All Building articles in 20 June 2008 – Page 5
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CommentWebmaster review: Terry Farrell & Partners website
Terry Farrell & Partners' website shows that minimalist architecture may not work as well on websites as on buildings
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CommentAn old foe with new faces
Many of our present economic difficulties are really different forms of the same problem: our sclerotic planning system. Time to do something about it, says Michael Gove
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FeaturesEnterprise resource planning systems: Take two (point zero)
Implementing an enterprise resource planning system almost ruined Atkins, but six years on, construction seems to have been won over to this business administration software. Stephen Kennett reports
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NewsElegance under pressure
This City Road estate designed by Squire + Partners will face a public inquiry after developer Derwent London lodged an appeal.
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CommentMy digital life - Rob Pratt
This engineering services consultancy director enjoys a bit of Coldplay on his iTunes but online it’s all about West Ham, EastEnders and jaunts to the south of France
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Public sector to take on social housing developments
Government plans ‘public-led building programme’ to counter private housebuilders’ building freeze
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Tax prompts demand for demolition
A new government tax on empty buildings has prompted a huge rise in demand for demolition contractors as developers rush to flatten deserted properties, writes Dan Stewart.
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A cry for help
The government is calling on the public and industry to give their views on the housing crisis as part of the consultation on the housing green paper
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FeaturesCost model: Office refurbishment
A slowdown in the office market combined with an increasingly prominent sustainability agenda is creating opportunities for refurbishment specialists. Simon Rawlinson and Max Wilkes of Davis Langdon discuss how to maximise a building’s value with a well-targeted refurbishment programme
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Some confusion
In a recent issue, I was quoted as saying that LEED certification can be reached without considering energy points.
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NewsTwo-thirds of high-rises are finished late, says CIOB
Tall buildings top list of shame as research shows high proportion of complex schemes are delayed
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Olympic village negotiations will continue ‘until Christmas’
Funding negotiations on the Olympic village will not be finished until at least Christmas, according to David Higgins, chief executive of the Olympic Delivery Authority.
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Lack of inspectors threatens energy certificate deadline
The sector’s leading training bodies have warned that it is unlikely there will be enough qualified inspectors to assess all the buildings requiring display energy certificates by the government’s October deadline.
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CommentBuilding buys a pint … for the RIBA
For the final head-to-head in the presidential race, the RIBA spurned its modern-classical marble and chrome palace on Portland Place in favour of the neo-gothic stone and timber Palace of Westminster.
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CommentOpen mike: Building control – Who’s watching the watchmen?
The government’s consultation on the future of building control has ignored the ridiculous anomalies that exist between private and public sector inspectors, says David Strong
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NewsA different kind of broadcast
Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary-general, this week opened a memorial to journalists killed in the line of duty.
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NewsCam bridge
A two-lane bridge for cyclists and pedestrians designed by Ramboll Whitbybird has opened in Cambridge.
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Lend Lease to scrap Bovis’ final salary pension scheme
Bovis employees face loss of generous pension after parent company demands cost-cutting
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Bouygues joins nuclear power race
French contractor Bouygues is gearing up to take on nuclear new-build work in the UK, a week after John Hutton, the secretary of state for business, announced an escalation in the government’s energy programme, writes Olivia Boyd.