All Building articles in 04 September 2009 – Page 5
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Vaughan Burnand to launch own construction business
Former Shepherd boss in talks with partners and investors over founding private sector venture
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South-west told to keep building
The government has urged planning authorities in south-west England to press ahead with plans to build thousands more homes, despite delays to the regional plan and opposition from the Tory party
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How to defuse a time bomb
Central and local government must do something to stimulate housing output or we face a nationwide shortage. John Stewart has some suggestions
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Comment
Wonders & blunders with Estelle Morris
Estelle Morris gives top marks to a much-improved Birmingham primary school, but thinks the designers of the Institute of Education deserve a ticking off
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Block buster
The Fraser Building at Glasgow university was a sixties concrete slab block structure
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Blackpool goes green
Great Places Housing Group is developing eight homes for affordable rent in Blackpool
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Comment
A better way
I was very interested to read the framework discussion between Don Ward and Stan Hornagold (7 August, page 32)
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Features
KfW Banking HQ: Eco de Cologne
The Anglo-German practice Sauerbruch Hutton has released images of its almost completed 38,000m2 extension for the KfW Banking headquarters in Cologne
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Citywatch: Writing back and signing off
As the dozen or so housebuilding analysts filed out of their meeting with Persimmon last Tuesday, there was some head-scratching over why it had written back the value of its land by £28m in its half-year results
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Colleges forced back to basics for LSC cash
Colleges forced into huge cutbacks on project sustainability, scope and design to win LSC funding
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Comment
Back to schools: Building in a recession
Question one. How can we keep spending billions on school building while struggling with the biggest crisis in our public finances since the war?
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Charitable appeal
Housing charity, Shelter Scotland, has asked the Scottish government for an extra £200m
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Wilson James in TDG alliance
Construction logistics firm Wilson James is to form a strategic alliance with distribution firm TDG in a move the firm says will offer its customers a “control tower” view over their whole supply chain
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Tim Byles: 'We're firing on all cylinders'
There’s no doubt the pace has picked up since Tim Byles took over the running of the Building Schools for the Future programme. But with all the uncertainties of the economy and next year’s election, will he be able to keep up the momentum?
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Bovis to spot-check site staff in alcohol clampdown
Construction giant to exercise ‘extremely low’ tolerance levels in its random tests on workers
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Homes agency to review all Thames Gateway spending
HCA to decide which schemes in regeneration area have ‘realistic chance of getting off the ground’
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Penoyre & Prasad’s John Perryn primary school: Start again!
John Perryn primary in east Acton had lost the confidence of parents, staff and Ofsted. So the government stepped in to rebuild it, with a little help from Penoyre & Prasad and Willmott Dixon
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HCA set to take stake in affordable housing schemes
Move follows public spat between London mayor and communities department over investment policy
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Comment
Sad state of affairs
With regards to the letter by KD Overment in your issue of 31 July (page 22), I have been involved in many projects for university buildings and find the attitude of the estates departments often depressing
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Two throw hats into ring for construction adviser role
SEC Group’s Rudi Klein and Constructing Excellence’s Vaughan Burnand register interest in post