All Building articles in 10 February 2012 – Page 2
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NewsCities plan to invest billions in Green Deal retrofit work
Local authorities team up to issue large-scale retrofit schemes initially worth £1.7bn
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NewsFocus on wind turbine blamed for Olympic renewables failure
Sir John Armitt says ODA’s focus on wind turbine to provide electricity for Olympic park was a mistake
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NewsConsultants will get less work on government major projects
Consultants have been in a “very green paddock for a long while”, says government’s major projects supremo
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Sinks, taps, cooker hoods
Sink manufacturer and kitchen accessories specialist Carron Phoenix will be launching a range of new sinks, taps, waste disposal units and cooker hoods
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NewsCurved kitchen doors
Nolte Kitchens will be showing its new convex door design at its KBB stand
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CommentIf we lose specialist subcontractors, the industry will be deskilled
A barren landscape of deskilled workers awaits us at the end of this downturn if we continue to neglect or leapfrog the specialist subcontractor, says Richard Piggott
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CommentMy digital life … Rod Taylor
Crazy diving, Day Glow Freaks and Eminem feature in the digital life of this operations director
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CommentLegal disputes: The Olympics and Wembley
The notable lack of disputes on Olympic projects has been down to the openness of dialogue and willingness to share and exchange documents. If only Wembley had done the same
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CommentWhere should the government spend to drive growth?
With the Budget just six weeks away, the chancellor must ensure that what money he has to invest will lead to growth - and not in 20 years’ time either
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FeaturesHow the Olympics and Jubilee are driving London projects
The Olympics and the Diamond Jubilee have given the capital a real lift this year and all sorts of projects that were languishing in the design drawer are now busily being prepared, spurred on by civic pride and that unyielding deadline. Ike Ijeh looks at the best of them
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FeaturesIngrid Skinner: First we take West Hampstead
Ingrid Skinner has big plans to turn Taylor Wimpey’s fledgling London division into a £100m-turnover business - and all without leaving Zone 2. She talks to Building. Photography by Anthony Lycett
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The tracker: Glum tidings
The decline in construction activity slowed in December, according to Experian Economics, but a low orders index and the weakest tender enquiries figures for nearly two years do not augur well
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CommentWhat could go wrong?
It’s not hard to spot the danger in this safety blunder photo taken in Panama
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FeaturesHansom: It's tough at the top
Power comes at a price, and this week Whitehall bosses fall out of favour with officials, a council leader is driven to delivering an insulting speech and Prince Charles’ PR machine has a mind of its own
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Heated mirrors
Bathroom accessories specialist HiB has launched two mirror designs called Grace and Victoria
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Inbox: Mixed messages
This week one reader thinks the government has a strong FITs policy but weak PR, while another says Sir John Armitt is just plain wrong about the ODA’s ‘no marketing’ rule for firms working on the Olympics
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Quick-heating oven
Rangemaster will launch the Professional Deluxe Range Cooker at the show. It is available in three widths of 90, 100 and 110cm
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