All Building articles in 2005 issue 39 – Page 4
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Treasury puts brakes on Bedford
English Partnerships’ proposal for a model scheme to fund the provision of infrastructure in the growth areas has become the latest victim of the Treasury’s public spending embargo.
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Rogers beats international rivals to New York project
Architect Richard Rogers Partnership has won a £790m competition to design the expansion of the Jacob K Javits Convention Center in New York.
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CommentBattle tactics
For subcontractors the day when crippling paid-if-paid clauses are outlawed cannot come too soon, but in the meantime here’s how to launch an effective counter-attack
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Barratt’s first-half profits up
Housebuilder Barratt has recorded an 11% rise in pre-tax profit for the first half after offsetting a challenging private sector market with a rise in affordable housing completions.
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NewsWolseley names successor to Charlie Banks
Building materials supplier Wolseley, the construction sector’s biggest quoted company, said this week that it had appointed Chip Hornsby to replace Charlie Banks as chief executive next summer.
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Minister attacks ‘unilateral’ planners
Senior Treasury minister John Healey has accused local council planners of behaving unilaterally and ignoring their authorities’ wider goals.
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Housing experts warn of growth areas ‘unravelling’
A Building investigation reveals South-east growth area plans are under fire
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NewsReach for Arabian skies
The Stellar Tower designed by Make Architects, which was originally pencilled in for a desert site in Abu Dhabi, will now be built in the centre of the city in Allttihad Square.
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HSE appoints senior official to oversee Olympic projects
The Health and Safety Executive has appointed a senior manager to co-ordinate its response to the 2012 Olympics in London.
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Amec snaps up French electrical group Javelet
Support services group Amec announced this week that it had bought French electrical installations group Javalet.
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NewsGardiner & Theobald’s global alliance severed in turf war
Agreement with fellow QSs Rider Hunt and Levett & Bailey breaks down over operations in Chinese market
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Comment
A load of hot air
With reference to your article about the failure of natural ventilation systems (9 September), we can identify with many of the points made in the article.
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NewsLinden Homes still upbeat five years after buyout
Despite doubts over economy, chief executive Davies says there is plenty more growth on the horizon
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CommentA family affair
The man who defrauded the Millennium Dome of £4m has just been sent down, but suspicions were first aroused in a little-known adjudication case back in 2001
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Lovell presses on with PFI court action
Housebuilder Lovell is continuing its legal battle with North East Derbyshire council to recover bid costs on a £39m social housing PFI contract that was scrapped.
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T5 steelworkers set to strike
The Heathrow Terminal 5 scheme is set to be hit by walkouts next week after steelworkers voted in favour of striking over pay.
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NewsMargins at White Young Green reach 10%
Quoted engineering consultant White Young Green achieved double-digit margins for the first time last financial year, it revealed this week.
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Totty Construction wins £1m prison contract
Framework partnering deal with HM Prisons Service to last seven years.
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Civic Trust says government is 'wholly unrealistic'
Open market economics don't work for housing, says Trust.