All Building articles in 19 November 2010 – Page 4
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NewsMorrell berates architects
Chief construction adviser Paul Morrell compared the “irrational exuberance” in recent architecture to the hedonism of the financial markets in a speech yesterday.
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NewsAghobili Hotel by Henning Larsen: On a high
Aghobili Hotel in Abastumani, Georgia, is designed by Henning Larsen Architects.Engineer Buro Happold and Danish architect Henning Larsen have won an international design competition for a new 200-room, 22,000m2 luxury hotel in Georgia, eastern Europe. The new Aghobili Hotel will be situated in the Meskheti mountain range near the spa ...
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Styles & Wood to rebrand after turnover warning to City
Property services firm Styles & Wood has said that it will rebrand to become known as S&W, two weeks after it issued a turnover warning to the City
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Rok administrators in last push to sell contracts
Hopes of selling whole business gone as divisions shut down and potential buyers back away
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Atkins academy goes international
Atkins plans to roll out its nuclear training academy internationally.
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NewsTaylor Wimpey clinches £950m credit deal
A refinancing by Taylor Wimpey was the highlight among respectable interim statements to the City by three of the biggest housebuilders this week, despite a no-show from the traditional boost in autumn sales
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NewsHyder axes 300 jobs but insists cull is now over
Finance director says staffing levels will now remain ’broadly flat’ after profit rises by two-thirds
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FeaturesTop Specialists 2010
Britain’s top subcontractors are having to adapt to survive - and faster than the first crustaceans. David Rogers looks at the strategies they’re adopting (going backwards isn’t one of them), while Martin Hewes ranks them by turnover and specialisation
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NewsLatest construction appointments : 19 November 2010
Barratt has appointed Tom Keevil general counsel and company secretary. He joins from United Utilities where he held the same position.
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British Land reveals £1.5bn London development programme
Developer British Land has committed to a £1.5bn development programme in the London office market, it announced on Tuesday
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Future of education looks prefab
Local authorities were due to find out this week how much they will have available to spend on schools. Labour’s £55bn Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme has been abolished and the coalition has pledged to spend £15.8bn improving the school estate.
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Hill consultant on Berlin skyscraper
Consultant will help manage construction of Zoofenster skyscraper
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NewsHill acquires US firm TCM
Acquisition strengthens consultant’s infrastructure practice in the region
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NewsOver 2000 register at Careers Now
Sessions ranged from CV advice, to coping in the recession and returning to education
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NewsCapita Symonds restructures operations
Consultant to reorganise divisions and board members as well as move all business units under the Capita Symonds brand
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NewsWSP warns of public sector slowdown
Engineering group trades in line with expectations but takes on more debt than anticipated
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NewsGovernment announces details on green deal
Homeowners and businesses will be able to benefit from green retrofits by late 2012
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NewsFrom a supermarket to low energy offices
Work starts on Bennetts Associates project to transform a supermarket to low-energy council offices
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NewsPlans to streamline sustainable infrastructure projects
UK-GBC starts work on standardised framework for district heating systems and community infrastructure