All Building articles in 04 March 2011 – Page 3
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£40m Sainsburys store given go ahead
Carlisle council has approved a £40m Sainsburys superstore for the city
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Bids invited for £60m Kent university job
The University of Kent is looking for a contractor to design and build seven student accommodation blocks and a hotel
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BAM Construct win £22m Africa House refurb job
BAM will refurbish the property and upgrade it to BREEAM excellent status
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Skanska partners-up for green push
Swedish giant forms partnerships with Arup and GE to deliver green retrofitting
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New construction orders up 3% in Q4
But public sector spending supported recent growth ahead of cuts kicking in
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First free school gets the go-ahead
Toby Young’s free school is the first to enter a funding agreement with the government
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David Strong: 'The Green Deal won't just be for insulation"
The former managing director of BRE Environment on the rise of Ecobuild and how the government will push the green agenda
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Ode to Quentin
Your satirical feature, The Trials of Quentin Shears continues to be the first thing I turn to in your magazine, as it is so witty and well observed.
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Features
Social networking: So tweet me
Gone are the days when social networking was seen as the procrastinator’s distraction of choice. As the construction industry is fast discovering, it is a useful business development tool. We consider the benefits – and dangers – of entering the Twittersphere
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Looking-glass world
We’re all a bit inside-out and back to front this week. Morals overtaken by business deals, green protesters burning natural resources and Ecobuilders caring about fashion. Curious indeed …
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We are living in a materials world
Contractors find themselves between a rock and a hard place - the rock is the relentless rise of raw materials; the hard place is feeble demand and low margins. But is there anything they can do about it?
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Comment
The last straw
Dean Walton spotted a disaster waiting to happen from his hotel room in Bangladesh
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Lakeside theatre in Xinjiang province
Broadway Malyan Architects has completed designs for the Kansas Lake Performance Theatre in Xinjiang province, north-west China. The venue is being built for the provincial government and the 1,200 auditorium will accommodate musicals, opera and dance. Enabling works are under way and building work on the main structure is due ...
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Where's the justice?
Access to the courts is available to all, in theory. But if potential litigants are forced to mediate first, the costs become prohibitive, undermining our entire justice system
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Green wash
Regulation and clarity have been called for regarding the Green Deal. How is the government responding?
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Free schools are struggling to lease properties, says Toby Young
Young spoke at BSEC of the difficulty of underwriting leases on buildings for free schools
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Uncontrollable forces
In times of crisis, such as the recent upheaval in the Middle East, force majeure clauses in contracts come into play. So when and how do they work?
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Mouchel finds new interest at last
In the latest twist in the saga, Interserve has provided the additional interest Mouchel has hoped for