All Building articles in 1 August 2008 – Page 6
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NewsThe battle of Waterloo: Elizabeth House
London mayor Boris Johnson has vetoed the development of Allies and Morrison’s Elizabeth House towers at Waterloo station.
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NewsSharewatch: did you buy shares in Barratt?
The summer holiday tumbleweed has well and truly begun blowing through the Square Mile.
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Royal Bam Group to rebrand HBG and Edmund Nuttall
Dutch-owned contractor HBG will rebrand to become Bam Construct UK later this year.
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FeaturesAs bad as it gets: Building the UK embassy in Harare
With violence, poverty, hyperinflation and disease halting work at every turn, how is it even possible to operate in Zimbabwe? Martin Spring asked those building a new UK embassy in its capital
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RIBA’s first female president backs performance-based pay
Ruth Reed, who was elected last week as the RIBA’s first female president, is to campaign for architects to be awarded higher fees on a performance-related basis.
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CommentRecord keeping: The art of self-defence
Conscientious record-keeping can give you invaluable ammunition should you want to blame others when things go wrong. Worth every dull moment
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Appointments: The Apollo Group appoints non-executive director
Also: Wolseley UK has named Rob Marchbank managing director
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FeaturesCost model: Airport terminals
UK airport operators need to make substantial investments in infrastructure to prepare for continuing long-term demand for domestic and international flights. Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon reports
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CommentIt’ s like deja vu all over again
The recent glut of bad news has made every headline going and sent the industry into blind panic. But we’ve been here many times before, says Richard Steer, so what did we expect …
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NewsThe Aedas touch: Cultural centre in Singapore
A flamboyant 54,000m2 civic, cultural and retail complex in Singapore has been designed by the Hong Kong office of Aedas.
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Boris ditches design advisory board
Boris Johnson has axed his design advisory body and incorporated it into the London Development Agency.
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CommentInnocence abroad
Schools are out, summer is here and the mind naturally turns to jetting off (or, for the more environmentally squeamish, catching a train) to foreign climes
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NewsGovernment seeks 80% home emissions cuts
A joint government and industry research project has been set up to look for ways to cut carbon emissions from UK homes by 80% before 2050, signalling a strengthening of policy aimed at greening the existing stock
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NewsHere's an idea - No 7
Materials firm Aardvark is selling concrete that allows rainwater to pass directly through it to improve flood drainage in urban areas.
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Emergency talks over £550m New Street station
Foreign Office Architects and Network Rail have been holding emergency talks this week after a row threatened to throw the £550m Birmingham New Street project into disarray, writes Dan Stewart.
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Skanska UK follows £41.5m loss with swift change of boss
A new chief executive has replaced David Fison at Skanska UK days after the company reported an operating loss of £41.5m.
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Economic crime hits 40% of firms working overseas
Pricewaterhouse Coopers report reveals eastern Europe is hotspot for corruption in construction
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NewsWork on Bin Laden’s dream of two cities and a bridge over the Red Sea to begin in 18 months
Brother of Osama Bin Laden’s $300bn plan to link Africa and Asia with a 24km bridge set to go ahead
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Willmott Dixon to build £16m academy
Willmott Dixon has beaten Kier to become preferred bidder on a £16m school in the government’s academies programme, it is understood.
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NHBC reacts to slump by laying off one in 10 staff
30% of site-based inspectors to be made redundant as construction rates continue to plummet