All Building articles in 14 November 2008 – Page 7
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FeaturesBoris Johnson’s redistribution of London infrastructure cash
The glad tidings are that Boris Johnson has just given Crossrail a fiscal injection. Unfortunately £3.5bn worth of other transport projects around the capital have been sacrificed to do so. Olivia Boyd looks at where that leaves the industry …
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Strong bonds
Circle Anglia has raised £275m in the largest ever own-name bond issue by a housing association.
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CommentBite the bullet or fire it?: Terminating a contract
The only thing an employer can be certain of when it gets rid of a contractor is that it will be in for endless headaches and hassle. Here’s why…
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NewsRecycling bins
Ecochute from Jones of Oswestry is an on-street recycling system that provides segregated collection of recyclable litter
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NewsHeir transparent: Ingenhoven's extension to Luxembourg bank
Ingenhoven Architects’ extension to Sir Denys Lasdun’s European Investment Bank building in Luxembourg includes this 13,000m2 glass roof
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TW ‘disappointed’ by bank talks
Taylor Wimpey said talks with its banks had been “a tad disappointing” after it confirmed that it would not agree revised lending arrangements until early next year.
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FeaturesHow bad can it be? The nineties recession vs the noughties crunch
Remember 1991? For those now starting their careers, it may have been a time of cartoon turtles and spinning hedgehogs, but for older workers it was all about a recession that left the industry on its knees. Emily Wright spoke to both old and young to find out how they’re ...
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CommentShall I stay or shall I go?: Bad payment
A case of bad paying has to be very severe for you to justify packing your bags. Have faith – here’s an example of a client having to remedy its wrongdoings
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Stormwater attenuation
Polypipe Civils has launched the Polystorm Xtra Modular Cell, a system for providing stormwater attenuation and soakaway for projects where there is heavy traffic.
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Six times too many energy assessors set to flood the market
More than six times the number of energy assessors for non-domestic buildings than are needed are set to join the industry, despite earlier warnings of a shortfall.
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FeaturesGloomwatch - Building's industry panel assesses the downturn
In the past few months, the construction industry has become an anxious and uncertain place. To help us make sense of it, we’ve asked a student, a subcontractor, a small builder, an architect, an entrepreneur, a forecaster and a consultant to form a panel.
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Asking the impossible
I read with some interest your article (17 October, page 24) on making owners improve property before letting it out or selling it.
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Monkeying around
The OFT has found some recruitment companies guilty of price fixing. Why is it that nothing surprises me any more?
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UK architects ruled out of race to design US embassy
Three American architects with UK offices are in the running to design the American government’s new US embassy in London. In fact, they are the only UK-based architects eligible for the work.
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NewsNew leaf: Richard Murphy Architects' Edinburgh hotel
Construction is shortly to begin on a five-star hotel in central Edinburgh designed by Richard Murphy Architects
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NewsFoster plans ‘spectacular’ tower for Saudi Arabia
Building’s Gulf states architect of the year to design ‘next generation’ skyscraper in capital Riyadh
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CommentMy digital life: David Appel
Mr A’s digital life is a pretty normal round of social networking, reading friends’ blogs, watching sport, learning French – and wanting to buy a Batmobile
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Permission to appeal
The CaseThis case concerns an application by the claimant, Majorboom, for permission to appeal under section 69 of the Arbitration Act 1996 on several questions of law arising from an arbitrator's award.Majorboom developed a property in Manchester by converting it into flats. Following completion of the flats a company, Stonebridge ...
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CommentWe’ve got the answers!
To such questions as ‘How do you survive the recession using only baked beans and window cleaning fluid?’, ‘Does a large prison sound less scary than a Titan prison?’ and “Where do all the leaves go?’