All Building articles in 18 December 2009 – Page 6
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NewsGalliford Try lands Olympic village contract
Contractor awarded final Tier One contract to build part of the residential development on 2012 athletes village
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NewsGreen light for Rogers' British Museum extension
Mace will start on £135m extension next month despite opposition from heritage groups
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NewsCBI expects UK to exit recession this quarter
Organisation forecasts slow and fragile recovery with business investment improving in 2010
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NewsDecline in construction product sales continues
Construction Products Association says manufacturers report a fall in sales although decline is at a slower rate
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NewsMorgan Sindall JV picked for £417m Thames Water project
Joint venture appointed preferred bidder to build the Lee Tunnel in east London, starting in April 2010
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NewsGrim outlook for jobs in construction
Brickonomics: Another drop in workload will have a devasting affect on what is already a fragile jobs market
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NewsMortgage lending falls 10%
First drop since August cannot be accounted for by seasonal variation
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FeaturesReview of the decade: 2000-2009
The past 10 years will be remembered for the long, long boom that turned into a deep, deep recession, but a lot of other things happened along the way … So here’s our guide to the people, the projects, the deals, the disasters, the feuds and the fights that made ...
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News2009 rewound: a review of the year
This was the year spent in the eye of the hurricane, between the collapse of private spending in 2008 and the collapse of public spending in 2010. Sarah Richardson remembers 12 months that many in the industry are trying to forget
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NewsLancsville goes into administration
Contractor appoints administrator as data suggests it did not have sufficient funds to settle trade accounts
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NewsVideo: Come Dine with Construction
Building’s contributors square up for a seasonal cooking showdown: who will be king of the kitchen?
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NewsBalfour Beatty hires former Tate & Lyle chief executive
Iain Ferguson will become non-executive director from 1 January
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NewsMears to snap up Supporta for £27.2m
Social housing maintenance firm aims to expand home care business with purchase
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NewsDramatic exit of the year
Lee Polisano, the founder of the UK arm of US architect Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF), left in September to set up his own firm PLP Architecture
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Fears grow over platform safety
Calls for safer working conditions on mobile work elevated platforms have been renewed after an accident last week on Westfield’s Stratford City site, next to the Olympic park, which left a worker in a critical condition
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BDP to buy architect Syna
BDP, the UK’s largest architectural firm, is in advanced negotiations to acquire Abu Dhabi-based practice Syna
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Wates to open in Abu Dhabi
Wates is banking on its record of delivering 35,000 school places in the UK to win work in Abu Dhabi
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NewsPrasad to overhaul Guy’s hospital tower
Sunand Prasad’s practice is set to be chosen to work on a radical refurbishment of Guy’s tower, part of Guy’s and St Thomas’ hospital in London, Building understands, Penoyre & Prasad will design the 34-storey tower’s revamp, which is understood to be worth at least £30m
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NewsCampaign victory
In February, the Health and Safety Executive finally caved in to demand for a national register of safety checks on tower cranes