All Building articles in 19 June 2009 – Page 5
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Comment
Buyer beware: Distressed sellers
You can take some of the worry out of buying property from a distressed seller by knowing how to manage risk. But first you need to know what those risks are
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Comment
Something better change
As it is now, Part L misses obvious tricks, has loopholes that make it ineffective in important areas and does nothing to prevent super-insulated homes from turning into ovens
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Dogged determination: Green light for Barking Riverside
The first 3,300 homes at the Barking Riverside site in east London have finally been approved by the Thames Gateway Development Corporation and Barking and Dagenham council
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Comment
Back on the training ground
Nick Raynsford’s comment that “there are enlightened employers who are doing their utmost to maintain skills development” (5 June, page 28) will no doubt provoke the cry, “That’s easy for him to say!”
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Association takeover
Presentation Housing Association has been taken over by Notting Hill Housing Group
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Morgan Ashurst cuts back in Scotland
Contractor Morgan Ashurst is preparing to scale back its Scottish business after a large schools project comes to an end next month, fuelling concern about public sector workload in Scotland
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T&T to be dropped from Viñoly arts centre
Consultant becomes latest firm to get caught in the fiasco surrounding Rafael Viñoly’s Colchester scheme
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Hyder Consulting shuts down QS arm
Firm shuts down its quantity surveying arm RPA as part of a redundancy and restructuring programme
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RIBA urges architects to pull together to fight fee cuts
Sunand Prasad, the president of the RIBA, has written to the institute’s membership to discourage them from cutting fees to win work
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Apollo Group
In last week’s Building we stated that Apollo Group had agreed a refinancing deal with Lloyds Banking Group to prepare for its sale
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Corby rides again: Hawkins/Brown Corby Cube
The HawkinsBrown-designed Corby Cube in Northamptonshire was topped out last Friday
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Councils accused of tax abuse
The Federation of Master Builders has demanded a meeting with housing minister John Healey to complain about local authorities that are levying council tax on homes before they are finished
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£3.5m Aylesbury win
Morgan Ashurst has won a £3.5m contract to build a conference centre and council building for Aylesbury Vale council
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Features
The big push: getting materials to the 2012 Olympic site
The Olympic team is using every means possible to get the vast amounts of materials it needs into its hemmed-in east London site: roads, railways, and now the River Thames. Thomas Lane reports on a grand offensive
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Planning applications in May 2009
The number of projects at detailed planning stage dropped and Heron topped the clients’ chart
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Green shoots - 19 June 2009
Each week Building will ask an expert to analyse the latest evidence of green shoots, and see if it stands up to scrutiny. This week Simon Rawlinson, partner in Davis Langdon, examines the statistics
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Latest construction appointments - 19 June 2009
Kier has appointed Adrian Lemarie facilities director
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PfS plots delivery of £16bn of schools
Partnerships for Schools is considering setting up regional frameworks for the £15.6bn of building work that it is taking over from the Department for Children, Schools and Families
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Rental fund plan could grow after £1bn investor interest
Unprecedented number of bids from investors means homes agency may start up to four initiatives
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Bovis sues for almost £1m over unpaid fees on Oman job
Concern over non-payment in the Middle East grows, as project manager downs tools on megacity job