All Building articles in 03 September 2010 – Page 4
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Insurance issues for fit-outs
If a tenant that occupies one floor of an office block wants to have a fit-out done, who insures the rest of the building against, for example, fire and flood?
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Industry’s fears over fate of HCA framework put to rest
More than a dozen housing schemes have been tendered to contractors and housebuilders on the Homes and Communities Agency’s delivery partner panel since the general election
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House prices fall
House prices in August had the biggest fall in 16 months, according to data from property researcher Hometrack
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Trial and error
The team turning a leaky Edwardian building into a paragon of energy efficiency is in its second month on site. Robert Prewett, the project architect, looks at services and reports back after an airtightness test
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Leeds halves housebuilding targets to thwart developers
Council says move will help protect greenfield sites after government abolishes spatial strategies
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Utilities save the day
North Midland Construction posted a 49% rise in pre-tax profit from £1.3m to £2m in the first half of 2010 after doing more in the utilities sector.
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Hansom: Under cover
Our usual quest to stick our noses into the private business of others takes us from the corridors of power at the RICS to a private betting circle, pausing briefly to admire some tugs in Afghanistan
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OFT fines ‘will be coming down’ say contractors
Several of the 25 contractors appealing against a combined £79m fine by the OFT for pricing collusion have said they expect to get back “millions” as the legal arguments draw to a close
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Coalition to extend green retrofit scheme to offices
Energy bill to introduce ’pay as you save’ scheme for commercial sector in major boost for refit market
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Great sprawl of China
PRP Architects has completed a masterplan for the centre of Chongqing city in western China
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Maglev vs high-speed rail: Should we change trains?
The billions we will spend on HS2 will get us from London to Birmingham 28 minutes faster than the present system does. After Birmingham, the trains will travel on old lines
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Museum of Liverpool Energy Centre: Quality of Mersey
The Museum of Liverpool, engineered by Buro Happold, has begun the final commissioning of its Energy Centre
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Future proofing the office: iPod generation calls the shots
Ignore those iPod-toting Tweeters at your peril. They are the office users of the future. Emily Wright reports on how both commercial and residential design will have to adapt to the lifestyle of the Facebook generation
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Capita thwarted in move to buy Cyril Sweett
Consultant hunts for alternatives as Sweett’s £5.4m Chinese deal wrecks takeover talks
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PLP: So business is looking up?
Remember the Polisano crew who busted out of Kohn Pedersen Fox and started up on their own? That must have been a year ago now. Emily Wright found out what happened to them next
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Boot turnover falls
Henry Boot posted an 18% drop in turnover from £67m to £55m in the first six months of 2010.
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Dodds joins board
John Dodds, former chief executive of Kier, joins the board of steel firm Severfield-Rowen in October
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Building buys a pint … for Cameron Black
“And what about Stuart sleeping in the Scooby Doo costume?” laughs Alison. All heads turn to Stuart