All Building articles in 05 September 2008 – Page 7
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Two housing schemes scrapped in Cambridgeshire
Public bodies have welcomed the decisions that look to have sounded the death knell for two new settlements of 13,000 homes around Cambridge.
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HOK Sport buyout
Olympic stadium architect HOK Sport has been taken over in a management buyout led by Rod Sheard, head of HOK Sports Facilities.
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Earthquake experts: Chinese building regs are out of date
Chinese building codes were inadequate in the face of the Sichuan earthquake and must be updated, a group of seismic experts has warned.
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Rider Levett Bucknall to set up network to win work in Europe
Rider Levett Bucknall is to set up a European consultancy network to drive expansion on the Continent.
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Comment
Building buys a pint for … Parsons Brinckerhoff
Forget hard drinking, this group’s main concern is how to outdo last week’s Building Buys a Pint lot in the glamour stakes. Given that they were on a yacht and we are on a London street on a greyish evening, this seems a tricky task.
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Features
A year in the life of the borrowers: the credit crunch one year on
Twelve months on from Northern Rock, Tom Bill looks back at how an unprecedented series of events unfolded, leaving most construction firms residing in the pockets of their clients and bank managers …
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Boot trudges on
Developer and construction group Henry Boot has posted a 7% fall in pre-tax profit from £21.9m to £20.4m in the six months to 30 June.
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Morris in profit boost
Pre-tax profit at fit-out specialist Morris and Spottiswood rose 16% to £3.4m in the year to 31 December 2007.
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Comment
Big shoes to fill
China's jaw-dropping start to the Beijing Games raised the bar for Olympic opening ceremonies.
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New eco-town bidders escape inquisition process
Expert panel that played ‘key role’ in original process will not scrutinise three new sites
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NG Bailey profit dips
Pre-tax profit at NG Bailey has fallen by 55% owing to “the rising cost of sales and challenging contracts”.
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Comment
No need for back-up
I am surprised to see Paul Moore trying to revive the idea that every wind turbine needs a fossil fuel back-up to be kept running at full capacity (29 August, page 28) when research into intermittent generation by the UK Energy Research Council is easily accessible.
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Hansom Dancing away the storm
There may be trouble ahead, but while there’s music and moonlight and love and romance, let’s face the music and dance. Alternatively, we could just change our names
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By personal appointment: Makers v Camden
When a company in a dispute suggested a particular adjudicator be appointed to its case, the other party was incensed. Here’s what happened …
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Fire alarm
Fire raged this week at the massive 1,500-room Atlantis luxury hotel on the man-made Palm Jumeirah island in Dubai, just three weeks before it was due to open.
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Taylor Wimpey breathes again – but for how long?
Deal to relax lending terms imminent, leaving housebuilder with three options …
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Future of Architecture Week in balance after review
The future of Architecture Week remains in doubt after Arts Council England (ACE) announced it would delay its decision on continuing the festival.
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Affordable homes target at risk despite rescue package
Industry observer says government’s £1bn of housing measures will have ‘bugger all impact’
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Contractors seek advice as redundancies rocket
Calls to NFB’s employment helpline double, compared with first seven months of 2007