All Building articles in 15 May 2009 – Page 3
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NewsMitie profit up 11% as outsourcing booms
Client trend towards cutting costs through outsourcing benefits maintenance specialist
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NewsWaterman warns of potential £4m bad debt
Payment issues highlighted as engineering group reports trading at 'lower end' of expectations
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NewsWYG forecasts £12m profit after job cuts
Consultant announces five further probable office closures after 324 jobs cuts already this year
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NewsDounreay site to get two radioactive waste facilities
Construction at defunct power station site will begin in 2011, with first phase completing in 2014
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NewsMJ Gleeson warns of further writedowns in 2009
Housebuilders says there is no sign of improvement in the market and does not expect revenue of second half of year to exceed first half
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NewsThe Passivhaus diaries, part one: Green for go
The man leading the construction of the Denby Dale ultra green home gives us an 'insite' into the process
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NewsBuilding launches Passivhaus diary
Over the following months Bill Butcher will be writing a regular diary on the construction of the Denby Dale Passivhaus in West Yorkshire
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NewsA new way of life: Creating a built to let market
Owning your own home is considered the ultimate goal in Britain, but now is an opportunity to create a private rental sector to boost the housing sector and encourage social mobility
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NewsArchitects more optimistic over future workloads
The number of architects expecting future workloads to fall dropped from 44% to 34% in April
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NewsWork starts on Crossrail
Piling work on the £15.9bn London rail link started at Canary Wharf this morning
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NewsGood luck with day 67 ...
John Malaiperuman was suitably impressed by this scaffolding tower in Oman. As he points out: “The sign says ‘safety board’, but only three of the five scaffolders are standing on one!”
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FeaturesJust how bad are Dubai's labour camps?
Under UAE law, workers’ camps must be clean, well lit and provide 40ft2 of living space for each resident. They are also denounced as among the most inhumane in the world. Roxane McMeeken went there to find out why
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Comment
The usual victims
The Verry debacle (8 May, page 24) is just the same old, same old – look at Eugena, Wiltshire and the others. Who gets hurt? Yes, you guessed it, the “specialist trade contractor” and the small subbie
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Comment
Overcoming overload
I read with interest Cedric Sloan’s article in Building on 1 May (page 33). He draws attention to the information that is provided with most invitations to submit a tender. One of the points he makes is that far too much information is provided
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Galliford Try holds steady
Galliford Try has said results in the year to 30 June 2009 will be in line with expectations despite describing the construction market as “more challenging”
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FeaturesIn XS: Highlights from from XS Extreme
Some highlights from XS Extreme, a book showcasing perception-defying architecture, from the wilds of Chile to, er, Lincolnshire
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NewsDown by the water: Tower Hamlets homes
Tower Hamlets council has granted planning permission for these 121 canal-side dwellings, to be built on the site of a former business centre
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Comment
Ten into six doesn’t go
It was a shame to see that CNP has become the first big-name QS/project management casualty. At the end of the day consultants are all about people and my sympathy goes out to all who have and will lose their jobs, shareholdings, and so on. Consultants have been hanging in ...