All Building articles in 18 March 2011 – Page 5
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News
Renew ceases public sector work in the North
Firm says the public sector in the North is no longer viable and will be pulling out
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Features
The Budget: Can George win the day?
How do you fight off the threat of a double-dip recession with no weapons in your armoury? For George Osborne putting together next week’s Budget, the most obvious solution is likely to be deregulation. Here’s a look at what changes to expect
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Features
Zaha Brava: The Guangzhou Opera House
Architecture and geology collide in Zaha Hadid’s glorious Guangzhou Opera House
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News
New Homes Bonus will not boost development, say MPs
Select committee report on damns abolition of regional plans
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Comment
Hansom: La belle vie
We report on racy goings-on, with recently arrested property magnates throwing yacht parties, firms hosting lavish dinners, and politicians talking procreation. And some said Mipim was tamer this year …
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News
Billington boss believes steel market has ‘reached bottom’
Billington chief executive Steve Fareham says markets are improving and the cycle is turning
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Comment
OFT could pay for being over-keen
According to directives from Europe, the OFT’s fines are levied on the basis of companies’ global turnover, not profit
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Comment
Wonders & blunders with Mike Barker
Mike Barker’s architectural picks are all bound up with nature. He loves an Iraqi school built out of reeds, but doesn’t care two straws about Beijing’s over-designed Bird’s Nest
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Comment
Business planning: home and away
How do you plan ahead and formulate business strategies amid all the uncertainty of political uprisings - and the upcoming Budget?
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News
Arup to stress test buildings in disaster-hit Japan
Damaged construction projects are on hold and evacuations take place as Japan struggles to recover
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Features
Andrew Wyllie: Yes, we can
With Costain’s much publicised bid for Mouchel rebuffed no fewer than four times, and huge infrastructure plans dependent on funding, how come chief executive Andrew Wyllie is so upbeat?
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News
Bulk of OFT fines likely to be wiped out after appeals
Hope for other firms as fines in first six cases are reduced by up to 94%
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Comment
Twenty-eight day adjudication: the point and pitfalls
A little domestic case of an extended deadline outlines the point - and pitfalls - of 28-day adjudication
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News
CityWatch: Devastation abroad but dull week at home
Japan’s crisis impacts the stock market while UK firm’s share prices see little movement
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News
Enterprise cuts back £70m social housing business
Firm looks to exit contracts as news of chief executive Neil Kirkby’s departure emerges
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News
Mears operating profits up by 27% as rivals crash out
Social housing repairs provider says underbidding has led to failures, allowing it to ’pick up the pieces’
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News
Latest construction appointments: 18 March 2011
GHM Consultancy Group, Shepherd Construction, British Land and Smith Hampton Manchester all have new appointments