All Building articles in 14 May 2010 – Page 3
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RBS distressed land boss leaves
Paul Aubrey left the bank two weeks ago to 'pursue other real estate investment opportunities'
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SMEs face thousands of redundancies if VAT rises
Research reveals rise to 20% could decrease demand by 2% in the housing sector and cost 7,500 jobs
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£3.5m Bomber Command memorial gets green light
Monument, designed by architect Liam O'Connor, will be built in London's Green Park to commemorate those who dies during Second World War air raids
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Rok Building vs Celtic Composting Systems
Our Fenwick Elliott expert discusses a dispute over the 'slip rule'
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Architects to take on developers in festival cycle sprint
London Festival of Architecture kicks off with a five-lap race around London’s Smithfield’s market
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Henry Boot 'cautious' about public sector
But firm says low gearing will help its performance, as it reduces debt by £10m
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Taylor Wimpey appoints non-executive chairman
Former Serco chairman Kevin Beeston will replace Norman Askew on 1 July
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Helping hand
Matthew Ramsden spotted this pair working closely together to paint a window frame. The question is not so much “So, how well do they know each other?” as “How did they do the top part of the house?”
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Comment
In uncertain times
I turned the TV off at 43 seats to be decided and after Nick Clegg announced he would not deal with Labour. I think we will all be voting again soon
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Rebellion at the RICS?
Readers left comments on the story “QSs threaten to quit RICS as row escalates” (7 May, page 9) at www.building.co.uk
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Politics or no politics
Recovery? You wish. (“City warns hung parliament will delay construction recovery,” 7 May, building.co.uk).
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Features
Nouvel takes Manhattan
The French architect describes his 23-storey apartment block on the Lower West Side as a ‘vision machine’. Ike Ijeh tries to decipher what that means. Photos by Roland Halbe
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Quentin Shears: The kingmaker
’The fresh croissants are, I feel, a big, open and comprehensive offer’
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I'm lovin' it: Henry Trickey of McDonald
Companies eager to expand in these famished times won’t be able to resist McDonald’s’ supersize diet of drive-thru restaurants and store makeovers. Emily Wright chews the fat with Henry Trickey, the man who’s serving them up
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Haiti: The road from ruin
Roxane McMeeken reports on the reconstruction effort in Haiti, amid growing fears that the ad hoc approach to rebuilding could be doing as much harm as good
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Pay-when-paid: You know what I mean, guv?
Shepherd Construction tried to rely on a pay-when-paid clause to not pay its subcontractor, William Hare. Problem was, it wasn’t well drafted – so would the courts help it out?
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Steel firms team up for nuclear work
Two medium-sized structural steel contractors are creating a joint venture to compete for £250m of work in the nuclear power programme