17 June 2011
Building
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AA School Project View: Until 9 July
3 Jun 11
The Architectural Association School’s summer exhibition Projects Review is an opportunity to see the drawings, models, designs and minds of an emerging generation of architects. Hundreds of drawings, models, installations and photographs will be on display in a series of large galleries within the AA’s Georgian buildings alongside large ...
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AA students challenge architectural space
9 Jun 11
Concrete Geometries: How Spaces Move People features 20 projects by a group of international students, architects and designers
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Almacantar co-founder Neil Jones steps down
22 Jun 11
Jones’ resignation follows property developer’s decision to focus on London market
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Architype scoops three schools awards
23 Jun 11
Architect triumphs at annual British Council for School Environments ceremony
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Aukett's losses triple in 'depressed' market
21 Jun 11
Architect reports falling half year revenue but says profits will return
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Balfour Beatty buys US water firm
17 Jun 11
Acquistion of Fru-Con will boost firm’s capabilities in the country
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BAM halves waste to landfill two years early
23 Jun 11
Firm outlines achievements and targets in its latest sustainability report
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Bank on this
17 June 2011
Money pervades readers’ thoughts this week, as they ponder project costs and value for money, whether suicide bids ever pay off, banks not lending - and what does zero mean, anyway?
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Banned construction director threatened with jail
20 Jun 11
Company head ran firm while disqualified from being a director
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Barratt JV to build £128m Arsenal scheme
20 Jun 11
Housebuilder has gone into partnership with L&Q to deliver 375 homes
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Bath for one or two?
17 June 2011
BETTE introduces enameled bathroom product range
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Bathroom refurbishment
17 June 2011
Burlington supplies limestone for bathroom refurbishments
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Bellway sales grow by 9%
17 June 2011
The housebuilder released an interim management statement
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BIM Academy launched by Ryder Architecture
22 Jun 11
New academy launched to promote collaboration using building information modelling
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BIM disputes are inevitable
17 June 2011
The recent US case didn’t go to court, but eventually we will see legal spats over BIM in the UK - so how will we go about resolving them?
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BIM roll out could cost £4m, say government advisors
21 Jun 11
But modelling could save industry at least 5% on build costs
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Brian Green on ... orders and output
17 June 2011
How worried should the industry be about the grim numbers from the ONS?
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British firms to increase staff in China as economy booms
17 June 2011
Concerns about a property price bubble will be temporary, says experts
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Building buys a pint for … BDP
17 June 2011
It’s a rowdy Monday night out
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Building's terrace reception
17 June 2011
Industry leaders and politicians came together to toast the construction sector at Building’s annual terrace reception at the Palace of Westminster.
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Call for reinvention of ‘iconic’ London skyscrapers
17 June 2011
Follows Sir Stuart Lipton’s plan to halve the price of tall buildings
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Chinese companies want to build HS2
22 Jun 11
Chinese Ambassador believes China is perfectly placed to build UK’s next high speed rail link
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Collapsed Kinetics arms owe subbies ‘less than £1m’
17 June 2011
Social housing contractor sheds 270 employees as it shuts northern business
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Coloured fan covers
17 June 2011
Airflow launches coloured fans
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Construction firms 'unprepared' for Bribery Act in July
21 Jun 11
Survey reveals large proportion of SMEs have not put in place anti-bribery training for staff
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Contractors in London: who is winning the most work?
