All Building articles in 09 July 2010 – Page 5
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Features
Casci on life after Hamiltons: Small beast
Architecture was in shock earlier this year when Hamiltons, the UK’s 16th biggest practice, decided to split up. Former director Craig Casci talks to Emily Wright about the break-up, and about making sure his new company stays a manageable size
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EDF nuclear boss talkin' about his generation
Alan Cumming wants your help building EDF’s third-generation nuclear power plants, which, if all goes to plan, means four multibillion-pound projects and more than 150 contracts up for grabs
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News
Grimshaw and Carillion paid out £7m on Bath spa
Bath council’s accounts have revealed that Grimshaw Architects and Carillion paid out £7m in compensation for the city’s disastrous spa project
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Travis Perkins buys plumbing firm BSS for £558m
Builders merchant Travis Perkins has agreed to buy plumbing and heating firm BSS Group for £558m
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Defence Estates spells out plan to save £50m
Defence Estates, the property and construction arm of the Ministry of Defence, may be forced to mothball some of its buildings to deliver £50m of savings on its regional prime contracts this year
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£450m housing cuts will ‘end Kickstart’
A Treasury decision to cut £450m from this year’s housing budget looks set to spell the end of the Kickstart scheme to restart stalled sites and Labour’s plans to transform council housebuilding
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Industry shocked by 233% price hike for Scott Wilson
URS bought British firm for 290p a share, up from price of 87p at start of June
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Features
Lead times - April to June 2010
An increase in reported enquiries in many trades has not yet been converted to orders, but lead times are already creeping up in four areas compared with only one last quarter
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News
Latest Construction appointments - 9 July 2010
John Vincent, currently leader of Aecom’s Europe transportation practice, is to take up a new role as the firm’s strategic planning and advisory service for its global
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Features
Waiting for High Speed 2 to get here
The coalition has given its backing to a high-speed rail network in the UK, but there is a lot of uncertainty over how, when and in what form it will arrive
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News
Insolvencies drop 19% in Q2
Construction insolvencies fell 19% in the second quarter of 2010 compared with the previous quarter.The number of insolvencies in the second quarter was 555, down from 686 in the first quarter, according to figures from Pricewaterhouse Coopers.Insolvencies were 24% down on the second quarter of last year.Jonathan Hook, construction and ...
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Over £100m wasted on scrapped schools bid costs
Lawyers predict flood of claims after government abandons 719 projects
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CRH predicts slump in profit for first half
Materials firm to barely break even but confident of second-half upturn
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Comment
Passivhaus refurb diaries, part 2: The airtightness strategy
The architect behind the retrofit of an Edward property using Passivhaus principles takes us through the strategy for achieving airtightness…
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