All Building articles in 08 May 2009 – Page 4
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NewsTaylor Wimpey confirms £511m rights issue
Rights issue follows the successful renegotiation of housebuilder's lending facilities last month
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NewsThe end of William Verry: so what happened?
One of Britain’s oldest contractors went bust last week, but not because of a problem contract, and not because it had an empty order book. The truth was altogether stranger
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NewsMobile access tower?
Paul Thompson of Laing O’Rourke appreciates Cuba’s approach to some essential kit. And look no further for a handy getaway vehicle if the plastering doesn’t go to plan
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Comment
Spitting in the wind
What options are we exploring, apart from wind farms, as alternative energy sources?
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CommentThe prince and the profession
So is he about to aim another missile at the architectural profession? Or will he finally offer it an olive branch?
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NewsPlease sir, can we have some more?
Of course the Budget didn’t give us as much as we wanted. But, says Jon Neale, it’s questionable whether even more cash would help housebuilders. What we want more of is fresh thinking
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NewsOut of the woods
Woods Bagot’s redevelopment of 10 Trinity Square in the City has received planning permission
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CommentWhat would Taiichi Ohno do?
As the Japanese say, waste is futility and failure. But, in the form of overconsumption, it has also been the bedrock of our industrialised economies. Here’s how we can do without it
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NewsHot property
A London housing association has obtained planning permission for 26 affordable homes in Peckham, south London
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NewsTV premiere: Riyadh television HQ by Heneghan Peng
This is a first look at a headquarters building for satellite television operator Arabsat in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Hanson to lease out new HQ
Troubled materials firm Hanson plans to lease out its new £16m head office in Bedford and put its aircrete blocks business up for sale to combat the recession
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NewsFrustration mounts over Scottish replacement for PFI
Procurement method’s credibility is hit by funding problems on £300m Aberdeen bypass scheme
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NewsFirms line up to take part in HCA's private rental scheme
Housing associations, property firms and banks consider investment in agency’s property fund
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FeaturesFast learner: HOK in Kazakhstan
From the moment architect HOK won the contract to design and build a school in Kazakhstan it had 20 months to complete it. Dan Stewart finds out how it got on
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NewsThe end is nigh
Nightingale Architects’ South African offshoot has won its first project: a 10m rand (£780,000) lighthouse complex at the southernmost tip of Africa
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Modular eco-home
Viridis Homes last week launched a modular house that it says is the first of its kind to reach level five of the Code for Sustainable Homes and can be built for just under £82,000.
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NewsDuchess of Epsom
Willmott Dixon has completed work on the £38m Duchess Stand development at Epsom ahead of the Derby next month
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Comment
Dubai’s secret shame
The plight of a significant number of Dubai’s migrant workers from the Indian subcontinent is appalling
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FeaturesCountry focus: Croatia
The economy here is weathering the global recession better than most, and a shrewd firm might want to get in before the EU accession boom. Milan Momcilovic of EC Harris gives the briefing