All Building articles in 2007 Issue 38
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News
Hill International appoints three VPs
Sze Loon Chan will manage construction claims while Thomas Woodworth focuses on information management and Anthony Vesay joins PM group
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Comment
Akenhead becomes TCC judge
Barrister Robert Akenhead takes on role as judge at the Technology and Construction Court
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News
Death toll rises in Vietnam bridge collapse
Up to sixty-four people are now thought to have died after eight more bodies are discovered
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London Mayor launches access guidance
Two reports aim to provide best practice guidance on housing access for the deaf and disabled in the capital
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Time and Tide given green light for Manchester Gravity tower
Planning permission granted for 35 storey tower and accompanying appartment block in the city's Eastern Gateway
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Manufacturer launches guidance for sourcing sustainable materials
Hambleside Danelaw advises contractors and specifiers to ask twelve key questions before buying
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Johnson accuses Livingstone of 'dictatorial' stance on housing
New Tory mayoral candidate claims there is civil war between Labour incumbent and London Boroughs on housing targets
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Suspension of disbelief
It's either a miracle of mechanics and balance, or something incredibly daft - ten storeys up and not so much as an octopus strap holding this lot together.
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Bathing beauties arrive in Mablethorpe
Post-modern beach huts are unveiled in the seaside towns of Mablethorpe and Sutton in Lincolnshire
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Carillion JV wins £175m Tyneside schools PPP
Local Education Partnership is preferred bidder on Schools for the Future PPP contract
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BBC Pension Trust sues Galliford Try over water leak
The BBC is headed for a £400,000 High Court showdown with construction firm Galliford Try in a row over a huge water leak.Water poured from a fifth floor water main through the ceilings of a newly built £11.6 million office block in Clarendon Road, Watford, causing massive damage.Now the BBC ...
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Material giants working on new embodied energy standard
Aggregate Industries and Marshalls join forces with carbon Trust to draw up carbon footprint standards for hard landscaping products
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Asda in battle over Kent store expansion
Asda Stores is headed for a High Court showdown with two property companies in a dispute over
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Environmental news round-up
A new green M&S store, meeting the eco-Gaddafi and a discussion on the US sustainable building standard LEED. All the eco-news that matters
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PRP reveals green housing winners
PRP’s Carbon Challenge 2007 encouraged architects to tackle issues arising from the Code for Sustainable Homes
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The elusive Ruth Kelly
The second day at conference, and the transport minister is proving hard to trace. Still, our correspondent saw Seb Coe, Sunand Prasad and Hazel Blears in action, and discovered a new Olympic sport - fish translocation
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Ray O'Rourke resigns as CLM chair
Tony Douglas will replace O'Rourke's seat on the board of Olympic delivery partner
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London developments hit renewables targets, says report
GLA says a quarter of schemes in the capital are exceeding 10% energy renewables target as set out in the London Plan
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Teenager charged over threatening crane driver with imitation gun
Youth appears in court after targetting a crane driver working on a station in Greater Manchester