All Building articles in 2006 issue 06 – Page 2
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Developers line up for Manchester Station
Stanhope, Argent, Amec and Allied London in the running to rebuild Manchester's Victoria station.
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Tories to rethink green-belt definition
Shadow chancellor George Osborne also pledges to do away with the planning gain supplement if the Tories win the next election.
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Offenders could boost Olympic Games programme
Young offenders could work on Olympic projects as Home Secretary aims to increase community service.
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Cooper promises 'urgent review' of renewable energy guidance
Housing minister pledges to review planning policy statement after Conservatives table amendment to climate change bill.
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Private equity firm joins race to buy BAA
Star Capital Partners is thought to have been working on a bid for the airport operator, which has also attracted the interest of Spanish contractor Ferrovial, for several weeks.
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Industry may get extra year for Part L
The Industry could be given another 12 months to implement the new Part L of the Building Regulations.
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London Eye architect sheds light on plan for Thames
Marks Barfield seeks sponsors for Olympic project to illuminate the banks of the river in central London.
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Kajima's HSE scheme falls six months behind schedule
Contractor is understood to have lost about £10m on construction of £57m headquarters in Merseyside.
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Ferrovial seeks UK firm to support £8bn BAA deal
Spanish contractor looks to acquire British firm to increase capacity should BAA takeover go forward.
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Terrace with a twist
Planning permission has been granted for this Levitt Bernstein scheme to build 130 flats and maisonettes in Kilburn, north-west London.
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Features
Successful projects
What are the keys to a successful project? As an introduction to our new series on procurement, Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon examines how to make the right decisions for your scheme and avoid the most common pitfalls …
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Comment
Poor old us
For the first time this week, we reveal the full extent of the pensions crisis facing the construction industry: together, the largest 20 contractors have a £1bn deficit.
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Noises off
The adjudication meeting was action-packed and one party swears it never heard an argument presented by the other. Can the decision still stand?
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Features
The station master
Sir Terry Farrell has often reserved his most iconic architecture for Far-Eastern railway stations, as three futuristic airport-sized interchanges reveal.
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A long wait at the station
Camden council has delayed until early March a decision on whether to grant planning permission for Argent's £1.5bn scheme to redevelop King's Cross Central.
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Local lowdown: South-west
Robert Smith of Hays Construction and Property says the South-west is the place to be
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Prescott muddies ODPM policy on land supply
Deputy Prime minister John Prescott has contradicted his own department's recently unveiled policy to free up housing land supply.
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New social housing obligations threaten small housebuilder
Many smaller housebuilders will be hit by the government's insistence that social housing be included on small estates, a seminar heard last week.