All Building articles in 19 September 2008 – Page 5
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London Basement Company sues Thames Water over water leak
Claim for loss and damage caused to residential property in London after water main fractured
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Reader’s feedback on the science of green ratings and the safety of green roofs
Two recent stories, one arguing for and against the green credentials of PVCu, and the other on the safety of green roofs has sparked off some heated debate…
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LandSec seeks planning for revised Victoria interchange
Revised application submitted for Victoria Transport Interchange after rejection of earlier version
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NHF demands stricter CO2 timetable for housebuilders
Government told it will miss 2016 zero-carbon housing target unless private builders forced to conform sooner
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Ailing Ennstone in takeover talks with Marwyn Materials
Informal approach made following share price collapse and announced departure of chairman
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Interserve JV picked for £300m PFI hospital
Consortium named preferred bidder for scheme in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland
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Kier ditches private housebuilding
UK's 15th-largest housebuilder will focus instead on social housing
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The exit door
Thanks to Matthew James of Fusion Project Management for this fine example of an external fire escape at an unnamed university.
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Rogers and Foster shun nuclear design framework
EDF lines up big-name architects for new-build programme, but fails to entice the biggest names of all
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Contractors suffer salary squeeze as market ebbs
Salary rises diminish across the board and some staff suffer falls as downturn hits contracting sector
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Nuttall purges its Olympic subcontractors
Nuttall has terminated its contracts with three of its suppliers on the Olympic Park site.
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Rok cuts 200 contracting jobs
Rok has cut 200 workers from its contracting business, chief executive Garvis Snook confirmed this week.
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UK brick production hits ‘catastrophic’ low
Brick production in the UK is likely to sink below 2 billion bricks this year for what is believed to be the first time since the forties.
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Social services
Up to one in 10 people access housing association services such as community centres, children’s play areas and sports grounds, according to a survey by the National Housing Federation.
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Open season
Open House, the architectural education charity, will this weekend open up 700 London buildings to the public, including the Blue Fin building in Southwark, designed by Allies and Morrison.
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Comment
Novation: Wise precautions
If you’re a contractor and you’re asked to accept the novation of a consultant, make sure it really is going to be joining you – and be careful which form you use
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In for nasty weather
The financial storm that has been blowing through the banking world for the past year turned into a category-five tornado this week.
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Show me the money
While an A-Z of Construction Law cannot expect to cover all angles, I would take issue with a point made by Michael Conroy Harris in his latest chapter – J for Jurisdiction (5 September page 63).