All Building articles in 02 October 2009 – Page 5
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Net lending positive
Net lending turned positive for the first eight months of 2009, totalling £5.5bn
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NewsMoved slightly to the left
David Chipperfield Architects has revised its plans to extend Zürich’s art gallery
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NewsLabour: We are the party of public spending
Conference speakers promise to maintain funding for rail, nuclear, homes and green technology
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Major lenders return to social housing sector
Dexia and Lloyds are among banks seeking competitive deals as lending periods treble
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Put your house in order
In a world of short tender periods and poor contract information, clients are expecting contractors to be gamblers
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Help for innovation
Business secretary Peter Mandelson said in his conference speech that he would “put finance at the service of industry” by opening channels to deliver private funds to innovative, fast-growing companies.
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Punish the guilty
Cover pricing saves the contractors the cost of tendering and they can agree between themselves who will get the next tender
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Greener houses
Housing minister John Healey is in talks with climate change secretary Ed Miliband about a programme to retro-fit insulation and other energy efficiency measures to homes to improve their environmental performance.
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CommentGaps in the framework
If you’ve got a framework, a lot of contractual stuff is written into it. But there are still vital clauses that have to be agreed on the jobs themselves – so what happens if they aren’t?
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Suspend the fines
Although the process of investigation and the resultant findings were necessary to halt bid-rigging, I among many others will be disappointed by the level of fines imposed by the OFT, which may cripple or close some companies
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England 'short of million homes'
Report co-authored by ex-Barratt boss reveals how a financial crisis is becoming a housing crisis
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Enfield refurbished
The London mayor and the Homes and Communities Agency have agreed £54.4m funding to refurbish more than 400 homes in Enfield
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Doubt its illegality
The 13 roofing contractors that the OFT found guilty of price fixing in 2006 were not engaged in “simple cover pricing”, but bid-rigging
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Hays fumes at 'wholly disproportionate' fine
Recruitment firm Hays is considering appealing against a £30m fine imposed by the Office of Fair Trading after its Hays Construction and Property arm was found guilty of colluding with rivals to fix prices
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Lib Dems for housing
The Liberal Democrats have pledged to increase investment in new social housing and bring every social home up to the Decent Homes standard within two years if they come into power.
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South-west delay
The government will delay the South-west spatial strategy for the second time, after the High Court ruled that it did not carry out an adequate strategic environmental assessment in May.
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Nuclear defence
Climate secretary Ed Miliband made an impassioned case for the construction of nuclear power stations
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More decent homes
Inspace, Willmott Dixon’s social housing arm, has been awarded a £1.8m contract by Berneslai Homes to bring 202 homes up to the Decent Homes standard in South Yorkshire.