All Building articles in 13 August 2010 – Page 6
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FeaturesJohn McAslan: Our man in Haiti
John McAslan has a lot on his mind. First, the huge housing design competition he’s running for the Haitian government. Back at home, meanwhile, his practice is working on a concourse at King’s Cross and a Crossrail station at Bond Street
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News
Shapps: scrapped schemes 'a good thing'
Housing minister says councils will replace ’unsustainable’ developments after ’shake-out’
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Comment
Set-off on the right foot
The law governing situations where two parties owe each other money is murky. But a recent Court of Appeal case sheds some useful light
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News
Interserve profit falls
Pre-tax profit at outsourcing company Interserve fell by a third in the first six months of the year, from £40m to £27.3m
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Comment
Smaller fish are endangered
Aecom’s deal to buy Davis Langdon for £204m will further reduce the opportunity for smaller consultancies to win major projects (5 August, building.co.uk)
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CommentHansom: The end is nigh
This week, we contemplate our mortality in the form of moribund school programmes, vanishing staff, and Brits making their final exit from the Middle East … meanwhile, death stalks the Euston Road
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Morgan Sindall makes hay as the sun goes down
Public sector demand keeps contractors in work - for now
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Comment
Don't trust Shapps
How surprised are we in the architectural profession that another government promise has been broken (Shapps delays definition of zero carbon, 30 July, building.co.uk)?
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Comment
Don't trust Gove
Perhaps if Michael Gove identifies where the funding was coming from for both the capital and the revenue, the Academies Bill might be more believable (Gove defends “rushed” Academies Bill, 20 July, building.co.uk)
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NewsMy digital life: Nigel Ostime
A pool table with a dart board on the bottom which you use by folding up the table. What a find! The tricky thing has been getting it delivered to Burgundy where we are staying for the summer hols (and where it will live). It’s due to arrive in a ...
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FeaturesJapanese house by Eastern Design Office: Heaven & earth
This Japanese home-cum-office on the edge of a precipice is designed to resemble a dragon flying over a mountain
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CommentDavis Langdon takeover: Making painful progress
So the industry’s worst-kept secret is out: Aecom is taking over Davis Langdon
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Morgan: We can live with cuts
John Morgan, the executive chairman of Morgan Sindall, has said the percentage of public sector work on its order book will fall below 50% as a result of the coalition cuts
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FeaturesGolf competition: Lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer
What better way to pass a lovely summer’s day than a few rounds of crazy golf? Okay, there are plenty of better ways, but when you’ve got construction’s finest to tee off against each other on an adventure-themed golf course, it’s a whole new ball game
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Comment
City Inn vs Shepherd: How much sand is a snowstorm worth?
Let’s delve deeper into City Inn vs Shepherd. At first glance, it looks like the three appeal judges came to different conclusions on relevant events. Look again …
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NewsKent sport centre: Super delivery
A £6m Centre for Sporting Excellence in Folkestone, Kent, has gained planning permission
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CommentPFI can’t take sting out of cuts
Public sector clients tempted to reintroduce cancelled projects as variations to existing PFIs may be breaking the rules
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Building Intelligence
Public housing and infrastructure are keeping construction’s nose above water, though the industrial sector’s 40% fall in new orders is a drag
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CommentBuilding buys a pint ... for Humberts leisure
In the seventies you used to get lots of buff women with heaving breasts in vampire films, but now it’s just buff men
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FeaturesBrockholes floating visitor centre: Tread lightly
The designers of a new visitor centre for Brockholes wetland nature reserve plan to float the facilities in the middle of a lake - while ruffling as few feathers as possible