All Building articles in 19 February 2010 – Page 3
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NewsWaterman's profit slumps to £0.5m
Chief executive says fall in pre-tax profit compared to this time last year is due to 'downturn in the economy'
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NewsHousing completions are way off target
From 2016 we are supposed to be building 240,000 homes a year, last year we managed a measly 118,000
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NewsConfusion over public spending cuts
Figures for a cut in net investment are causing alarm, but its the gross investment construction needs to worry about
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NewsBabcock maintains interest in VT
Support services group says merger with reluctant target would benefit both companies and improve capability across infrastructure, equipment support and training sectors
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NewsRICS hits out at estate agents study
Surveyors body says there ‘is more to protecting consumers than prices’ in response to Office of Fair Trading research
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NewsCrumbling Yorkshire churches to get £2m makeover
Repairs will focus on leaking roofs and eroded masonry in 23 churches
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NewsCastle Cement fined £250k for cancer risk
Flintshire factory admits four health and safety charges related to dust, smoke and noise
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NewsBrown attempts Corus steelworks rescue
More than a thousand jobs could be saved if prime minister secures new owner for plant
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NewsArup and Davis Langdon team up on Ghanaian school prototype
Design uses modular parts easy for local builders to recreate from local materials
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NewsCheap and fearful
Thanks to Richard Butler from Network Rail, who spotted these carefree chaps undertaking a spot of roofing work with the help of improvised scaffolding …
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NewsJoin the Charter 284 campaign and help promote construction investment
Sign up to Building’s Charter 284 manifesto that calls on political parties to protect investment in construction work
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Comment
The wranglers
I was interested to read what Ann Minogue had to say concerning lawyers who represent parties in adjudication (22 January, page 51)
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Comment
Try to understand
It is sad to see that some Yorkshire authorities are proposing to use a big stick to beat contractors over cover pricing (29 January, page 9)
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CommentHave wig, will travel
The increasingly mobile judges of the TCC are happy to do you a trial in the cheapest, most convenient part of the country. But how do you decide where that is?
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NewsShower trays
The latest collection of Duravit flush fitting shower trays are designed to provide a minimal and seamless look and have been developed with renovation projects in mind
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Comment
No thumbscrews required
How do I … Getting paid on time can be exceptionally difficult these days. Deborah Primett advises on how to improve your chances – without resorting to tough-guy tactics
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NewsPete’s place
This £50m, 25,000m2 office building, designed by Glenn Howells Architects, has been given planning permission
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CommentMilking it: Safeway and the OFT
When Safeway was fined by the OFT, it tried to claim its money back from the employees it thought had caused the problems. Might construction companies follow suit?
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NewsUnobtrusive lighting
Modular Lighting Instruments has provided the recessed downlighters for this residential renovation project in east London
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NewsNatural insulation
Natural Building Technologies has launched Pavaflex, a natural insulation manufactured from sustainable wood fibre