All Building articles in 1 May 2009 – Page 5
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News
Ken Yeang to design Shanghai eco-city in the sea
Malaysian sister firm of Llewelyn Davies Yeang picks up megaproject as China maintains green agenda
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Swine flu delays Mexican projects as firms shut offices
Construction projects in Mexico City look set to suffer delays as a result of the swine flu outbreak, as UK firms shut down their offices in the country
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Cumbria leaders
Murray Easton, formerly of BAE Systems, is to chair the board of Cumbria’s Barrow Vision scheme
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The new Corgi
The Tenant Services Authority has reminded housing associations to ensure their gas safety engineers have signed the new register that replaced the Corgi system this month.
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Kier, ISG and Rok vie to snap up William Verry contracts
Banks poised to call in administrators as rival contractors manoeuvre to take over stalled jobs
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Contractors plan waste crackdown
Contractors may charge subcontractors or drop them from future work if they fail to hit targets for site waste
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Stent to make ‘concrete’ from site spoil
Groundwork specialist pioneers new technique to cut costs and reduce waste sent to landfill
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Comment
Complexity theory: Interconnected disputes
How do you deal with a whole load of connected disputes that all seem to have a knock-on effect on one another?
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Citywatch: Because you’re worth it
Now the December year-end contractors have revealed what their bosses took home last year, we can take a snapshot of who earned what in 2008 and how good they were for their money
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In living color: National Children's Museum, Washington DC
Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects has unveiled images of a colourful National Children’s Museum in Washington DC
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Turner & Townsend chairman vows not to cut salaries
Tim Wray, chairman of Turner & Townsend, has said he will not to cut salaries at the consultancy, despite other top QSs cutting pay by between 12% and 20%
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Persimmon remains cautious despite positive start to year
Persimmon has said house prices and profit margins remain under pressure despite a promising start to 2009
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Government to miss carbon emissions target
The government will miss a target to cut 12.5% of carbon emissions by 2010/11 and needs to set more ambitious targets for its estate, according to its own sustainability watchdog
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Scene stealer: New Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury
ISG Jackson has won a contract to build the £25.6m New Marlowe Theatre in Canterbury
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Right to buy ditched
The Scottish government has announced plans to end the right-to-buy policy for tenants in new-build council stock in the country
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Features
Gotta get through it: Halcrow builds the UAE's longest tunnel
This mountain range stands between Dubai and one of the UAE’s most important ports. Which is why a team from Halcrow is holed up there right now, enduring the heat and hard rock on the country’s longest ever tunnel project
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Two weeks to go until Building’s Sustainability Now virtual show …
The continued challenge of greening the built environment will be tackled at a virtual event later this month
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McCarthy & Stone boss predicts sale or flotation
The chief executive of retirement housebuilder McCarthy & Stone, has said the company will be floated or bought by private equity in the next few years
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Comment
We need better politicians
Surely efficiency savings have to be made by working with the supply chain: after all, the government has been saying just this for 10 years
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It could have been a lot worse
The housing industry was on tenterhooks before the Budget, hoping for a solution to all its woes. Well, we didn’t quite get that, say Toby Lloyd and Anthony Brand, but it’s a start …