All Building articles in 18 June 2010 – Page 4
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NewsDave's faves
Liverpool university’s energy centre, designed by Levitt Bernstein, has been shortlisted for this year’s Prime Minister’s Better Public Building Awards, which recognise procurement and design
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FeaturesThe Prince’s Trust: Helping young people Get into Construction
Construction wants to attract a diversified workforce, and many would-be workers are trying to get away from unemployment and crime. Sarah Richardson meetsMike Peasland, who’s helping the Prince’s Trust to help them do just that
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Precast concrete structure
Structherm Fastbuild is being used for the construction of 10 low-energy homes on the outskirts of Edinburgh
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Concrete panel construction
H+H’s full-storey height aircrete construction system with thin joint bonding has enabled Miller Homes to create a zero-carbon house as part of the Pinnacle development of 79 homes in Basingstoke
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CommentCroydon vs the Coliseum
I read with interest former RIBA president Maxwell Hutchinson’s Wonders & Blunders (4 June, page 24)
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Concealed door closer
A new concealed door closer which assists with compliance for disabled access regulations and the use of doors by the very young and the very old is now available from Sapa Building Systems
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NewsDoing civics: Doncaster offices
Cartwright Pickard Architects’ Doncaster Civic Offices has been awarded planning permission
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Private equity groups circle Crest as Osmond talks continue
Private equity firms are among the parties circling Crest Nicholson, according to sources close to the takeover negotiations
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FeaturesCost model: Shopping centre refurbs
Many shopping centres hit by the recession need to reposition themselves to be fit for the upturn.
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CommentJudges in their own cause
Architects are always unbiased and even-handed when awarding extensions of time under usual forms of contract. Except, of course, when the reason is their own negligence
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FeaturesZero carbon: Four for the price of three
Last month Grant Shapps, the coalition housing minister, announced that the government was committed to making new homes zero carbon after 2016
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NewsBudget 'could stamp out prospects for recovery'
Experian predicts growth in 2011, but all hinges on return of private sector and depth of cuts
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NewsNervous contractors think twice on BSF
Major contractors are thinking twice about bidding for Building Schools for the Future projects as uncertainty grows over the future of the £55bn scheme
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Bovis north drafts in ex-Taylor Woodrow boss
The former head of Taylor Woodrow Construction has been parachuted into Bovis Lend Lease’s UK northern division in the latest senior management change at the contractor
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Bellway: sales ‘hit by cut fears’
Looming public spending cuts are dampening the sale of new homes, according to Bellway Homes
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Race begins to define zero carbon as funding cuts loom
Housebuilders and green lobby raise fears over plans to cut funding for Zero Carbon Hub
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Banner jobs set for sell-off
The administrator of Banner Holdings, the £13.2m-turnover Derbyshire contractor that collapsed last week, will look next week at which of the firm’s contracts could be sold off
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CommentWhat brought Banner down
Why did a well-regarded medium-sized contractor, which began the boom with £9m in the bank, lose £65m in turnover over eight years, and enter administration this month?