All Building articles in 2005 issue 39 – Page 3
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FeaturesJust the job: Rob Harrisoon's engineering doctorate
Rob Harrison gets paid a full salary to study and go to music gigs, thanks to his engineering doctorate
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News
East of England planners threaten development
East of England planners have threatened to block development in housing growth areas unless the government gives the green light to a string of long-delayed and expensive transport projects.
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DTZ sets up design team … and
DTZ, the quoted property services company, has created a fit-out and design team and has poached director Gary Lagdon from CB Richard Ellis to run it.
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Government is missing too many targets, warns CPA
Report unveiled at the Labour conference this week says public sector building pledges are not being met
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FeaturesSpecialist costs: ICT installations
In the latest of our market overviews, Stuart Guy of Gardiner & Theobald runs through the eight current ICT systems to install in your building and how much they cost – plus a technological specialist gets a grilling
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NewsGovernment under fire over energy regulations ‘cop-out’
Environment experts accuse the ODPM of dropping some changes to Part L for reasons of political expediency
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NewsLivingstone plans to seize control of Thames Gateway
London mayor aims to bring Gateway regions of Thurrock and Dartford under Greater London Authority umbrella
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FeaturesHow to do a public consultation – and survive
Angry protesters, weeping old ladies, paranoid tenants … there’s no end to the horrors you must prepare to face when carrying out a community consultation. But don’t worry, there are tricks you can use to make the process work.
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Comment
True colours
As a 26-year-old building surveyor working for a large contractor, I had hoped that your graduate article (16 September) would have addressed all the issues the construction industry faces.
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News
Chris Smith given key Olympic cultural role
Former culture secretary Chris Smith has been signed up by Ken Livingstone to play a key role in delivering cultural facilities for the legacy of the 2012 Olympic Games.
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Management team to buy out Rydon Group
Bank of Scotland to finance purchase of £128m-turnover construction group by three principal shareholders
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NewsThird of small businesses harmed by cartels
The office of Fair Trading has found that anti-competitive business practices such as cartels and price-fixing are harming a third of small and medium-sized construction firms.
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NewsMowlem to close down or sell loss-making businesses
Contractor announces plan to cut some operations, with combined turnover of £50m, after declaring £73m loss
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BRE may sue ODPM over use of eco-rating system
Consultant takes legal advice as ODPM prepares to use version of EcoHomes in Code for Sustainable Buildings
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Gateway body loses key boss
The body spearheading the development of a key Thames Gateway growth hub has been hit by the resignation of its second chief officer in less than six months.
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Milton Keynes scheme blocked
PLANS to increase housing density in Milton Keynes, one of the government’s key growth areas in the South-east, have been hit by the Highways Agency’s decision to block a development in the town centre.
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Comment
Oi! Mr Blitz! No!
Perusing the September edition of Regenerate, mainly to note how the South-east is going to “cock up” the London Olympics, I read with interest the article by Roger Blitz concerning the Muslim community.
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FeaturesMowlem’s bitter lessons
Hundreds of kids crammed into mobile classrooms, continual redesigns, finger-pointing rows with the council …
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FeaturesBig science
The Wellcome Trust has expanded its campus for human genome research to include an awesome supercomputer and a suite of state-of-the-art laboratories.
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