All Building articles in 2005 issue 18 – Page 2
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Livingstone pledges to make London sustainable
London mayor Ken Livingstone is to insist that developments in London use natural materials for insulation in an effort to make the city the world’s most sustainable.
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Comment
Just a thought …
In an article relating to the National Audit Office’s report on the government’s construction record (24 March, page 25), Rudi Klein, chief executive of the Specialist Engineering Contractors Group, suggested “using single project bank accounts for the entire construction project”.To overcome the issue of up-front payment would this not be ...
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NewsMcCaffrey reveals WYG’s international growth plans
New chief operating officer sets out ambitious business targets in first interview since being promoted
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Comment
Nowhere to go
As a designer who prepares schemes for several small developers in Sefton, Merseyside, I find it almost impossible to get applications for anything even considered.
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Lancashire’s fashionable future
Former mill towns in the east Lancashire region could become hotspots for the fashion industry, according to a report due to be published in the next few weeks
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Skanska reveals year-on-year fall in UK sales
The UK arm of Swedish contractor Skanska has revealed that its sales fell in the first quarter of 2005 compared with the same period last year.
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Factory finish
Bryden Wood Associates, an architect specialising in off-site manufacture, has gained planning permission for 189 apartments in Croydon town centre. The development involves the full refurbishment, recladding and extension of the upper storeys of vacant office building Lennig House on Masons Avenue. The development also includes five mews houses set ...
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Relocation row erupts over Olympic site
Legal advisers for Stratford-based construction company PA Findlay are locked in talks with the London Development Agency over the future of their headquarters should London win the 2012 Olympics
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NewsElectronic tendering slammed
Controversial electronic tendering measures were slammed by the industry’s leading clients at the client convention, with many saying they would not use the method to procure services.
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CommentDevoured by their house
This is how a simple house extension turned into a simple dispute, which turned into a bitter dispute, which turned into a very expensive legal case. And for what?
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Greenwich residents fight developer over noisy flats
Local MP Nick Raynsford joins forces with residents furious about noise transmission at flagship millennium village
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Industry training criticised
More than three-quarters of construction companies fail to train apprentices according to a report to be published next week.
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FeaturesSustainability costs
It is commonly assumed that going green will rack up the costs of a building project, but a unique study contradicts that view. In this cost model, Cyril Sweett details sustainable solutions for four building types indicating how improvements can be made at little or no extra cost
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EC Harris set to sign major consultancy deal with Shell
Contract with oil giant to manage production systems worldwide would give EC Harris an international presence
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NewsODPM told to demand mixed communities
The social housing sector is pressing the ODPM to force housebuilders to build mixed communities or waste the opportunity offered by the four housing growth areas
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The plush side of Cheapside
Developer the Carlyle Group has obtained planning permission for this development at 107 Cheapside in the City of London. Designed by architect Hurley Robertson, the plan is to add 47,250 m2 of office space on the Russia Row side of the property, to update and improve the existing facade on ...
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Features
Changing track
Elaine Knutt reports on a new diploma that is luring frustrated graduates into construction …
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NewsDanny Chalkley
A 50% affordable housing target is an unworkable, undemocratic and irrational policy
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Councils likely to lose lion’s share of regeneration cash
Housing associations expected to take on bigger role in funding at the expense of local authorities
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