All Building articles in 06 May 2011 – Page 3
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Voluntary insolvencies jump 20%
There were 586 voluntary liquidations in Q1 2010 compared to 486 in the previous quarter
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Balfour ties up £203m street lighting contract
Contractor reaches financial close on its fifth PPP street lighting concession
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Don’t shut out commercial PV, says ECA
Government review of feed-in tariffs has made many non-domestic solar PV schemes unviable, chief exec warns
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Security threat
Never mind government targets and legislation; the risk that energy supplies may simply dry up is becoming the key driver in the sustainability agenda, says James Gray
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The small print
Readers are concerned with the nitty gritty this week. Did completion mean practical completion or not? Was it a bank or a public holiday? More importantly, to pay or not to pay?
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Wolverton Park: urban retreat
A £35m residential development in Milton Keynes has been selected as the sole UK entry in an international shortlist of nominees for the Urban Land Institute’s Awards for Excellence
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TeCSA rules! OK?
With a new Construction Act on the way, adjudicators are going to have to up their game. Luckily, one nominating body has updated its rules in anticipation
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Zaha Hadid sets sights on London skyline
Architect wants to move into high-rise commercial development
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Steady as she goes
Things might - just might - be getting better for construction. But don’t get carried away - anything from raw materials inflation to spending cuts could knock us off course
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My digital life: Kent Gardner
BlackBerry, Android or iPhone?BlackBerry for business but the iPhone for fun.What is your worst digital habit?I’m always checking my BlackBerry, even when I’m in a no coverage area!What did you last buy online?Olympics tickets for the opening ceremony, cycling, beach volleyball and athletics. Fingers crossed I’ll get some of my ...
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Mott MacDonald offsets UK decline with overseas growth
Engineering giant cuts staff by 10% in two years but American business thrives
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Cyril Sweett shifts focus from UK
The firm has said 57% of its order book is from outside Europe
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Dragados to draft in foreign experts on Crossrail project
Spanish construction firm brings in tunnelling specialists on £500m JV with Sisk
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Ucatt: Out for the count?
In 2009 Alan Ritchie was voted leader of Ucatt - put there by 5.3% of its membership. But now the ballot has been ruled void and the union is having to spend its time appealing the decision and salvaging its reputation. How did it get into this mess?
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Construction experts: ‘We don’t trust ONS output data’
Leading industry figures believe statistics from the ONS are inaccurate
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Phase one of Masdar complete
The $1.4bn first phase of one of the world’s most sustainable cities, Masdar in Abu Dhabi, has been completed.
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Cost model: City of London offices
With uncertain prospects for finance, recovery in office development is likely to remain cautious. Refurbishment and reuse will remain alternatives but the low-carbon agenda will transform both these and new build, say Iain Parker and Graham Jones of Davis Langdon, an Aecom company
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Firms that chose not to fight OFT hopeful fines may be reduced
Lindum Group, which did not appeal, hopes its fine could now be slashed by 80%