All Building articles in 16 January 2009 – Page 2
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Complaints commissioner appointed for Crossrail
Transport minister and London mayor make joint appointment to handle complaints about Crossrail building work
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Cost of solar power could fall 40% by 2015
Technological advances are driving down photovoltaic panel prices by as much as 10% each year
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R&D centre announced for carbon-neutral city
Masdar joins forces with GE to fund a new centre to develop and showcase green technologies in zero-waste Masdar City
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Danish engineering visionary Borge Ramboll dies
Founder of Nordic giant Ramboll, owner of Whitbybird, mourned as a 'friend of engineering'
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UAE commits to 7% green energy
Leading oil-producing nation pledges to meet new renewable power target by 2020
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Billions to be spent rebuilding Gaza
UN demands lifting of ban on construction material imports so rebuilding can start, as cost of war damage put at £1.4bn
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Credit ratings stay strong for Gulf construction firms
Agency says government backing for Gulf construction firms means a stable credit outlook for this year
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Zaha Hadid unveils 'the Diamond Grasshopper'
Starchitect wins competition for Port Authority building in Antwerp, Belgium
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Dubai issues new safety code
Emirate's construction department provides English version of new safety standards
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Accorp Properties owner found shot dead
Police suspect suicide after 41-year-old developer Patrick Rocca suffers a single fatal gunshot wound
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Cornish builder goes into administration
John Nicholls Builders of Truro falls victim to credit crunch after 47 years of trading
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Jobless figures set to rise again
Statistics out later today are expected to show that claims for unemployment rose by 85,000 in December
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First carbon-negative residential development breaks ground
National Grid to take excess power from 172 homes
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Half of housebuilders in financial danger
Survey of top 1000 UK housebuilders reveal 496 on danger list
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Materials price drop saves Dubai developer 20%
Developer of City of Arabia scheme cuts bills as cost of steel and cement falls
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Welsh ministers sue Morgan Est for £6.6m
Damages are claimed from engineering firm over failure of rock anchorages in north Wales
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Manchester council appoints five on framework
Willmott Dixon and GB Building Solutions are on four-year framework covering schools and and civic buildings
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Bovis Lend Lease in £4m legal dispute with London hospital
Contractor seeks repayment after having to pay liquidated damages while project overran
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British architects get theatrical in South Africa
Ryder Architecture links with theatre firm to create community theatre in the Eastern Cape
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Stirling Prize winners appointed to Cabe design review panel
Alison Brooks and Gerard Maccreanor head list of 20 new appointees to Cabe design review panels