All Building articles in 17 October 2008 – Page 2
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Director behind T5 leaves BAA for Balfour Beatty
Capital projects director Andrew Wolstenholme to head Balfour Beatty's professional and technical services division
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BDP still operating at loss despite booming revenue
Turnover up 18% but architect's operating loss deepens on back of rising staff costs
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Government extends athletes' village funding deadline
Construction expected to be under way before agreement is reached with Lend Lease
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Northern exposure
Sarah Webb of the Chartered Institute of Housing tells us what the UK and Canadian housing sectors could learn from eachother
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US workers fail to grasp safety training
Study shows workers endangered by failure to understand terminology
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Councils urged to build more toilets
MPs demand local authorities remedy dire lack of public facilities
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Bank of England warns recession is imminent
Governor predicts several years of economic hardship for the UK
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Construction worked killed in New York state
Safety violations are suspected at site after excavation collapse leaves 20-year-old dead
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Construction in Poland hit by global recession
Decline in foreign investment has resulted in construciton projects being shelved
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Spiderman strikes again
He may have a hard hat and hi-viz jacket, but will that help him scale a concrete pile?
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Yorkshire firm has high hopes for 'incredible' material
Recycled plastic can pass for steel, cement or wood
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US crane accident kills another construction worker
Welder killed after being hit by swinging boom and falling 8m
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Northamptonshire contractor goes into administration
Mainland Construction Group calls in administrators and tries to sell plant arm while closing construction and civil engineering divisions
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Liverpool student wins contest with fish'n'chip shop design
Architecture student inspired by fish’n’chips and tea rooms scoops first prize for ’quintessentially British’ pier at New Brighton
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Recruitment firms accused of price fixing
OFT accuses recruitment companies of breaching competition law in supply of candidates to construction firms
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Government housing measures hurt market
Housebuilders say small government initiatives make buyers delay purchase
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Russian war sparks Georgian development crisis
Lending restrictions in wake of conflict have slashed development activity
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Low housing demand shuts insulation plant
Knauf takes St Helens factory offline after demand from housebuilders drops
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Small builders count on Cameron's support
FMB chief reports 'very positive' meeting with Tory leader on helping small contractors
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Bloor sells excess units to housing association
First housebuilder takes up government offer to part-fund transfer of unsold homes to public sector