All Building articles in 13 November 2009 – Page 4
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NewsLeicester school scoops top gong in BSF awards
Beaumont Leys school joins list of winners in Excellence in BSF Awards 2009
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NewsNetwork Rail to spend £3.25bn on station refurbishment
Operator announces massive commitment over five-year period
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NewsBellway loses beauty contest
Beautician Gerorgina Blackwell wins £75,000 compensation in High Court in row over access rights
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NewsBalfour Beatty snaps up interior construction contractor
UK firm boosts US expansion by £15m acquisition of Texan firm SpawMaxwell
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NewsThe balance of terror
Many thanks to Tim Harris for this picture of precarious perching in Bristol – even if it does slightly contravene rule two of his own safety blunder code.
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Why housebuilders’ bosses are seeing green
The housing market seems to have hit the bottom and bounced, and according to our salary survey, the pay of housebuilders’ directors is about to follow it
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Comment
Three simple rules
Further to your “increasingly controversial” safety blunders pictures – yes you should still publish it, but with the following rules: All the blunders need to be in the EU to prevent the “let’s laugh at Johnny Foreigner” school of blunderography. All the blunders should have a name of the contractor ...
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NewsSixties revival
Phase one of the 555-home redevelopment of the old Mardyke Estate into the Orchard Village began this week with the demolition of the old tower block
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Industry slams payment law plans
A new group has been created out of the soon-to-be dissolved Construction Confederation to lobby parliament over the poor drafting of payment clauses in the Construction Bill
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The tracker recovery on hold
Signs of recovery over the summer have been tempered by a slowdown in activity and a pessimistic outlook on employment, according to the latest figures from Experian Business Strategies
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Hochtief profit plummets
Pre-tax profit at German owned-contractor Hochtief UK Construction fell 59% from £1.6m to £665,000 in the year to 31 December 2008
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The green stuff
Instead of seeing sustainability as a chore we should reap the social and economic benefits it can prompt, says the founder of Canada Green Building Council ahead of his talk at the Making Sustainable Development Happen event
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Galliford’s sales rise
Galliford Try has reported that total house sales rose 7% to £274m in the four months to 5 November and it described the autumn selling season as “stable”
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House prices to fall
Property group Savills has warned that house prices will fall nearly 7% next year, even though values rose 3.7% during 2009
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NewsEvery McCloud …: Hab Oakus' Triangle
The Triangle is the first project by Hab Oakus, a joint venture between the broadcaster Kevin McCloud’s company Hab and housing group GreenSquare
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CommentHalf full, not half empty
At the British Council of Shopping Centres conference this week, the talk was of the shortage of retail space and the need to start building fairly soon to meet demand in four years’ time
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Private housing drops
Private housebuilding has fallen 20% year on year, the communities department says
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CommentHansom: As the nights draw in
We avoid the cold wind blasting a London office block and instead wrap up warm in a woolly JCB jumper and settle down before an Olympic fire to enjoy an architect-assessed Sunday roast. Perfect
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Willmott Dixon regroups
Willmott Dixon has formed three trading brands after last year’s re-acquisition of social housing group Inspace