All Building articles in 09 April 2010 – Page 3
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NewsPlans for world's first underground golf club
ReardonSmith submits plans for £72m subterranean scheme in area of English natural woodland
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NewsLakehouse benefits from internship scheme
Building services provider and backer of The Pledge campaign appoints graduate after he joined the firm as in intern
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NewsEnglish Heritage backs Battersea redevelopment
Plans for transformation of Grade II* listed power plant boosted as conservation group gives initial thumbs-up
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NewsHow green is your brand?
You don't have to aim to save the planet, but to win business nowadays you do need to show off your sustainability credentials
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NewsFreddy Shepherd plans to manufacture wind turbines in Tyneside
Former owner of Newcastle United FC has bought up derelict shipyards and hopes to make the area a centre for building off shore wind farms
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NewsMichelmersh completes Freshfield Lane Brickworks buyout
Brickmanufacturer expands operations with aquisition of Sussex-based firm
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NewsTfL appeals against raising £460m for Tube Lines
Tube operator warns it will seek judicial review if PPP arbiter stands by draft decision
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BSEC TV 2010 highlights
Video highlights from BSEC plus the best new education projects and innovations, with Martin Lewis
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NewsConstructionSkills saves the NVQ
Continuing with the industry standard qualifications could save the industry over £1m
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NewsSt Modwen to start construction of £1bn Welsh 'new community'
Section 106 agreement with Newport council clears way for building work at 600-acre steelworks redevelopment
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NewsGalliford Try JV picked for £500m Thames Water framework
Mott MacDonald also part of JV contracted up to upgrade London water treatment facilities
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NewsSir Robert McAlpine to clinch Milton Court scheme
Contractor expected to beat rival Mace with low bid for renamed Heron scheme at London's Barbican
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NewsColler Capital preferred bidder for HBOS portfolio
Deal is due to be signed in six to eight weeks after period of legal due diligence
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NewsWindow display
Graeme Meikle of Gleeds Health and Safety sent in his colleague’s snap of a window cleaner near London’s Oxford Street
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Comment
A willing volunteer
So, out of £32.2m of public funding Persimmon boss Mike Farley paid himself a bonus of £406,000 (1 April, page 9) – no doubt for his excellent performance during their financially difficult period!
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NewsVienna's vision
This dramatic apartment block in Austria managed to incorporate cantilever balconies with some interesting technology
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Comment
On the terraces
I read that a Stirling prize winner is to “reinvent the terrace” for the legacy of the 2012 Olympics
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FeaturesStrata tower: Southwark’s sore thumb
The Strata tower sticks out 150m above south London’s downtrodden Elephant and Castle. But, rather than being a symbol of aspiration, the building is turning away from the very area it’s meant to be giving a lift
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FeaturesFrom the pavement to the Pinnacle
Vertical building work will start on the City’s latest skyscraper, the Pinnacle, next month