All Building articles in 02 September 2011 – Page 3
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Inbox: Public enemy number one
This week, readers discuss the funding problems with affordable housing, our inability to deliver projects on time and on budget without PFI, and the place of academia in our industry
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NewsFrames for triple glazed units
Schueco’s window is ideal for highly insulated residential or commercial buildings
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CommentHansom: Spice of life
Laing O’Rourke treats its subbies to Mayfair’s haute cuisine, the concrete sector invents a word for the digital age and main contractors take a not-so-subtle verbal bashing – never a dull moment round here
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FeaturesProcurement update
With pressure on the construction industry to drive down costs for clients, how can strategic procurement be used to deliver required savings? Simon Rawlinson of EC Harris looks at the options
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CommentAnd upwards
A decade on from the destruction of the World Trade Center, New York is busy rebuilding – and tall buildings have got stronger
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NewsNew construction orders crash to lowest ever level
Shock ONS figures show 16% fall in orders to below previous 1980 low
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NewsCyril Sweett shares fall on profits warning
Increased competition in UK and effect of Arab Spring leads to lower operating margins
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NewsAecom and URS win Forth Bridge contract
Aecom and URS Scott Wilson has been awarded the role of Design Checker for the Forth Replacement Bridge in Scotland.
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NewsConstruction industry PMI falls to eight-month low
Improved commercial performance outweighed by weaker civil engineering work
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NewsAuthor of planning reform hits back at critics
Tory MP John Howell says current planning system ‘lost balance many years ago’
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NewsCouncilors vote to save Edinburgh tramline
Trams will run through to the city centre after local politicians perform a u-turn
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NewsBouygues UK bags £61.5m Tower Hamlets BSF job
Financial close on third wave of borough’s schools brings total number redeveloped to 14
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CommentDamages: Harrison vs (1) Shepherd Homes (2) National Housebuilding Council (3) NHBC Building Control Services
This case looks at Damages in respect of defective work, loss of amenity, distress and ilegnconvenience
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NewsOsborne and Pickles defend planning reforms
Ministers say controversial planning reforms are key to economic recovery
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NewsCrossrail chair takes non-exec role
Terry Morgan to sit on the board of management consultant Boxwood
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NewsBerkeley raises profit expectations
Housebuilder says it will double profit level two years earlier than previously predicted