16 Jun 11
Morgan Sindall in lead with most projects, but Carillion bag schemes with the biggest total value
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Contractors: OFT was ‘unjust’
17 June 2011
UK Contractors Group spoke out against watchdog
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CPD 2: Alternatives to stone facade work
16 Jun 11
In the second of our regular series of CPD modules, we look at lightweight alternatives to stone facade work. this module is sponsored by Monolith
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Culture clash: Hunt refuses to list Broadgate Circus
17 June 2011
Culture secretary’s decision clears path clear for British Land’s scheme
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Cutting skyscraper costs by 50%: Shape of things to come
17 June 2011
A crack team has been thinking up ways of cutting the costs of London skyscrapers by a whopping 50%. Emily Wright, who has been given an exclusive preview of the research, looks at how the proposals stack up
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Defra calls for industry clean-up
17 June 2011
Construction is ’most wasteful industry’
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Easy-to-clean oven
17 June 2011
Gorenje launches kitchen range
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EC Harris hires new sustainability head
21 Jun 11
Nick Hayes joins from BRE to expand consultant’s green work
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English Heritage tenders £15m Stonehenge work
17 Jun 11
Jobs include construction of roads, car parks and visitor centre
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Eyewitness: Egyptians won their revolution, now they want more
23 Jun 11
Launching our online series of first hand accounts from trouble spots around the world, construction lawyer Kate Orviss gives her impressions of the mood after the fall of Mubarak
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Facebook beats Twitter and LinkedIn in survey
9 Jun 11
Survey also finds that half of Building4job subscribers applied for work using the jobs site
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Firm fined £8,000 after falling cladding nearly severs pensioner's foot
9 Jun 11
Firm used wrong type of nails, says Health and Safety Executive
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First ever BIM legal case in US
17 June 2011
Lack of communication and poor project management was to blame
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Five interior trends: Sci-fi design
17 June 2011
Silent kitchen appliances, hobs operated from an iPad and intuitive showers - all on display at kbb London, last month’s kitchen, bedroom and bathroom event. Grahame Morrison, editor of kbb News, highlights five interior trends
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Folding bath screen
17 June 2011
Roman reveals glass folding bath screen
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Foreign intelligence: Advice on international arbitration
17 June 2011
To avoid expensive rows international contracts need well drafted dispute resolution clauses. Here are some wise steps to take if arbitration is one option you want to try
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Galliford Try and Vinci seal £50m Halton BSF
22 Jun 11
Consortium will begin construction at schools in Runcon and Widnes this month
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Government housebuilding fund winners revealed
20 Jun 11
Over 100 contractors and housing associations will share £180m to build homes for sale
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Government reveals sites for new nuclear power plants
23 Jun 11
Eight sites announced by energy secretary Chris Huhne
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Government to adopt UKGBC plan to halve emissions
17 Jun 11
Details to be announced in next week’s government response to IGT report
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House sales lowest since January
17 June 2011
The latest figures from the RICS are gloomy
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Hyder posts pre-tax profit of £18m on global revenue
17 June 2011
This comes despite dip in business in the Middle East
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Interchangeable stoves
17 June 2011
Specflue reveals woodburning stove
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International salary survey 2011: Expect the exodus
17 June 2011
With growth in the UK still sluggish and the Middle East showing no sign of revival, it’s the dominions - New Zealand, Australia and Canada - that offer the best overseas opportunities, as this year’s Hays Salary Survey shows
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ISG Jackson appointed on £9m St Albans college
22 Jun 11
L-shaped Oaklands College scheme by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris will have teaching areas and a sports hall
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Jones vs Kaney: Expert witnesses lose immunity from suit
20 Jun 11
The Supreme Court abolished the immunity from suit for breach of duty that expert witnesses previously enjoyed in relation to their participation in legal proceedings
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Kier on track despite 'challenging' market
21 Jun 11
Contractor says it has secured all its 2011 revenue
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Kinetics subsidiary wound up
9 Jun 11
DC Group, acquired by social housing firm in 2006, closed down after court hearing yesterday
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King's Cross station's £500m redevelopment: King of King's
17 June 2011
King’s Cross station was long ago toppled from its architectural throne by neighbouring St Pancras. But a £500m refurbishment is about to make it a terminus worthy of the people
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Labour backs Morrell's plan to cut building costs 20%
17 June 2011
Ian Lucas’ support comes as construction adviser outlines strategy at Building’s parliamentary reception
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Lawyers just don't NEC3's choice of words
17 June 2011
A lawyer has just won a prize for a paper that challenges the NEC evangelists. You don’t have to like it, just read it. Then you too can be the judge
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Legacy company to oversee Olympic park
17 June 2011
OPLC to take on responsibility for £350m transformation instead of ODA
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Level-access shower trays
17 June 2011
Impey Showers increases wetroom offering
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Live from the LSE
17 June 2011
The LSE has appointed Osborne on its £24m students’ centre scheme, designed by Irish architect O’Donnell & Tuomey
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Low-carbon plan a reality with Prisk on board
22 Jun 11
With Mark Prisk co-chairing new Green Construction Board there are high hopes for a cross-industry low-carbon action plan
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Making a virtue of necessity
17 June 2011
The government’s Construction Strategy has led some to ask what’s different this time round. But they forget that until now the industry hasn’t changed because it hasn’t had to
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McKean & Company placed into liquidation
17 Jun 11
Ernst & Young expected to begin liquidation process soon
