All Building articles in 14 August 2009 – Page 6
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Video: Twitter users get switched-on in Birmingham
Construction's internet pioneers meet face to face at the third Be2Camp 'unconference'
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Prince of Wales wanted different architect for Nouvel scheme
Media reports suggest Prince of Wales wanted new architect for One New Change development
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Anger over 'crisis' in Scottish construction industry
Scottish Labour leader calls for action over £2bn fall in public investment since SNP came to power
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Morgan Sindall scoops £35m Yorkshire regeneration job
Craven council selects contractor's housing division, Lovell, as preferred partner on 220-home Skipton project
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House prices fall 2.2% in August
Figures from Rightmove show sellers cutting asking prices even further this month in attempt to speed up sales
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Deterioration in civil engineering sector accelerates
Civil Engineering Contractors Association’s survey points to deepening recession in all sectors in the second quarter of the year
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Dubai's Union Properties reports £37m loss
Trouble at client emerged earlier this year when it put on hold flagship £320m Formula One theme park
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RIBA asks architects to rethink public toilet
Alsop, Robert Adam and DSDHA among designers asked to design new public WCs
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RIBA calls for national space standards in private housebuilding
Report published in collaboration with Cabe and English Partnerships recommends national minimum standards for all new-build housing
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Bookings down for Dubai's Cityscape event
Venue room rates are slashed by 25% as downturn hits Middle East conference
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Pace of decline slows
RICS says despite activity still dropping, it was slowed by improvement in public sector workload
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Pole position: a novel use for aircrete blocks
Blocks for building house walls have been used to create intricate totem poles sculptures
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Vinci buys bulk of Haymills
French company is purchased contractor’s East Anglian contracting business and property solutions division
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Cliffhanger
Thanks to William Blake, who noticed these perilous clifftop repairs while on honeymoon in Corsica
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Comment
Waterworld
Liquid leisure is the order of the day this summer, whether it’s sailing the ocean waves, watching a play in the pouring rain or quaffing ale. Some people are even spending their hols designing WCs
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Features
The tracker: Vital signs
The rate of decline continues to slow, especially in the residential sector, but, with demand weak and jobs uncertain, the prognosis still isn’t great. Experian Business Strategies studies the charts
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Quality streets
Shops are closing and the high street is in decline. But it’s time to stop mourning the loss
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RMJM's Turkish tower: Tall order
Architect RMJM has unveiled the first images of its $1bn (£607m) mixed-use development in Istanbul