All Building articles in 13 February 2009 – Page 5
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Features
The tracker: How low can we go?
Activity levels fell for the 10th month in a row, the rate of decline headed towards a new low, and don’t even ask about employment prospects
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CommentThis is an emergency
The argument this week over whether Ed Balls meant to say we were in the worst recession for 100 years may have caused mild hysteria in the media, but it won’t have raised many eyebrows in construction
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News
Skanska drops targets
Swedish contractor Skanska has torn up its financial targets for 2010 after it had to make writedowns of 1.27bn kronor (£105m) in the fourth quarter of 2008
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An eco-town down
The developer behind the Marston Vale eco-town has pulled out of the competition
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Comment
Don't keep it to yourself: Notifying insurers
Insurance policies provide a secure safety net, but that can disappear pretty quickly if you keep the insurers in the dark when things go wrong
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NewsStyles & Wood diversifies as retail fit-out market dries up
The chief executive of fit-out group Styles & Wood has said the group will expand into new sectors to combat the retail downturn
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Move for EP director
David Hughes, former regional director of English Partnerships, will now lead the Leicester and Leicestershire Economic Development Company.
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Comment
Local difficulty
Your correspondents, Patrick Cooper and Sally Hughes, do not want the John Roan School to move to a new site on the Greenwich Peninsula as part of the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme. They are perfectly entitled to their views, although I do not myself agree with them.
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NewsEbbsfleet delay prompts McGuckin to leave Land Secs
Head of £3bn Kent regeneration project parts ways with developer after scheme is put on hold
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FeaturesDeath of a dream: Dubai
Dubai’s boom fed a lifestyle of fast cars and luxury flats that construction professionals could never have dreamed of back home. But now, as grim reality sets in, many expats are finding that redundancy is also done very differently in the Gulf
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NewsLords of the dance
A ballet school designed by Allies and Morrison has been given the green light by the London Borough of Southwark
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Foster to cut one in four staff as workload falls
Berlin and Istanbul offices close as architect makes ‘painful decision’ in face of cancelled projects
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News'Crunch month' of June could spell end of partnering
Clients warn summer will be toughest period and study says tender prices will fall 10% in 2009
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Crossrail delays naming partner
Crossrail has delayed announcing its programme partner for the £15.9bn project from mid-February until next month
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Contractors to cover costs of environmental makeovers
The government is considering allowing homeowners to carry out an environmental makeover of their homes that would be free at the point of delivery
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CommentClear laws without fuzz: Health and safety in the UAE
UAE confidential: Abu Dhabi’s response to on-site health and safety lapses has been to call in the cops. Thomas Van de Wijngaart and Emma Shepherd welcome early signs of change
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FSA clampdown
Firms that buy homes and rent them back to their owners will be regulated by the Financial Services Authority
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CommentThe choice is theirs
In response to your article on the Greater London Authority’s housing targets ("London council in crisis talks over affordable homes target,"), the GLA’s approach is based on realism and focuses on working closely with local councils