All Building articles in 10 October 2008 – Page 5
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NewsNew Redcar and Cleveland College building goes green
Nightingale's design incorporates temperature-controlling window and CHP boiler
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NewsProperty market slows in Dubai and Abu Dhabi
Report says recent market slowdown is much more than the usual seasonal drop-off
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NewsCommercial development index hits record low
Savills reports lowest activity in commercial property sector since index began in 2003
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NewsBarratt leads plunge in housebuilders' shares
Shares in UK construction firms lose up to one-quarter of value as stock market crashes down 400 points
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NewsWaste of energy? The search for display energy certificates
The government spent £10m promoting the launch of display energy certificates last week. Michael Willoughby searched in vain for anyone who took a blind bit of notice
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Textured wallcoverings
Commercial wallcoverings manufacturer Muraspec has launched the Reflective range of wallcoverings.
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CommentThis is no time to think short-term
Sooner or later the market will come back and when it does we’ll be needing young talent. So keep hiring, says Richard Steer, otherwise we’ll lose another generation of professionals
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NewsNo room at the village
John Armitt, the Olympic Development Authority chairman, said this week that the government could end up funding the whole of the £1bn Olympic village, pictured, owing to the continued uncertainty over Lend Lease’s ability to provide funding.
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Comment
Relocation, relocation
The increase in Middle East-related articles has been fantastic, and uncannily timely for me, given that I am looking to relocate to Abu Dhabi. However, I am not sure where you obtained your rental prices from, as your figure of £18,000, or 120,000 dirhams, per year is way off the ...
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Quintain talks to UAE
Quintain Estates is in talks with investors in Bahrain and Dubai to sell a stake of up to 50% in the £2.5bn regeneration of the area around Wembley stadium, Nick Shattock, its deputy chief executive has said.
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Scots poised for payment refor
Specialist contractors are to lobby the Scottish government to introduce project bank accounts on all public sector schemes worth more than £3m, write Sarah Richardson and Olivia Boyd.
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FeaturesSustainability: Office refurbishment
David Rees of Davis Langdon reviews the latest thinking on low-carbon design features to improve the energy performance of office buildings
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Market renewal
The green light has been given to the redevelopment of the New Covent Garden Market site in Vauxhall, London, following a review of the business case by the government.
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NewsMagnetic wallpaper
Vitrulan has developed a “magnetic” wall covering that it says will reduce maintenance cycles in public, commercial and domestic buildings
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Lift shortlist
The Department of Health has shortlisted 20 bidders for its £1bn Express Lift programme, including Vinci, Skanska and Laing O’Rourke.
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CommentUAE legal series: A Thousand and One laws
As more and more UK firms set out to mend their fortunes in the Gulf, Mark Blanksby begins a series of articles explaining how the legal system works there
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NewsWhat a stink: sewerage on Palm Island
Dubai's Palm Jumeira will one day have the largest vacuum sewerage system in the world, but in the mean time waste is being dumped in manholes