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Mott MacDonald to build eight learning centres in Namibia
9 Jun 11
Project is part of US government backed educational programme
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Network Rail reveals winning firms on repairs framework
21 Jun 11
Eleven contractors land places on three year framework agreement
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NHS denies review of hospital procurement
17 June 2011
Department of Health says Procure 21 + will remain but says in future focus will be on making use of existing buildings rather than building new ones
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Northampton selected as potential enterprise zone
23 Jun 11
Over 14,000 jobs could be created if Northampton Waterside is approved by central government
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Peel puts £3.5bn Mersey tidal scheme on hold
23 Jun 11
High construction costs mean Mersey scheme won’t be viable without a change in policy on renewable incentives
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Persimmon gets 300-home Welsh approval
21 Jun 11
First phase of former Llanwern steelworks approved
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Places for People taps savers for £140m
20 Jun 11
Housing association raised £140m from small investors
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Prisk to chair new Green Construction Board
22 Jun 11
Construction minister outlines government response to low carbon review
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Rail upgrade works up for grabs at London Gateway
20 Jun 11
Contracts include building of bridges, sidings and level crossing
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Recycled solid surfaces
17 June 2011
Staron launches recycled work surfaces
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RIBA opens nominations for student awards
9 Jun 11
Institute invites 300 schools of architecture from 60 countries to nominate for President’s Medals Student Awards 2011
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Rider Levett Bucknall scoops £5bn Saudi Arabian job
17 June 2011
Cost consultant’s initial three-year deal is latest for its business in the country
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Ringway Jacobs JV lands £75m maintenance contract
17 Jun 11
Five year contract covers highways maintenance in Cheshire East
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RLF shifts focus from Libya
17 June 2011
The QS firm has been affected by the civil war
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Safety obligations: Common law liability
17 June 2011
In a case concerning hearing loss among employees, the Supreme Court has come down in favour of a common law approach to safety, rather than stricter statutory law
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Second batch of £800m academies projects revealed
21 Jun 11
Partnership for Schools announces 13 projects for tender in north of England
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Senior director leaves Mace to set up own company
17 June 2011
Ian Eggers led company’s early work on the Shard
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Shard's Ainsworth to advise EDF on nuclear new build
17 June 2011
Move comes as French energy company says it may let some Hinkley contracts early
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Skanska completes first phase of £100m prison job
17 Jun 11
Facility at Belmarsh West completed seven week ahead of schedule
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Social housing contractor Strategic Team Group posts 30% revenue jump
20 Jun 11
Firm announces 14,000 work orders over last 12 months
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Software tool to automate BREEAM assessements
21 Jun 11
Software specialist Integrated Environmental Solutions adds a BREEAM calculation tool to its building energy design package
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Southampton University to build 350-bed student blocks
20 Jun 11
Work to be located close to Winchester Campus
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St Modwen to tender £200m of work in next six months
17 June 2011
Developer invites new supply chain members to bid for projects up and down the UK
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St Modwen's £200m war chest: With open arms
17 June 2011
Regeneration specialist St Modwen would like contractors across the UK to get in touch - over the next six months, it has some £200m of tendering to get done
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St Paul's celebrates 300th birthday with a clean
21 Jun 11
Wren’s masterpiece emerges from £40m restoration project
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Superglass profit warning after demand for insulation plummets
23 Jun 11
Insulation volumes relating to government’s Carbon Emission Reduction Targets dry up over summer
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Supermarkets lead the way in retail growth
17 June 2011
High inflation and low wages are keeping customers out of the shops
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Sustainability: In-use energy performance
17 June 2011
Clients commission buildings expecting cut-price energy bills once they move in, but too often they are disappointed. Our expert from Cyril Sweett explains how ’Soft Landings’ can provide greater certainty
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Taking the measure of it
17 June 2011
If we don’t know how a building is performing, how can we know if we are reducing its energy use? Display energy certificates for commercial buildings are a start
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Tesco and M&S to upgrade M&E in eco drive
17 June 2011
The chains are planning to retrofit their stores
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Textured laminates
17 June 2011
Formica reveals four new laminate textures
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To clarify ...
17 June 2011
Reform is on the agenda this week … of both politics and tall buildings
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Top firms nab 23% more work in May
17 June 2011
Public sector boosts contractors’ workload, but performance is still worse than same period last year
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Versatile basins
17 June 2011
Impulse reveals three non-pedestal basins
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We’ve done it all before
21 Jun 11
Paul Morrell’s construction strategy? Looks familiar to our QS blogger
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Weighty matters
17 June 2011
Construction costs, share prices and mergers are just some of the subjects tackled in this week’s round-up. Who says I can’t be serious?
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Westminster council approves new Chelsea Barracks plan
21 Jun 11
Second design gets green light after Prince of Wales intervention led to withdrawal of Richard Rogers’ original in 2009
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White paper: Winning work in Brazil
24 Jun 11
Independent analysis and advice one of the world’s fastest growing construction markets
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Wolseley reports only small UK revenue rise
1 Jun 11
Supplier reports strongest revenue growth in US and warns of ’weaker trends’ in UK
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Work to restart on Fosters site
17 June 2011
Fire hit Strand on Tuesday
