All Building articles in 2004 issue 30
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NewsFive make shortlist for the regeneration of Salford
Development of infrastructure and existing waterways will be key to winning Central Salford competition.
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NewsBarratt sells US arm to fund expansion in UK
Barratt prepares to buy more land with £91m proceeds of American sale
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NewsBank of England raises interest rates to 4.75%
Fear of consumer debt and house price inflation push interest rates close to 5% mark
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NewsCABE slams HOK's designs for Royal London Hospital
Design body calls designs for 950-bed hospital bulky and confusing
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NewsMowlem wins six-school PFI in Redcar and Cleveland
Mowlem is named preferred bidder for £150m project with joint-venture partner Robertson Group.
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NewsGovernment promotes modern manors
A change in planning policy could soon see stately homes designed by Grimshaw and Foster appearing in the pages of Country Life.
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NewsBullish Bellway hits 6,600 completions
Housebuilder says decision to sell as far ahead as possible will lead to record results in October
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NewsCongestion threatens industry growth
Better roads and more skilled labour will aid growth says survey.
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FeaturesBW Interiors warm up for main sail
The interior contractor gets some sneaky practice in before the sailing event of the year
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NewsThree contractors in frame for Hilton hotel at Tower Bridge
Interior/Exterior, Bovis Lend Lease and HBG on shortlist for 245-room hotel designed by Jestico + Whiles.
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NewsDesign and build projects take gloss off Wrekin results
Wrekin pins hopes on long-term framework agreements for growth
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NewsTaylor Woodrow buoyant after pre-tax profit rise of 31%
Taylor Woodrow exceeds City expectations with £168.7 pre-tax profit and predicts 10,000 UK house builds in 2004
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NewsBovis Homes promote two as Brazier stands down
Boardroom shuffule at Bovis sees departure of group operations director Stephen Brazier.
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NewsCity predicts 24% profit growth for Taylor Woodrow
Analysts forecast profit of £182m but warn that firm may struggle to meet 10,000-home target.
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NewsLiverpool Football Club poised to join the big league
Koppites could be in 60,000-seat stadium by 2008 as council gives new Anfield go-ahead.
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Comment
Third time unlucky
This is a successful appeal by the respondent, Kingston Upon Hull City Council, from the decision of the Court of Appeal reported in Legal Briefing No.8 of 2004. The applicant had worked for the respondent local authority as an environmental health officer and had been driven from his job by ...
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Comment
The tyranny of taste
The dead hand of totalitarian modernism should be prised from the shoulders of living architects: it was no more than a style among many others
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News
Sunrise
Centre de SolarJohn McAslan + Partners has been selected to design and build the 140,000 m2 Centre de Solar development in Beijing, its second major commission in the Chinese capital. The project, on a ring road in the north-east of the city, is a mixed-use scheme planned for completion in ...
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Skanska tipped for Wharf win
Contractor Skanska was this week tipped to win the £60m next stage of developer Ballymore’s New Providence Wharf development in London Docklands
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FeaturesA rare site
It’s assumed that site workers spend more time wolf-whistling than learning skills. But the UK’s biggest single training effort aims to change all that. In the second of five monthly articles in association with ConstructionSkills, Building looks at how the industry will attempt to qualify 500,000 workers in the next ...