All Building articles in 16 January 2009 – Page 7
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Fancy a brew?
Hugh Wilson and Lewis Womersley’s design for the Arndale was begun in 1972 and when it was completed in 1979 it was the largest covered town shopping centre in Europe, attracting 750,000 shoppers a week
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Bovis Homes plans more redundancies
Bovis Homes has announced that it is planning to cut another 160 jobs.
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Wonders & blunders
David Mann tells a tale of two shopping malls, one in the friendly North, the other in the grim South
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Final blow for Construction Confederation
The death knell for the Construction Confederation was sounded this week after it emerged that its last member, the Scottish Building Federation, was also leaving the group
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Olympic park footbridge: A big step forward
The winning design for the central footbridge at the Olympic park has been praised by Cabe
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Sheep vs grass: The best and the worst eco-ideas
With all great movements come fresh ways of thinking – some good, some, frankly, not so good. Roxane McMeeken asked five sustainability experts to name their favourite green ideas and those that they would send straight to the recycling plant
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Developers fear becoming green energy suppliers
Survey reveals that a third of firms expect to become responsible for renewable energy generation
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Brandon Street: Beautifying the beast
Southwark council in south London has given the green light to London & Quadrant’s plans to build new homes for Heygate estate residents in Elephant and Castle
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Balfour Beatty reveals rise in orders since half-year results
Balfour Beatty this week said it had increased the value of the £12.1bn order book it reported in August
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Starchitects in big fight over small Andorran art museum
As work dries up, Foster, Hadid, Gehry and Nouvel are shortlisted for project in European microstate
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Why can’t we get along?
I know Tony Bingham likes being controversial, but in his article “Get a truck load of this” (12 December, page 48) he really has overdone it
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Features
Big ambitions: Defra's Alnwick HQ
When designers began working on Defra’s offices in Alnwick, they thought a BREEAM ‘excellent’ rating an exciting enough challenge. But then BRE went and introduced ‘outstanding’…
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PRESS RELEASE: Tarmac to build 'blueprint' for affordable, volume zero-carbon housing
Tarmac Limited is set to build two concept homes at the University of Nottingham in order to provide housebuilders and Registered Social Landlords (RSLs) with a blueprint for low cost, scaleable zero-carbon housing which has the potential to be replicated across the UK
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Price war: How the retail crash is affecting construction
Misery loves company, and many of Britain’s largest retailers are sharing theirs with their supply chains. Olivia Boyd finds out which are and which aren’t
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Plastic lobby wins row over wooden windows advert
The Advertising Standards Authority has upheld a complaint that an advert for wooden windows misleadingly implied that plastic windows were more environmentally damaging
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Safety act threatens bosses with prison
The Health and Safety Offences Act comes into force today, threatening company directors found responsible of work-related accidents with up to two years in prison
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M&S puts squeeze on suppliers with 60-day payment period
Marks & Spencer has lengthened its payment period to 60 days it has emerged as retailers pile pile pressure on their supply chains
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Erinaceous’ former maintenance arm loses £50m contract
A property maintenance company formed out of failed consultant Erinaceous has been dropped from one of its biggest remaining contracts
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£5bn college programme hits major delays
Government puts schemes on ice as funding problems hit construction’s public spending lifeline