All Building articles in 12 March 2010 – Page 4
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NewsPrivate equity firm 3i runs the rule over Connaught
Sources confirm 3i has looked at takeover but no deal is imminent
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NewsLift us up where we belong
Steve Demuth of Bailey Partnership spotted this creative contraption in a Cornish village
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CommentWe’re not there yet
Adjudication may be more popular than ever, but the recession has shown that it still has flaws – as does the rest of the Construction Act
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Comment
A success story
Thank you for recently bringing to our attention the existence of the Graduate Talent Pool website (29 January, page 32)
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Comment
Young people today
The recent announcement that the Constructionarium, the UK’s only dedicated site-based training centre for university students could be forced to close as a direct result of a lack of government funding (5 March, page 10) is a worrying sign for the future of our industry
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Features
The tracker: One step at a time
Construction activity and orders are still inching towards growth – even if the civil engineering sector experienced its quietest ever month in January
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CommentThe man from the ministry
Who was also the client from hell, asked Gus Alexander to refurbish his flat. He then proceeded to give a masterclass in arrogance and incompetence. Here’s what happened
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CommentInsurance: Are you prepared to take the risk?
Insurers say they are suffering disproportionate losses from buildings built using modern construction methods. Unless the industry acts, says Thomas Lane, they may pull cover
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NewsISG takes on Harry Neal name and senior staff
Fit-out firm will use collapsed builder’s brand, but declines to buy outstanding contracts
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NewsGreen park
The Beechwood Business Park office scheme in Dover is believed to be the first office built to Passivhaus standards.
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CommentHansom the french job
What starts with a communication failure and some missing property can quickly descend into gunfire in Paris, a team driving unlikely vehicles and a high-speed chase across France. What a cliffhanger!
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Rok on hunt for small M&E firm
Repair and maintenance specialist Rok is looking to bring more work in-house by buying small plumbing, heating and engineering companies
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FeaturesGo figure: The future of infrastructure spending
Treasury secretary Ian Pearson gives Joey Gardiner a lesson in abstract mathematics
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NewsUK explores German refurb funding model
The government has been in talks with German infrastructure bank KfW as it looks for ways to fund the annual cost of greening the UK’s housing stock. That has been estimated at £2bn a year by the government and up to £15bn a year by the UK Green Building Council
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NewsTesco sends design and QS work to India
Fears raised over future of UK supply chain as supermarket giant outsources early project work
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Tony Douglas finds role at demolition firm Keltbray
Tony Douglas, the former chief operating officer of Laing O’Rourke, has been appointed a non-executive director of demolition contractor Keltbray
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Crosby Homes sales rise
Lend Lease housebuilding subsidiary Crosby Homes has reported improved sales in the first half of its financial year from July 2009
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HSE to crack down on refurb deaths
The proportion of fatal accidents on repair and maintenance projects soared by a third between April and September last year compared with the whole of 2008
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Comment
Can’t see the wood
In the context of your story about insurers threatening to pull cover for timber frame (5 March, page 11) you give the impression that six people died in a timber frame building as result of a fire in a housing block in Peckham in November