All Building articles in 17 April 2009 – Page 6
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Senior director leaves Costain
Costain’s commercial director has left the company “by mutual agreement”
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Cooling from a heat pump
Daikin has launched the Ururu Multi, a heat pump for supplying heating, cooling, ventilation and humidification to residential and light commercial buildings
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Tate Modern to use Thames to heat and cool extension
Use of groundwater from gravel beds could help cut energy and carbon emissions by half
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Comment
A quick pull of the plug: Terminating a contract
State your case If you intend to terminate, it’s no good hanging around for ages before you break the news, or you may find the decision is no longer yours
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How to recognise a consultant
A basic point to specify when appointing a consultant is what they will actually be doing. Here’s a handy guide to the behaviour of the most common species
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Features
Work like an Egyptian: Egypt's construction opportunities
Mummies, pyramids, chaos, gastroenteritis – dump this list of Egyptian clichés and focus instead on its construction boom. Sophie Griffiths went there to find out more …
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Industry raises concerns over Cumbrian nuclear plan
Industry figures have raised concerns about the government’s decision to include three Cumbrian sites on the list of possible locations for nuclear reactors.
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Commercial drought forces Keltbray to plan redundancies
Groundwork and demolition specialist Keltbray has said it will be forced to lay off staff as medium-sized commercial jobs dry up
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Colourful lighting
Aura Corporation has introduced five body colours to its Signature range of luminaires for domestic and commercial applications
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A classical performance
There was piano music. There were violins. And there were nearly 1,200 guests, filling the Grosvenor House hotel for Building’s classiest awards ceremony yet
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Will it ever take off? Hydrogen fuel cell technology
Hydrogen fuel cell technology has the potential to halve carbon emissions from our homes – if the price can be reduced to less than six figures
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Sainsburys in Buxton
DLG Architects has submitted a planning application for a 66,456ft2 retail-led regeneration scheme in Buxton, Derbyshire, promoted by Sainsbury’s and Zurich Associates
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Comment
Building buys a pint … for Faithful + Gould
It’s day one of the G20 summit. Barack Obama is town and London is packed with protesters and police
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Industry holds its breath on Budget VAT cut
A cut in the rate of VAT levied on refurbishment is at the top of the construction industry’s wishlist for next week’s Budget
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Combination boilers
Combiplus is a range of domestic combination boilers from Ravenheat which, according to the company, will outperform the best SEDBUK-listed band A boilers
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A hat-trick of hospital wins takes BAM to the top in March
Business barometer: Dutch firm beats Vinci to first place as total volume of work falls 23% on 2008
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Balfour boss makes a million
The pay of Ian Tyler, the chief executive of Balfour Beatty, broke through the £1m barrier last year
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Lovell’s in Aylesbury
Social housing specialist Lovell has been selected by the Vale of Aylesbury Housing Trust to carry out £2.5m of external housing improvement works to homes in the Aylesbury Vale
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Cuts hit Atkins hard
The 1,200 staff cuts made by consultant Atkins earlier this year will hit its bottom line by £10m, it said in a trading update this week.