All Building articles in 04 December 2009 – Page 4
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NewsAbbey returns to profit
Housebuilding division of Anglo-Irish group contributes to £3.7m pre-tax profit but plant hire business makes a loss
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NewsBellway's reservations up 51%
Trading update shows improvement for the four months to end of November on last year mainly in south England
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NewsISG predicts upturn in London market
Chair of fit-out firm says there are signs of recovery in the capital but that activityin its regional businesses are likely to reduce
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NewsOptimistic Berkeley buys 12 sites in six months
Housebuilder’s chair Tony Pidgley says there are signs of stabilization in London and South-east market
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NewsNorman Askew leaves Taylor Wimpey
Chair of housebuilder to step down from board by the end of 2010
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NewsFancy a quick game of bridge?
Stefan Barron came across this distinctly unsafe conduct when on holiday in Ljubljana, Slovenia. We suspect that, in addition to the obvious lack of a harness, EU regs may take issue with using mains electricity underwater
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CommentWhere there’s smoke
We won’t know for some time the details of the devastating fire in Peckham last week
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CommentSmall wonder
Since your article on my and two other graduates’ search for a job was published, (11 September, page 34) I have spent most of my time looking for my perfect surveying job, which I had begun to believe did not exist
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NewsMorrell’s low-carbon team meets
The low-carbon construction innovation and growth team, led by new chief construction adviser Paul Morrell, met for the first time on Tuesday
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NewsSpa quality: North Leamington school
The £29m North Leamington school, designed by Robothams Architects, has opened
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Microsoft hotshot joins Morgan
Patrick De Smedt, former chair of Microsoft Europe, Middle East and Asia, has joined Morgan Sindall as a non-executive director
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CommentVive la restoration: Sir Michael Latham on the importance of heritage stock
What better time than now, when the construction of new buildings is at a low ebb, to focus on the restoration and maintenance of heritage structures
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NewsHAPPI thoughts: a radical rethink of homes for older people
A panel of housing experts that goes by the name of HAPPI has come up with a radical rethink of this country’s approach to providing homes for older people. Martin Spring takes a look at its findings
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FeaturesRaising the green standard
Bennetts Associates went home a double winner as construction’s most eco-friendly practitioners were honoured at Building’s Sustainability Awards
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CommentHansom: Gift of the gab
The silver tongues of the industry have been a-wagging of late, and would have you believe that the Titanic is unsunk, Paul is John and the RICS never changes its mind
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Stalled Foster hotel to restart
Construction work on the stalled Silken hotel in London, designed by Foster + Partners, is expected to restart in January after bank BBVA decided to develop the scheme rather than sell it
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In Latham’s footsteps
Paul Morrell may not be a “fan of partnering” but I trust he will do all he can, as chief construction adviser, to resist the swing back to pre-Latham forms of procurement
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Fire safety first
BBC London’s recent exposé on fire safety risks at social housing blocks doesn’t come as much of a surprise. Across the UK’s social housing sector, awareness and understanding of the requirements of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2006 (RRFSO) is worryingly low
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CommentPayment rules: Financial mechanics
The new Construction Act may be but a distant prospect, but that doesn’t mean we can’t make a few educated guesses as to how its payment rules will work