All Building articles in 17 October 2008 – Page 5
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Sign up for the Olympics webinar
The Olympic Delivery Authority chairman will be joining Building readers for a webinar on the 2012 Games at 12pm on 4 November.
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CommentLet’s work together
Sir Michael Latham The business and enterprise select committee’s proposal for a chief construction offer has been taken up. Now we need to push for integrated teams
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NewsIt's a wrap
Croydon-based specialist contractor Stonewest came up with this ingenious scaffolding for carrying out remedial works on Selfridges, Oxford Street.
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CommentK is for key performance indicators
A-Z of construction law Our beginner’s guide to legal basics reaches K, and the increasingly important notion of the key performance indicator
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Report predicts housebuilder takeovers
The housebuilding industry is set for a rash of takeovers as larger builders snap up smaller rivals in a bid to beat the financial turmoil.
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CommentWembley stadium: Grudge match
The Multiplex vs Cleveland Bridge dispute is an example of what happens when a case gets overtaken by blind emotion: both sides lose a lot of money they could have kept
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NewsMake homeowners pay for greener homes, says report
UK Green Building Council says homeowners should be forced to improve energy rating before selling
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Comment
Government: the noes have it …
Margaret Beckett will undoubtedly make just as big an impact on housing as she did during the foot and mouth epidemic: none.Mike Morgan
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… and, well, you get the point
So the government may ditch its own standards on eco-towns. Ministers need to get a much higher calibre of advice on this.
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NewsMission possible: Gedling Mission Hall
Despite the credit crunch, Buxton Homes has recently started work on this £5m scheme by Weston Williamson Architects
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Make makes a fortune
Turnover at Make Architects rose 75% from £10.8m to £17.8m in the year ended 31 December 2007.
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CommentHow have the mighty fallen
The bold and the beautiful at Dubai’s latest luxury resort get a nasty shock, a celebrity gardener is rudely excluded and a mathematically minded company boss makes a third blunder
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CommentOur obscene failure
The response of the housebuilding industry to the downturn is to stop building and cast off the very people it will need to help it recover. We have to be far more imaginative, says David Lock
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NewsEast is east
Telford Homes has been granted planning permission to convert a listed Victorian building in east London into a working man’s club and 39 flats.
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Diploma uptake half that expected
Just half of the original 3,000 students who were expected to sign up for the construction and built environment diploma are actually on the course, it was revealed this week.
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Features
Rising damp
Manchester-born developer Urban Splash made its name building funky flats for trendy Northerners but the current climate hasn’t suited its business model. Muireann Bolger examines how it’s keeping its head above water
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CommentJurisdiction of the court
The CaseThe defendant invited tenders for building works to convert a hotel back into the family house that it originally was. The claimant’s tender was successful. At the time the claimant commenced work, there was no contract in place. Thereafter, as the works progressed, there were negotiations between the parties ...
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FeaturesPlenty of countries for old men
Building’s second Good Employer Guide, published with this week’s issue, looks at how firms can help their staff to find their feet overseas. And, as Dean Gurden reports, this has become an increasingly tempting option for more experienced professionals
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Raynsford to head emergency government liaison council
Former construction minister Nick Raynsford is to lead an economic council set up by the industry to provide a single point of contact with government during the financial crisis.