All Building articles in 14 November 2008 – Page 6
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NewsA great new way of dishing the dirt
Landscaping You can’t expect accolades for building your sustainable homes on contaminated land. Chloe Stothart looks at what to do with topsoil that isn’t in tiptop condition
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Features
The tracker: Plumbing new depths
The slowdown continues to eat into firms’ workloads and order books, with the activity index for September falling to an all-time low, according to Experian Business Strategies
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News
A year of decline
A further contraction of the commercial property sector in October marks a year of decline, says Savills.
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FeaturesWhere it hurts – where is the downturn doing most damage?
Emily Wright and Muireann Bolger assess the pain region by region – with only the city of Durham showing any signs of good health
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FeaturesRiding it out – sectors thriving in the crunch
The world will always need GPs’ surgeries, colleges and, it seems, luxury hotels. Muireann Bolger looks at three sectors that might provide shelter from the storm
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FeaturesCountry focus: Czech Republic
With the strengthening of the Czech koruna and increased expenditure on the part of high-income groups, will foreign investment come at a price? Miroslav Vasko of EC Harris, Prague reports
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News
Council housing grant
Councils will receive £100m in housing and planning delivery grants this year.
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Costain schools director departs
Costain’s education business has been hit by the departure of its director “to pursue other opportunities”.
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New health and safety president ‘will focus on construction’
The new president of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health has pledged to work with the construction industry to improve standards for SMEs and transient workers.
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NewsCitywatch: Temporary relief
“A moment of euphoria, and then a sharp intake of breath.” This is how one analyst described the City’s reaction to the Bank of England’s decision to cut the base interest rate by 1.5 percentage points to 3% last week.
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NewsDrainage channels
ACO has launched the MultiDrain MD channel system. The system features a channel profile made out of a lightweight polymer concrete channel with integrated steel edge rails, which can work in combination with a range of gratings for specific Load Class applications.
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Developers welcome change to infrastructure tax
Government climbs down on ‘unenforceable’ levy to ensure safe passage of planning bill
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Comment
Energy challenges
The shortage of assessors caused by the dearth of green projects (24 October, page 50) could be the least of our worries in the looming skills crisis.
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NewsOlympic media centre talks are suspended
Doubts grow over plans for £385m scheme as talks with regeneration developer Igloo cease
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NewsOut of the traps: Catford greyhound racing stadium site
Lewisham council has decided in principle to grant planning permission to a £120m project to transform the site of the Catford greyhound racing stadium into a 590-home development
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NewsMilton Keynes levies carbon offset tax on new homes
Council plans to raise £800,000 a year from scheme to fund insulation of existing homes
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CommentBuilding buys a pint … for Whitelaw Turkington
“Did you hear about that French guy who got his hand stuck down the toilet today?” Ian Turkington announces before I’ve even sat down. Wow, this is going to be an interesting night.
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Bovis slashes build programme
Bovis Homes said it will build 39% fewer homes this year as it battles with the “worst trading environment for many years”.
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Boris in the burbs
London mayor Boris Johnson has appointed developer Will McKee to chair his outer London commission, which has been set up to explore development options for the suburbs.