All Building articles in 02 July 2010 – Page 5
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Q+A from Building Answers
Building’s Forum regulars offer their advice on problems. This week: a dissertation on sustainability and the London 2012 Olympics
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Maude to oversee all construction spending
A powerful Cabinet Office body set up to cut government waste is to determine how all departmental and quango construction spend is procured, Building understands
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Cut your coat according to cloth
As the UK’s leading school locker manufacturer, we share the industry’s concerns over the future of Building Schools for the Future (“Industry fears for future of BSF,” 21 June, building.co.uk)
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CommentUS consultanting giants: About the size of it
Clients who have had a close relationship with a consultant they see as independent and free thinking could hesitate before employing a more impersonal multinational
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Morgan Sindall buys MJ Gleeson social housing arm for £6.6m
Contractor Morgan Sindall has bought social housing maintenance contractor Powerminster Gleeson Services from the MJ Gleeson Group for £6.6m
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News‘There’s no reason why T&T can’t be 50% bigger in five years’
Steve McGuckin, the consultant’s UK boss, explains the thinking behind its international growth plans - and dismisses all talk of US takeovers
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NewsRok in £450k High Court battle
Rok Building in High Court dispute over non-payment issues on a London housing scheme
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NewsColchester to sue T&T over £25m Viñoly arts centre
Client on troubled scheme to set aside £500,000 to fund claim against consultant
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Features2012 countdown: The aquatics centre
Since the aquatics centre’s 160m-long roof was lowered into place last year, work on the Zaha Hadid-designed venue has continued to power ahead
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Features2012 countdown: The temporary basketball venue
The Olympics may need a basketball venue the size of an aeroplane hanger, but London can probably get by without one after they’re over. So they’ve made the whole thing demountable
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Features2012 countdown: Higgins on the big make or break year
David Higgins has spent the past two years trying to rebuild a swath of east London during the worst recession for decades. The ODA boss tells how he’s kept the project on track - and why the struggle isn’t over yet
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Features2012 countdown: Infrastructure
The Olympics isn’t just about show-stopping stadiums. In fact, the budget for venues is £700m less than the cost of the no-frills enabling works, roads and utilities
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Features2012 countdown: The stadium
One year from now, the 80,000-seat Olympic stadium has to be ready. Will it make it?
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2012 countdown: It starts here …
Forget the World Cup. The biggest show on Earth is the Olympics, and the good news is we’ve already won it
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Features2012 countdown: Jonathan Edwards and the Olympic village
Don’t worry. Jonathan Edwards hasn’t fallen on hard times since winning gold at Sydney in 2000. Rather, Locog is using his expert knowledge to help with the delivery of the £1bn Olympic village, right down to the fixtures and fittings
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Features2012 countdown: The velodrome
The plan with the velodrome was to make it as lean as a racing bike, says Chris Wise, one of its designers
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Features2012 countdown: The Games in numbers
The sheer scale of the 2012 project makes it a statistician’s dream. Here are a few figures, from the biggest buildings to the barest bones …
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Construction deaths fall 20%
The number of construction deaths fell by 20% last year, according to figures released this week by the Health and Safety Executive
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Costain forward orders top £2.5bn
Costain said it continued to perform in line with board expectations in a trading update this week
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Tony Douglas urges UK firms to bid on £16bn Gulf job
Abu Dhabi Ports Company’s new boss says ’please come and see us’ about 420km2 Khalifa port