All Building articles in 14 November 2008 – Page 8
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NewsArt in the Alps: David Chipperfield's Zurich modern art museum
David Chipperfield Architects has won an £80m international competition to design the extension of the Kunsthaus Zurich modern art museum
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NewsEC Harris plans job cuts after major restructure
Consultant says it will focus on energy, transport and public sector as it announces profit rise of 21%
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CommentThe uses of adversity
No two ways about it: the downturn is depressing for everybody, except perhaps the bankers who kept their bonuses. But, says Gus Alexander, there are crumbs of comfort if you search hard
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Site accidents kill two workers in a week
HSE investigates falling block at Bouygues job and gas explosion on Laing O’Rourke subsidiary’s site
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Access chambers
Civils and Lintels, in partnership with RDT Chamber Solutions, has introduced a system to overcome problems associated with conventional access chambers surrounded by a shallow depth of concrete.
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Gallifords 50m writedown
Construction and housebuilding group Galliford Try is planning to make a further £50m writedown in the value of its land holdings as it warned profit for the coming financial year may be lower than expected.
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300m regeneration
UCS Civils has started work on the first phase of the £300m Chesterfield Waterside project, which aims to turn an industrial site into a mixed-use development in Derbyshire.
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Balls gives go-ahead to £3.6bn of primary schools
Hundreds of English primary schools will be rebuilt after the government approved building plans worth £3.6bn, in the first wave of its Primary Capital programme.
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Here’s an idea: No 16
A new internet-based company is supplying recycled boxes to homeowners and removal companies to make moving house greener.
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Kier house prices down 15%
Kier has reported that the average selling price for its homes has dropped 10-15% from its peak.
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Features10 ways the downturn is changing the construction industry
The days when clients competed to build the tallest, bendiest and greenest architecture are now over. But how will the new era of scrimping, saving and surviving change the industry, and therefore the built environment? Building makes 10 predictions.
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NewsStanhope tipped for £1bn Noho Square
Stanhope has emerged as a frontrunner to develop the £1bn Noho Square luxury residential scheme in central London after the Candy brothers pulled out of the project last month.
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NewsLondon police to review £1.4bn programme
The London police force has placed a £1.4bn seven-year building programme under review as a result of changing market conditions, fuelling concerns that public spending will not be immune to the recession.
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£1m hotel extension
Leisure contractor Multibuild has won a £1m contract to build a hotel extension in Merseyside
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5.1% house price fall
The communities department says house prices have fallen by just 5.1% in the past year.
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Anger as banks fail to pass on 1.5% rate cut
Housebuilders have hit out at the failure of banks to pass on last week’s shock 1.5% cut in interest rates to potential customers.
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News71,000 construction jobs lost over past year
Scale of redundancies revealed, with Laing O’Rourke and WSP among the latest to cut staff
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NewsBeijing considers new eco district
Green advisers Bioregional in talks with Chinese government about 2000 home community
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NewsA blueprint for modern life
One Brighton, the first 'One Planet Living' development, promises to bring sustainable and family-friendly apartment living to the UK. It also points to how future Thames Gateway developments might look