All Building articles in 09 September 2011 – Page 2
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NewsCyril Sweett blames UK for profit warning
Full year results lower than expected due to tough UK conditions
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CommentWonders & blunders with Dominic Cullinan
Dominic Cullinan takes us on a science fiction tour of London - from the half-imagined ‘bulging cheeks’ of Old Street to the three bronzed sisters of the Barbican
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CommentBye, bye, BSF ...
As the real effects of the education funding cuts begin to show, what can be done to make up the huge deficit?
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FeaturesSchool building programmes: Figure it out
Michael has £2bn of PFI money for capital spending on schools. But he also has to update the school estate and provide extra pupil places. How much more money will he need? And - for extra marks - where will it come from? Sarah Richardson works out some possible answersܯ
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NewsEco standards at risk at flagship zero carbon scheme
Designs for exemplar Barratt housing project may be watered down despite £7.4m government funding
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CommentSchools crisis: ‘We have a responsibility to school our children’
Barking and Dagenham has to be the council the worst affected by the demise of the Building Schools for the Future programme. We look at the impact on pupils and construction in a deprived east London borough that is fast running out of space
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FeaturesWestfield Stratford City: Maxing out
Westfield Stratford City in east London - dead handy for the Olympic park - is Europe’s biggest urban shopping centre, a retail behemoth so large it is really a city within a city with more than 300 shops and 2 million ft2 of retail and leisure space. Ike Ijeh goes ...
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CommentProviding schools: Creative classes
We don’t have enough places for kids in the schools their parents want. A new approach is needed: adapting other public buildings for education and bringing in private help to show us how
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CommentShifting standards: new JCT contracts
New standard form JCT contracts are on their way, in line with the government’s construction strategy. But don’t worry, help is at hand to understand the changes
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Inbox: Credit where it's due
Readers praise those who deserve recognition, be they engineers, the builders of code level 6 homes, or Scottish local authorities that have boosted housebuilding
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CommentMy digital life…Diba Salam
Diba wants to avoid emails, Dom Joly moments and electro funck music
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CommentThe tracker: Summer dip
Activity declined across all three sectors in July, partly due to insufficient demand and labour shortages. Experian Economics examines the latest figures
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FeaturesThe free schools programme: Fancy free
Rachel Wolf, at 26, is in charge of delivering the government’s free schools programme. In the week the first of these schools open, she tells Sarah Richardson about how construction firms can get involved, and the importance (or not) of good design
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FeaturesWorking in Mongolia: Getting warmer
Mongolia is famous for many things, and being a hotspot of construction activity is not among them - but perhaps it should be. Thanks to a booming economy, the country is developing at a rate of knots. Building finds out why it’s well worth braving the cold
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NewsGovernment willing to negotiate on planning reforms
‘Presumption in favour’ proposals still controversial
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CommentHansom: Look at me!
Several ‘interesting’ ideas vie for our attention this week as Arup envisages a life-size Scalextric set, Miller Homes drafts in Keith Chegwin and German architects decide scaffolding should be more pretty
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News'Nanny state' stopping UK rebuild of Libya
Industry blames FCO travel advice for risking £1.5bn trade as other European countries move in
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NewsAtkins bouyed by Middle East operations
Growing infrastructure investment in Middle East outweighs challenging UK market
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