7% profit rise and says UK arm HBG has held up well despite slight fall in UK turnover
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Wokingham District Council in trouble over tree roots
Housing group Places for People seeks up to £200k for subsidence at a property caused by tree roots
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House price falls hit double digits
Annual price fall reached 10.5% in August, announces Nationwide
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Credit crunch halves profit at fit-out firm Styles & Wood
But 2008 order book already full as food sector keeps retail fit-out specialist busy
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Carillion reports 42% rise in profit
Cost savings from Alfred McAlpine takeover and growth in FM outsourcing boost results at construction and support services group
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Henry Boot profit slips despite soaring turnover
Turnover up 153% with construction division thriving, but tough market knocks 7% off profit
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Celebrity gardener to judge Stirling Prize
Diarmuid Gavin to replace Lauren Laverne on prestigious architecture prize jury
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Stephen Holdings in £800k row over defective concrete floor
Chichester business makes claim after cracks in concrete floor of greenhouse appear
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Michael Shanly Homes in planning consent dispute
Developer fights conditions imposed by local planners on £6.7m scheme in High Wycombe