All Building articles in 18 July 2008 – Page 5
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NewsIt’s a funny old world…
Thanks to Peter Hunt of Technal Architectural Aluminium Systems for the picture on the top right, accompanied by the eternal question: “How many men does it take to fill a flower bed?”
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NewsBuilders react to slump by taking down half-built homes
Berkshire councillor alleges that move has been made to avoid triggering planning payments
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NewsCZWG to scale back Arsenal regeneration
Arsenal Football Club is being forced to scale back the final part of its £390m regeneration of the area around its new Emirates stadium in north London, writes Martin Spring.
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NewsViñoly arts centre £3m over budget and one year late
No end in sight for Colchester scheme after envelope and glazing contractors pull out of job
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NewsInternational salary guide 2008: Run!
So there’s a recession coming, the cost of living is rising and my guess is it’s probably raining. Has there ever been a better time to find out how much you could be earning overseas? Thom Gibbs presents this year’s Hays Construction & Property international salary guide
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Industry hits 18-year low as prices rise and demand cools
Effect of the market downturn is spreading beyond housebuilders as industry activity goes into reverse
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FeaturesThe Riverhouse project: Nautical but nice
A tidal wave of protest greeted this modern development sitting alongside traditional houses on the Dartmouth estuary. But the Riverhouse delights in its views, sense of space and daylight. Quite enough to shut the neighbours up, says Martin Spring
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NewsThe rake’s progress: housebuilders
Housebuilders don’t like to get tied down. As soon as a scheme’s built and sold, they move on. So why are they suddenly forming longer-term attachments? Ben Cook finds out what it’s all about
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CommentOlympic hopeful
Never trust an Olympic Delivery Authority until you can see the white of its balance sheet. On the strength of this, Tony Bingham is quite encouraged, actually
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St Modwen hit by land slump
Regeneration specialist St Modwen plunged into the red during the first half of this year and announced on Monday it was halting attempts to sell residential land until the market had “stabilised.”
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CommentThe path to happiness
Happiness, there’s not too much of it around in construction at the moment.
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CommentWebmaster review: Gleeds website
The website of QS Gleeds – www.gleeds.com – is under the microscope this week, as is its television channel, www.gleeds.tv
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NewsSharewatch: shares get a thorough thrashing
Balfour Beatty must feel a little like Max Mosley. Desperate for love – from the City, that is – and continually being flogged – by traders, in its case.
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Flint’s rescue package
Housing minister Caroline Flint announced a series of measures to support the housing market on Wednesday.
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NewsMPs: Make quick fixes a priority for green offices
Cross-party group recommends simple measures to cut carbon before complex retrofitting of offices
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FeaturesHow to find happiness
A recent survey found that construction workers are more miserable in their jobs than anyone else. But fear not, here’s Building’s comprehensive guide to happiness, plus an indispensable quiz to find out how bad things really are.
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Comment
Fast track to the future
The government’s announcement on 23 June about speeding up the Building Schools For the Future programme is very welcome.
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CommentWhen will they ever learn?
Despite the abundance of evidence that good clients get cheaper projects, many still insist on lowest price and highest cost. Councils, for example. Sir Michael Latham asks, why?
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Sharpening the knives in Dubai
Despite the number and scale of construction projects in Dubai, disputes have been few and far between. But several recent changes could set the lawyers’ phones ringing
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NewsDown by the river: Frasers Property’s Riverside Quarter scheme
Wandsworth council has given permission for the final phase of Frasers Property’s Riverside Quarter scheme on the south bank of the Thames in south-west London