All Building articles in 20 March 2009 – Page 5
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News
The dear Watson
A central Liverpool hotel designed by Woods Bagot has been given the green light by city planners
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News
Roofing and insulation firm SIG ponders cut-price rights issue
SIG, the roofing and insulation specialist, is considering a heavily discounted rights issue to shore up its balance sheet
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Crossrail delivery partner hopefuls must wait for weeks
Bidders for the role of Crossrail’s project delivery partner have been told that they will have to wait to find out who will take the £400m job
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Features
Country focus: Hungary
Hungary had hoped to be a safe haven for investors but since September it’s been hit by record negative growth and a plummeting currency. Tibor Stahl of EC Harris in Budapest tells a familiar tale
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Comment
Industrialised housing's hour has come
When the upturn comes, there will be growing demand for the products of industrialised housing companies. But how can they survive until then?
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News
Citywatch: Novel comparisons
This was the week that Tony Pidgley said the bottom of the market was fast approaching – well, the new-build London market, anyway. Cue the predictable flurry of speculation as to what he said, why he said it and what he meant to say
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Comment
Tough choices...
As a partner in the Sector Skills Council for construction, CITB-ConstructionSkills takes the development of professionals seriously (27 March, page 13)
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Comment
Friends disunited: Mixing business and pleasure
What’s wrong with agreeing a deal in the pub with a beer, a nod and a wink? After all, you’re mates, aren’t you? Well, sadly, those days are over. You must properly record everything
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News
Council tenants may set social building priorities
New social housing regulator moots scheme to divert cash to what tenants decide warrants funding
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Budget could include new HCA housing rescue plan
Treasury considers threefold proposal to boost supply, including public funding of site infrastructure
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Industry wage deal delayed as small builders block rises
Joint industry council stalls on new agreement after FMB ‘seeks pay freeze’ for site workers
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ReBlackpool signs up Muse Developments: Blackpool's muse
ReBlackpool, Blackpool’s urban regeneration company, has signed up developer Muse Developments, part of Morgan Sindall, to build its £220m mixed-use Talbot Gateway scheme
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Comment
The blacklist: how, why and what now?
So construction’s shameful secret is out. But how did the information watchdog track down the firm that was keeping the blacklist? And what action will be taken against it and its 40 clients?
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Comment
You're a bit out...
Davis Langdon’s take on “The World Construction Outlook” (27 February, page 62), is a welcome summary of where some international opportunities lie
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News
Médiacité building in Liège: Belgian big top
A 60m link section of a 350m steel lattice roof designed by Ron Arad Associates and Buro Happold has been installed on the Médiacité building in Liège, Belgium
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Persimmon secures bank deal
Persimmon Homes has completed the refinancing deal it announced at the beginning of the month
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Olympic protest to call for public ban on blacklist firms
Workers demand that subscribers be punished, as victims claim up to £200,000 in compensation
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Tesco culls property staff as it cuts back on regeneration
£1.4bn construction client changes policy on mixed-use development in bid to save cash
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Comment
Catch me if you can: Avoiding health and safety penalties
If your company faces an enormous penalty for breaking health and safety laws one option is to dissolve the company entirely. But is it right, wise, or even legal?
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Comment
A question of attitude
The Building/Saint-Gobain survey (“Short-term fears voiced over sustainability in the recession”, reported at building.co.uk on 27 February) provides a valuable insight into the less-than-positive attitudes of construction clients towards sustainability. However, the impetus to act is now greater than ever