All Building articles in 11 December 2009 – Page 4
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NewsGovernment appoints manager for £370bn property portfolio
Partner at Ernst & Young pledges to improve efficiency as head of new Property Unit
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NewsHousing body warns over Tory plan to 'give veto to Nimbys'
National Housing Federation expresses concern over proposal to require 90% local support for new rural homes
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NewsHousing order growth bucks overall 5% decline
Figures reveal rise of 15% in private commercial orders despite drop in construction orders in last quarter
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NewsHill appoints Leeds director for new position
Chartered QS will help develop the quantum dispute and expert witness services in Yorkshire
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NewsPoles apart
This Clapham builder was snapped by Chris Shaw when, he says, slippery weather made standing on a scaffold tube in trainers even less wise than usual. Though Chris was on a roof at the time, he assures us he was stationed “very safely behind a wall with full PPE on”. ...
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Comment
They should have said
It was with some incredulity and confusion that I read the news item “Industry slams payment law plans” (13 November, page 12)
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Planning obsolescence
I was most impressed with the first question posed at last week’s Homes and Communities Agency “open meeting” on 26 November
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NewsHumphrey’s house
This masterplan by Bennetts Associates is intended to turn the area around Manchester’s Piccadilly station into a civil service campus
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FeaturesInn recovery: The hotels market
With the pound weak and tourism strong, the UK hotels market is set for a resurgence in 2010. Emily Wright finds out how you can book yourself in
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NewsMorrell plans to slash green waste in government
Construction adviser’s first task is to eliminate duplicated research and work overlap
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The tracker: Feeling gloomy
Bad weather, falling activity indices and sharp declines in north-west England and the East Midlands marked October down as a month to forget. Experian Business Strategies reports
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Comment
Timber frame inspections: Everything you need for a fire
Timber-frame sites are sustainable, technologically sophisticated and accidents waiting impatiently to happen, says Paul Hymers. And he should know – he has to inspect them
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Whitbread plans eco hotel
Whitbread, the owner of the Premier Inn chain, has announced that it will green its entire stock of hotels and build a low carbon hotel
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CommentDon’t get your suspenders in a twist
The Construction Act says it is lawful to down tools if you haven’t been paid what you’re owed. But what happens if you get it wrong and the money isn’t owed?
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Whistling in the dark
Further to your recent “whistleblower” item (13 November, page 15), it seems the proposed action by Balfour Beatty ex-employees is driven by an assumption of continuing unemployment with a commensurate loss of prospective earnings
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CommentHansom: Dangerous liaisons
Construction has come over all drama and intrigue, it seems. We therefore invite you, ladies and gentlemen, to a cloak and dagger meeting, a masked party and a duelling lesson. Don’t forget your wigs
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Head to head: Copenhagen
Targets vs flexibility - Both sides of the eco debate agree that uncertainty is the main threat to UK plc. But their solutions are very different
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Contractors face green tax crackdown
Contractors may have to pay millions of pounds in back tax after it emerged that HM Revenue & Customs is clamping down on projects thought exempt from the aggregates levy
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NewsPFI contractors could be left to foot energy fines
Firms fear they face thousands of pounds of penalties for occupants’ bills under new legislation