All Building articles in 28 August 2009
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NewsBack to school: Did you guess right?
As part of Building's start of term we posted school snaps from three prominent construction figures, now we reveal their true identities...
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NewsScottish government to end right-to-buy
New bill will introduce a social housing charter to raise standards
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NewsAlarm raised over 'excessive' management pay at Berkeley
Investment advisers urge shareholders to vote against pay deal at group's AGM and oppose election of Tony Pidgeley as chairman
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NewsNew supervisor training standard announced
UK Contractors Group says rules will tighten up health and safety performance
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NewsEric Parry wins planning for £4.5m music facility at Wells Cathedral School
Mendip council approves plan for new music building and sports pavilion
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NewsStriking Dubai labourers told to work harder to earn more
Al Habtoor Engineering employees returned to work after being informed that any pay increase would depend on productivity
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NewsA degree of insanity
Or rather forty-five degrees, as that's the angle of the ledge this painter is standing on, with no other security
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NewsLAVA's eco-friendly sunflowers to beam on Masdar plaza
Design for plaza of Abu Dhabi's new sustainable city uses flower-like structures that store heat by day for release at night
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NewsBack to school: Who is that young man?
In the third part of our nostalgic look at construction figures in their youth, we ask if you can put a name to a face
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NewsBovis Homes raises £60m cash for land with share issue
Housebuilder's share placement opening today provided funds to buy development land
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NewsGalliford Try wins £48.6m of health-sector work
Contractor to build or refurbish healthcare centres and hospitals in Grampian, Newcastle and Liverpool
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NewsAberdeen worker killed in site accident named
Sixty-three-year-old Malcolm Doughty fell as scaffolding on block of flats collapsed at 8am yesterday
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NewsUcatt raises concerns after death on site with 'poor safety history'
Union to call on HSE to confirm that required safety improvements had been made after site was mothballed
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NewsClimate change activists protest at Laing O'Rourke HQ
Group demonstrates against contractor's bid to build Britain's first coal-fired power plant in 30 years
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NewsFMB calls for more rural affordable homes
Federation calls for radical overhaul of planning system in response to news that one rural primary school is closing every month
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NewsDon't break a nail, guys
Putting your hands in your pockets is less effective than a harness at preventing falls but it will save you breaking a fingernail if you do chance to tumble
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NewsDecline in construction activity slows again
Purchasing index for August shows smallest fall for 18 months, although all sub-sectors still in decline
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NewsCostain seals deal on £230m Bradford schools scheme
Consortium reaches financial close on scheme to deliver eight schools in second phase of city's BSF programme
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NewsWorkman dies in Aberdeen scaffold collapse
Police investigating after 63-year-old killed during flat renovation