All Building articles in 08 January 2010 – Page 6
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BSF fears drive councils towards refurb
Councils are trying to pre-empt public spending cuts by dropping new-build secondary school projects in favour of refurbishment deals
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Fears of unsold space bring the Burj tower down to earth
World’s tallest tower opens amid fireworks – and predictions that it could be half-empty for a year
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Cabe and HCA bosses clash over Kickstart scheme
Letters reveal mutual blame over assessment and design standards for £1bn housing programme
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Former Doyle boss joins EnterpriseMouchel
Former John Doyle chief executive Rob Johnson has been parachuted into highways maintenance firm EnterpriseMouchel as interim managing director
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Fire and ice: Camberwell blaze and Olympic park
Fire broke out at this Greenacre Homes timber frame site in Camberwell, south London, at 2am on Wednesday morning
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Concentra becomes biggest victim of OFT probe
Watchdog may pursue former parent company Durkan for £3.3m fine after contractor fails
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Private housebuilders feel the chill as sales and assets plummet
The impact of the downturn on privately owned housebuilders has become clear as the end of year results for three of the UK’s largest show revenue falling by up to three-quarters
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Features
Finally, they’ve noticed... : Assessing Pay As You Save
Having for so long ignored the energy efficiency of existing homes, politicians have suddenly come up with a raft of schemes. The first of a three-part series looks at Pay As You Save
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Comment
No answers
After enduring 10 years of ostracism by their professional institution, it seems at last that the QS members of the RICS might be rebelling (27 November, page 28)
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Beware Americans bearing gifts
Having worked in the past for a company that was acquired by a US firm, I would suggest that although the money and promises made are attractive, the outcome is often less so (“US giants plan raid on British consultancy sector”, 11 December, page 9)
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Albania rocks: Aedas' Tirana towers
This is the latest image to be released of the masterplan for Tirana Rocks, an urban neighbourhood at the shore of Tirana Lake, in the south of the Albanian capital
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Administrator blames overambition for Lancsville collapse
Lancsville Construction collapsed because of overtrading, its administrator has revealed
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Comment
How do I... control adjudication costs?
In the latest of our series on tackling your own legal affairs, Ben Mullard of Berwin Leighton Paisner looks at what parties can do to control the cost of an adjudication
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Max Crofts: Reading the riot act
Here’s a message to RICS members: why are you complaining when you could be changing? Give us your effort, time and passion and we can overcome the challenges we face
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Academic forte: Willmott Dixon's Tamworth academy
Willmott Dixon has been appointed as preferred bidder for the £35m Landau Forte Academy in Tamworth
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Davis Langdon profit falls 55% in Europe and Gulf
Profit at consultant Davis Langdon fell by half in the Europe and the Middle East region last year as the recession took hold, despite an increase in turnover
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O’Keefe turnover drops 26%
Turnover at civil engineering and groundworks specialist O’Keefe Construction (Greenwich) has dropped 26% from £32.3m to £23.8m as a result of the fall in the office market in the West End and City of London
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Predictions for 2010: Anyone for cold turkey?
The season of goodwill to all men is over, folks, so get ready for a year of wrangles, nit-picking, bust-ups over defects and early claims … like last year, only worse
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Simons Group boss predicts return to form in 2010
Paul Hodgkinson confident of recovery in retail sector as results show slim margin of 0.2%
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Coming soon: Predictions for 2010
There’s so much to look forward to in 2010. Unfortunately, quite a lot of it is going to be scary, disturbing or unsettling. Building puts its cushion down long enough to flinch at the key scenes