All Building articles in 2006 issue 11 – Page 5
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FeaturesAn answer in the cold, cold earth
So you don't want the expense and obloquy of air-conditioning, but you'd rather not risk a naturally ventilated solution? Luckily there's a highly effective third way, which you'll soon be able to inspect at a business park outside Luton.
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Shortlist announced for first phase of Elephant & Castle
Cartwright Pickard, Haworth Tompkins and Panter Hudspith to fight it out for 200-home phase of £1.5bn scheme
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Amec chairman Sir Peter Mason to retire
Sir Peter Mason is to retire from Amec at the age of 60 after 10 years at the helm of the company.
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Comment
Lighten up, Alex
After Alex Brett's letter last week (3 March "My bloody Valentine"), I can't wait to hear his reaction to the "How to survive an office romance" article featured in the same issue.
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Happold wins Albanian deal
The international development group Happold Consulting has won a contract to advise on strategic planning in central Albania.
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Industry experts join disaster aid unit
British construction consultants are to join an organisation being set up to deliver emergency aid in the aftermath of disasters.
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Features
Full steam ahead
Having recovered from the slowdown of 2005, construction order books and tender enquiry growth accelerated over the past quarter - except the residential sector, says Experian Business Strategies
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ODPM agrees to stricter sustainability code
The government has bowed to industry demands and increased environmental standards in the Code for Sustainable Homes.
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Comment
Nothing standard about it
Retentions have been a hot topic in the construction industry for a number of years.
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News
Curzon receiver makes 86 employees redundant
Ernst & Young sheds staff at fit-out firm while negotiating buyout deal with management of furniture subsidiary
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NewsMiller bucks downward trend with 40% rise in profit
Keith Miller, chief executive of Miller Group, was in a bullish mood this week after the firm reported a rise in pre-tax profit for 2005 of 40%, taking it to £76m.
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John Laing's £36m result
PFI specialist John Laing said a rights issue and disposals in the secondary market had led to a rise in profit of 43% to £36m in 2005.
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Features
Cost update: March 2006
In our latest look at construction materials prices and labour costs, Davis Langdon reports on inflation that is way outstripping the consumer price index - plus how much plumbers and electricians will set you back
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Boxall Sayer reports 19% pre-tax profit hike
Boxall Sayer, the quantity surveyor, has reported healthy results with a 19% rise in pre-tax profit, a 21% increase in turnover and an order book that has doubled in value to £2bn.
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FeaturesHarry Patch (1899-present)
Reluctant celebrity Harry Patch still shudders to recall the horrors of the First World War - as well as the dangers he faced back home as a high-rise builder. Building met the 107-year-old
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Project team revealed for £100m ex-Home Office HQ
Aukett Fitzroy Robinson and Bucknall Austin behind the redevelopment of Sir Basil Spence's Queen Anne's Gate
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NewsBovis and Capita Symonds set to make joint Olympic bid
New team would vie with Balfour Beatty/Amec and Bechtel to win London Olympics delivery contract.
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Crest selected for £250m Southampton scheme
Crest Nicholson is selected by the South East England Development Agency for Woolston Riverside site.
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Ennstone doubles profit to £13m
Revenue also jumps 43% for aggregates firm as profit is boosted by integration of Johnston.
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Why carbon counts in more ways than one
There's no time to rest on your laurels if you achieved a low score. The next generation of carbon scales will be much more revealing.
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