All Building articles in 04 July 2008 – Page 5
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Morgan Sindall issues profit warning as market stays weak
Morgan Sindall has issued a profit warning for 2009 on the back of weak trading in the housing and fit-out markets.
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Hansom: Spooky
Lovesick phantoms, a paranormal ability to rewrite the past and a man who can talk to the animals (to the animals) – recently, construction has been getting decidedly weird
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Gianni’s place: RIBA Lubetkin Prize winner
A tiny private house in Costa Rica, designed by London-based architect Gianni Botsford, has won the RIBA Lubetkin Prize for international architecture.
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Fool's gold
If Michael Gove gets into government, he’ll have to learn pretty quick that we haven’t had a system based on land-use planning since 2004.
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Features
Race to the finishing line
As Beijing rushes to complete its Olympic venues Graham Watts asks how impressive they are
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Eastern promises
The UK’s own history makes it uniquely placed to partner China in transforming old industries and leading the world in putting eco principles into practice, says John Prescott
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John Doyle performance down
John Doyle Group has posted a 6% drop in comparable turnover for the year ended 31 December 2007.
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Discrimination is good
There is currently a great deal of misinformation in the press about the review of the Association of British Insurers’ (ABI) guidance document, Fire Performance of Sandwich Panel Systems.
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Hammerson’s head of development quits for Dubai
Jon Emery, Hammerson’s head of development in the UK, is to leave the company.
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Wilkinson’s grand design: Keppie Design's Salford hotel
Keppie Design, Scotland’s largest architect, is to turn the Buile Hill Park mansion in Salford into a four-star, 92-bed hotel for John Wilkinson, chairman of Salford City Reds Rugby Club
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Comment
A cynic writes …
The government claims it will make a £100bn investment in wind power over 12 years (26 June, www.building.co.uk).
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How we designed the water cube
The design process for this building was, in my experience, unparalleled.
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Misery: Crest Nicholson vs Mr & Mrs Western
So you buy a new house, find some flaws, get nowhere with the builder and go to arbitration. At which point your troubles really begin …
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Councils pressed to protect workers from OFT fallout
Thousands of former council workers now employed by contractors could lose their jobs, warns union
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Corruption scandal delays Dongtan by two years
Arup’s eco-city for 500,000 people hit by corruption trial of Shanghai political boss who sponsored it
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Olympic Park to host ‘Constructionarium’ site for students
A deal has been struck to set aside part of the Olympic Park site for construction students at London universities to practise building scaled-down projects.
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The man with the toughest job in construction
So what’s it like having most of the weight of the Beijing Olympics resting delicately on your shoulders? Stuart Macdonald asked Arup’s Michael Kwok, who ought to know
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Foreign Office closes in on New Street
Foreign Office Architects is close to securing the contract to provide concept designs for the £600m redevelopment of Birmingham New Street station, writes Dan Stewart.
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Communities department energy claim greeted with disbelief
Energy assessors have questioned the claim this week by the communities department that the average commercial building almost meets the latest energy regulations.
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Chongqing express
You may never have heard of it, but the Chinese city of Chongqing is the largest on the planet. What’s more, says Li Shirong, it’s growing at a hell of a rate