All Building articles in 13 February 2009 – Page 6
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Carbon Challenge site mothballed
A 650-home flagship zero-carbon development on government land has been put on hold because of the worsening recession
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The car in front is... a great way to find work in Dubai
Project manager who won fame by scrawling advert on Porsche gets a job – but his car gets impounded
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Comment
Building buys a pint... for East
East are a busy lot. In December last year they landed the job of working out what should happen to the whole district of Farringdon over the next 25 years, including planting a Crossrail station in the Smithfield meat market area
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Crest Nicholson boss: Rescue deal is good news for rivals
Chief executive Stephen Stone says deal shows banks will stick with large housebuilders
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Murray Coleman named Bovis Lend Lease global boss
Murray Coleman, the former UK chief executive of Bovis Lend Lease, is to oversee the business on behalf of its parent company in Australia as part of a senior reshuffle
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Features
'Bomb disposal is very like risk management'
The Afghan desert is a long way from Cyril Sweett’s London office, but for Captain Louise Greenhalgh it’s just another day staying one step ahead of local hazards
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Comment
Black mark
In response to Mr Forlane (19 December), the Construction Skills Register (CSR) would like to make readers aware that the Black CSR card (as it is known in Northern Ireland) is not as easily acquired as he suggests
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Funding black leaders
Social housing regulator the Tenant Services Authority is funding five places on a leadership programme for black housing staff
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Features
No biomass, no turbines, no solar panels. Is Passivhaus the way to zero carbon?
The German Passivhaus standard is winning admirers in the UK, many of whom argue that its simple approach to low-energy building is far more practical than the Code for Sustainable Homes
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Fast-track bids are 'not feasible'
A change to the government’s procurement rules is putting firms off tendering for public sector work because they do not have enough time to bid
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McAlpine called in to check Mace's Shard bid
Signing of Mace's £425m construction contract delayed as project's backer seeks second opinion
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Bellway margins halve
The profit margin and forward orders at housebuilder Bellway have slumped to half last year’s levels, according to the trading update it issued last week
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Features
They have not been moved
After twenty-five strikes in 16 days, has the government's intervention done enough to stop unrest from paralysing more UK sites?
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Comment
Because we care
Not yet found the perfect gift for your loved one? How about a bottle of Zaha perfume, a £100m apartment or two or maybe just a trip to the UK’s most romantic building? Wherever that may be...
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A bank we could believe in
Stephen Hill argues the case for a National Bank of Reconstruction to fund a new model of housebuilding
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Bamboozled by banks
Several articles in Building mention the fact that most building companies have, or are about to, breach some of their banking covenants
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Lend Lease arm in the red
Crosby Group, the UK housebuilder owned by Lend Lease, plunged £69.5m into the red in 2008 after land writedowns of £80.4m