All Building articles in 17 October 2008 – Page 6
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News
Table correction
Ramboll Whitbybird has 177 UK chartered staff, and not 128 as was stated in last week’s top 100 engineers table.
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Comment
Who’s suing whom A round-up of the writs in the Technology and Construction Court
Berkeley Homes vs Danel and Alexandra Cleland-James
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Comment
Going concern
The health and safety blunder photograph on 26 September (page 35) raised concerns for us.
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Features
We want to make a complaint – ConstructionSkills’ Mark Farrar interview
It seems that the industry is deeply unhappy with ConstructionSkills. Roxane McMeeken tells its new boss why – and asks him what he’s doing about it. Photographs by Tom Harford Thompson
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Features
The likely lads – who will be chief construction officer?
A new actor is about to go on stage: the chief construction officer. And whoever gets the part will need to be quite a performer, because they’ll have to act for the industry in Whitehall, and for Whitehall in the industry. Sophie Griffiths conducted a quick audition …
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News
Costain closes Chelmsford office
Costain is to close its Chelmsford office after a strategic rethink.
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A fresh challenge
Now that the dust has settled, we must wait and see what effect a housing development winning the Stirling prize will have on the sector.
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Luxury Libeskind: Swiss shopping centre
This Daniel Libeskind-designed shopping centre in Switzerland opened its doors to the public last Wednesday
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Costain bullish
Costain has said a record first-half order book of £2bn would help it through the credit crunch.
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Comment
Building buys a pint … for Sheppard Robson
Camden is usually a good place to spot celebrities, be it Amy Winehouse or the Mighty Boosh.
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Comment
Webmaster review: Feilden Clegg Bradley website
Following Feilden Clegg Bradley’s recent Stirling prize victory, we take a look at www.fcbstudios.com to see if its website design matches its Accordia project
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Features
Go for the burn: Bouygues UK’s daily workout
Warming up before work used to mean eating your bacon buttie while it was still hot. But now, in an effort to cut down site injuries, Bouygues UK has stepped things up a gear.
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Comment
My digital life: Chris Bone
The Bone Steel boss likes the instant communication and access to news and sports the web offers, but prefers networking face to face
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News
Birmingham masterplan revision
Cabe has called for “a fundamental rethink” by Aukett Fitzroy Robinson of its £450m masterplan for the Eastside Locks area of Birmingham.
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Bellway fears death of HBOS will muzzle mortgage lending
Britain’s third biggest housebuilder worries housing slump will continue as profit plummets 85%
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Construction output could be slashed as result of bank bail out
Economists warn that public spending may be slashed over next three years
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Olympic village bail out
The Olympic Delivery Authority this week revealed it had received £95m in contingency funds to enable work on the Olympic village to proceed as negotiations with developer Lend Lease
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Comment
Back to nature
Regeneration is always a positive move, however, we have to remember why some buildings built hundreds of years ago are still standing up and looking beautiful today, whereas most modern buildings turn ugly and dysfunctional after a few decades.
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Comment
The state is back
It is three years since the National Federation of Builders began highlighting the woeful service its members receive from utilities companies.
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News
QS firms to axe hundreds of staff in bid to save cash
UK’s biggest quantity surveyors plan to cut staff as drop in private sector work causes fees to plunge