All Building articles in 01 April 2010 – Page 5
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New buildings in Haiti not safe, charities warn
Buildings under construction in Haiti will not be able to resist future earthquakes, experts have said, writes Roxane McMeeken.
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Mouchel boss dismisses renewed takeover talk
Richard Cuthbert vows to grow business, but observers warn it is vulnerable to private equity predators
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MPs slam TW and Persimmon over ‘unthinkable’ bonuses
Housebuilders in receipt of millions in Kickstart grant attacked for ‘overpaying’ chief executives
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Comment
Wonders & blunders
Richard Steer is staggered by an extraordinary structure built for the last Olympics, but is worried that London’s efforts will be blighted by its industrial past
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Comment
Budget blues
Two years ago they removed the tax relief available for building factories, roads, railways, airports – that is, industrial building allowances
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Talks to begin over code level seven
The communities department is planning talks with volume housebuilders about adding another, more demanding level to the Code for Sustainable Homes
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Comment
Small is beautiful
I have noticed the adverts in Building for the Good Employer Guide you will be publishing in October. I think it’s a real shame you limit entry to firms employing at least 30 UK-based professional staff, and I feel you are missing a trick here
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Government to court global investors for green bank
Sovereign wealth and state pension funds targeted by Treasury for £2bn investment vehicle
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Birmingham Cube in balance
Work on Birmingham’s £100m mixed-use development, The Cube, is continuing as normal after its developer went into administration.
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Comment
Coming back to haunt us
Bouygues vs Dahl-Jensen, one of the most controversial adjudication cases ever, has just risen from the dead. And it’s put the willies up a lot of lawyers
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Comment
Quentin Shears: academy@grimston
“The secret to a healthy team spirit, I have discovered, is a shared vested interest”
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Laing O’Rourke and Costain nab £40m Crossrail project
Laing O’Rourke and Costain have won a £40m contract to prepare Farringdon station in central London for the coming of Crossrail
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MPs voice fears over financial state of 2012 Games
MPs have expressed serious concern about the ability of the government to keep to the £9.3bn Olympic budget, given that just £194m of unallocated contingency remains
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Japanese architect SANAA bags 2010 Pritzker prize
Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa have won the Pritzker. Building’s Ike Ijeh gives his verdict
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Balfour wins £200m water, road deals
Balfour Beatty has been awarded £200m worth of support services work from the Highways Agency, Yorkshire Water and Anglian Water.
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Features
Innovative SMEs: 10 small firms with big ideas
You may not even know that you need them, but the companies featured here can do marvellous things for your business. Roxane McMeeken makes the introductions
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Bowmer & Kirkland pays out first £10m salary
The highest paid director at Bowmer & Kirkland is to receive £10.2m for 2009, by far the highest wage in construction, even though the firm’s pre-tax profit fell by a third
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Olympic legacy body wins role in sale of £1bn athletes’ village
The Olympic Park Legacy Company has won a role overseeing the development and sale of the £1bn 2,800-home athletes’ village after the 2012 Games
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