All Building articles in 11 June 2010 – Page 3
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NewsBSF latest: Balfour wins £220m Derby deal and Interserve picks up £150m St Helens job
Building understands Vinci has lost out on both deals amid widespread uncertainty over future of £55bn schools programme
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CommentQuentin Shears: The wages of synergy
“Usually, rebranding takes months, but the stationer’s on Potter Street had a half-price offer on business cards”
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Comment
Permanent secretaries
Clearly, the government has already been mugged by Sir Humphrey and instead of sacking most of the 700,000 additional public sector workers hired under Labour they will be persuaded to slash vital infrastructure spending. No wonder Britain is a shambles.John Band
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Features
The tracker: On a more positive note
Construction activity expanded for the first time in two years reports Experian Business Strategies
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News'Usual suspects' linked to Scott Wilson takeover
A string of names has been linked to a bid for consulting engineer Scott Wilson, which confirmed it had received more than one takeover approach this week
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CommentLeft in the lurch
Just when I thought that we had got over the Learning and Skills Council funding debacle, it appears that it is now the turn of the affordable housing sector to suffer the implications of having allocated or “promised” government funding withdrawn
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NewsLean machine
A 160m-high tower in Abu Dhabi has recently been certified by Guinness World Records as the world’s “furthest leaning man-made tower”
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CommentJust looking
Beware if you shop around for an expert, as the court may demand that you reveal the reports that you rejected
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NewsThree vie for RIBA top job
Three candidates are vying to succeed Ruth Reed as president of the RIBA
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NewsShapps to rush out guidance as planning grinds to halt
Housing minister to bring in rule changes in ’next two months’ as up to 40 councils halt or delay plans
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Comment
It's grim up north
With news that construction workloads have turned positive in the UK for the first time in two years, it was disappointing to learn that in Scotland the net balance of workloads remained in the red at -6%
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NewsQSs reveal RICS grievances
Most QSs think the profession is not fairly represented by the RICS, according to an online survey by building.co.uk
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NewsRedundancies set to follow Morgan Sindall restructure
Managing director says back office staff will be cut down after two divisions merge
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NewsOver the fence
Fledgling London architect PPR has submitted a planning application for two eco homes in Tufnell Park, north London
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CommentPressure drop
John Kees spotted this careless fellow inventing new ways to use a pressure washer
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CommentThe death penalty
If a company’s negligence leads to loss of life, can it be given a lenient fine if a larger one would ruin it? Here’s what the Court of Appeal said about a recent case in Scotland
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CommentFit-out specialist Daniel Taylor: Earning success and influence
Office fit-out specialist Daniel Taylor could have been a roadsweeper like his dad, but instead he’s on JP Morgan’s list of the 100 most influential black people in the UK. He tells Emily Wright what got him there