All Building articles in 13 March 2009 – Page 6
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Big win for Lovell
Contractor Lovell has won a £20m deal to improve homes for a Northamptonshire housing association
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CommentCould do (a lot) better
It’s good that Cabe is assessing designs for Building Schools for the Future, but the way it’s going about it leaves much to be desired
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Bargain basement
I read with interest the articles on markets that could ease the burden of recession and on the complex regulations associated with loft conversions (20 February, pages 46 and 62)
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Balfour beats the downturn
Balfour Beatty has announced a 24% increase in pre-tax profit in 2008, up from £201m to £249m
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How to be good when times are bad: early contractor involvement
Early contractor involvement thrived during the good times. But can the system stand up in today’s tougher economic environment?
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Warings back in black
Portsmouth contractor Warings returned to the black in 2008, posting a pre-tax profit of £202,000
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FeaturesReason to celebrate: a Building Awards preview
It’s easy amid all the gloom to forget what we’ve achieved as an industry over the past few years. The Building Awards are here to remind you and although you’ll have to wait until April to know who the winners are, we think you’ll enjoy this preview
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CIOB attacks ‘short-sighted’ move to cut funding for its courses
A row has erupted between construction professionals and the industry’s training body after grants for courses run by the Chartered Institute of Building were axed
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FeaturesRecession architecture: 'The icon era is over'
And about time too, many will say. But the question is, what kind of architecture are we going to build in a time of recession? One thing’s for sure: there are going to be far fewer twisty, spiky, blobby towers going up
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The evolving apprentice
Laing O’Rourke should be applauded for its commitment to doubling its apprentice numbers (27 February, page 10), but one of the most interesting parts of the story, which did not feature in your article, is that Laing O’Rourke’s new Apprenticeship Plus programme shows the evolving nature of construction training
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The Tracker: Hitting an all-time low
The news is pretty bad for January, with activity lower than it’s ever been before – as are tender price inflation, workload in the south of England and employment, says Experian Business Strategies
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NewsCitywatch: It’s not all bad news, you know
ISG posted a decent set of results on Tuesday, proving that it is increasingly less reliant on the fit-out market
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CommentCakes and ale? Fat chance
While bigwigs from our own industry forgo power lunches and business-class flights for the communal fridge and easyJet, at least Dubai’s know the value of pointlessly exorbitant gestures …
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NewsODA rethinks media centre design after Cabe criticism
Design watchdog raised concerns over Building Regulations compliance and legacy plan in its review
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Flooding advice
A toolkit for planning in flood risk areas from Baca Architects says the cost of making space for water in flood-prone developments may be cheaper than building flood defences.
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Zaha profit rises to £5m
Zaha Hadid Architects posted a fivefold increase in pre-tax profit to £5m in the year to 30 April 2008
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Bovis axes 50 staff – but saves 250 who were under threat
Bovis Lend Lease has reduced its staff count by 50 in the UK following a consultation in which 300 employees were at risk of losing their jobs
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Planning applications: February 2009
The ODA broke the £2bn barrier last month but projects at planning stage were still down
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NewsBoris to sell off up to £2bn of land
The mayor of London is to sell off up to £2bn of development land in east London over the next four years as part of a new strategy announced this week at Mipim
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News£174m social housing win puts Higgins on top in February
Business barometer Latest figures leave no doubt about the role of public sector in industry’s survival