All Building articles in 12 June 2009 – Page 6
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News
Lloyds readies Apollo for HBOS sell-off by sealing debt deal
Bank and shareholders to write down undisclosed sum of public sector contractor’s £300m debt
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Comment
From one Jim to another
I was saddened to read of the death of James Nisbet (5 June, page 14)
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News
Citywatch: So, how did we all do?
It was during the first week of June last year that housebuilding stocks began their descent in earnest. As the European football championships kicked off without England, Barratt was also having a miserable time as rumours swirled in the City about its survival
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Comment
I've started so I'll finish: Can you omit all future works?
Cunning developers who want to terminate a contractor’s employment without facing claims are altering contracts to omit all future works. Can they get away with it?
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Comment
Aim high …
The tower blocks that were built in the sixties and seventies failed because they were for the most part poorly constructed and detailed (“That past is gone”, 29 May, page 19)
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Comment
Life after debt
Before you know it, UK plc is going to be staggering under a real debt burden of £2 trillion. Here’s Kevin Cammack’s simple survival guide
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News
Kidnap cases rise as firms venture further afield
One in 10 says kidnapping has affected their firm, as construction crime rises in the downturn
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Housebuilders creak into action as they run out of unsold stock
Firms respond to gradual increase in demand, but long period of convalescence is in store
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Features
A hard act to follow: the New Acropolis
This is the New Acropolis museum, and it’s located a two-minute stroll from the most famous building in the world. So how did the architect handle that brief?
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Comment
The world according to Terry …
Thanks to architect Francis Terry, son of Quinlan, for sending us this pictorial explanation of the practice’s views on architectural styles – a useful aide-memoire for anyone following the Chelsea Barracks saga
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News
Hyder reports 8% profit rise
Hyder reports 8% profit rise Hyder Consulting has reported an 8% rise in adjusted pre-tax profit to £15.6m on the back of a strong performance in the Middle East and in the transport sector
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News
Volker chief calls for election as UK arm hits £449m turnover
Alan Robertson, chief executive of Volker Wessels UK, has called for a snap general election to end what he calls the “paralysis within government”
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Cyril Sweett in talks over £30bn of Iraqi reconstruction
Plan includes rebuilding Baghdad, Najaf and Karbala, and adding multibillion-pound city extensions
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Olympic bosses to rethink 10,000-home legacy plan
Plans for Olympic park after 2012, including conversion of stadium into school, may be altered