All Building articles in 15 May 2009 – Page 4
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Features
The tracker: Deceleration
The industry is still declining, but the rate has slowed, and the activity index is at an eight-month high. This may be the first step, says Experian Business Strategies, on the path to recovery
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Time and punishment: Interest on unfair debt
If you don’t pay a legitimate debt, you are liable for interest on top. That’s only fair. But what if the creditor was at fault in some way, or the invoice was wrong?
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Seize the day
Tempting big investors to put cash into private rental property has never succeeded in the past. But if we act quickly, says Matthew Cutts, the government’s plan may just work
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Pathfinders to cut housing targets in light of recession
The bodies running the government’s £2.2bn housing market renewal initiative are being forced to scale back plans because of the recession, the Audit Commission has said
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Energy regs crackdown on homeowners
Government could force all extension projects to include green improvements to rest of property & Conservatories to be regulated for first time
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NFB urges council framework rethink
The National Federation of Builders is launching a campaign challenging councils’ exclusion of small firms from their framework schemes
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Developers commit to world’s largest off-shore wind farm
The developers behind plans for the London Array, the world’s largest off-shore wind farm in the Thames estuary, have said the project will go ahead after months of speculation over its future
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Solar, wind and flower power: Chelsea flower show
Architect Laurie Chetwood and landscape designer Patrick Collins have created this garden for the 2009 Chelsea Flower Show, which kicks off on Tuesday
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Prince Charles ruffles few feathers at RIBA
After the proposed boycott by chest-thumping starchitects and a media onslaught that challenged Peter and Jordan for column inches, the Prince of Wales’ speech at the RIBA turned out to be something of an anti-climax
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Comment
Fancy a change? How to be an expert witness
If you’ve just been made redundant, it might be time to consider a career as an expert witness. Here are a few tips to get you started …
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Change of route
It might lack something in glamour, but right now the public sector is proving to be one of the few hotspots in a barren landscape. No wonder many construction professionals are pulling in for an extended stay
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Das Capital: Linz music theatre
Construction began this week on the €117.6m (£106m) Linz Neues Musiktheatre in Linz, the European Capital of Culture 2009
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French Polish: Galleria Pomorska, Bydgoszcz
London-based Colman Architects has released its proposed design for the upgrade of the Galleria Pomorska in the Polish city of Bydgoszcz
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Bovis boss: government spending lifeline is failing
Chief executive Pollard says spending having little effect as he announces restructuring and redundancies
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Wonders & blunders
Tom Foulkes salutes Hadrian’s 2,000-year-old Pantheon in Rome, but quietly hopes the brutalist Southbank Centre has a somewhat shorter lifespan
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Phase Brum: Building's networking club in Birmingham
More than 150 young construction professionals turned out last Thursday for Building’s Phase One networking event in Birmingham
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Billionaires economise
Luxury contractor Holloway White Allom has said its wealthy clients have slowed spending on large refurbishment projects
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Hill plans to buy big-name QS
US consultant to buy a top 20 British QS firm as part of its European expansion plan
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The big swoop: Impact of US consultants on UK firms
US consultants are huge, they’re rich and they’re looking to cut themselves a big slice of the UK market, but what does that mean for UK firms …