All Building articles in 2006 issue 17 – Page 2
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NewsDevelopers kicked off Stratford City project
London & Continental Railway terminates agreement with Reuben brothers, Westfield and Stanhope after three failed to agree on project.
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NewsKeller predicts substantial increase in profit
Half year profit will be 'substantially higher' than last year due to strong sales and higher margins.
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NewsCleveland Bridge under fire from Multiplex bosses
Ashley Muldoon and Matt Stagg reveal how relations with Wembley steel contractor degenerated
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NewsGround Zero work begins
Bulldozers move onto World Trade Center site to begin building the £3.5bn Freedom Tower.
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NewsGlasgow to get biggest inland wind farm in Europe
Scottish Executive grants planning permission for £300m project at Whitelee, south of Glasgow.
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NewsCarillion offloads Mowlem environmental arm
Mowlem Environmental Sciences Group to be sold to testing specialist Inspicio for £16m.
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NewsStratford masterplan hit by auction delay
Plans are ready but have not been submitteed for planning because of dispute between developers.
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Roofing giant Coverite goes into administration
Subcontractor on Multiplex's £1.5bn White City scheme calls in Deloitte & Touche to oversee sale of assets.
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Comment
Some scandal
In response to Colin Harding's assertion that expecting taxpayers to subsidise the public sector's "pension extravagance" is a "scandal" (7 April, page 37), can I check that this pension extravagance would be the average pension paid to public sector workers of about £3500 a year (probably just enough to ...
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NewsOn time? Wembley? Really?
In contrast to the larger stadium next door, the 13,000-capacity Wembley Arena has been refurbished on time and on budget. The £35m makeover of the arena by PRP Architects and Tooley & Foster Partnership has been completed in 15 months by John Sisk & Son.
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Comment
A question of recyclability
I refer to the article on recycled content (31 March, page 71). While applauding initiatives to improve resource efficiency within construction, the steel construction sector has concerns that the "single issue" focus of setting minimum recycled content targets has the potential to throw up spurious decisions that may in fact ...
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Comment
Wey off the mark
I was surprised to read your article headed "Key scheme a year late as Weymouth prepares for 2012" (7 April, page 22), which I feel contained several inaccuracies, in particular the suggestion that the scheme is running late.
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FeaturesLet's speculate
Real estate investment trusts are set to spell big changes in the world of property investment. But while developers coo over their potential tax savings, contractors are wondering what type of beast the clients, and the projects, of the future will be. Josh Brooks gets out his crystal ball …
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CommentSimplicate your language
The government wants housebuilders to treat customers fairly, and has threatened to crack down on those who use arcane and unintelligible language in their contracts
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FeaturesJust the job
Design consultant Maurice Rosario tells Sonia Soltani all about working (and eating) in Cairo and Istanbul
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CommentIt'll run rings round them
The Olympics will be like every other project - ridden with bluffers, slackers and buck passers - but a dispute resolution board can keep them all in order
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Tories invite industry leaders to policy seminar
The Conservative party is to hold a seminar next month attended by up to 18 leading industry figures to help develop its construction policy.
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Upbeat Wimpey says sales have increased since last year
Housebuilder George Wimpey has reported that its sales are now outstripping those for last year.
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Wolseley to hire Peugeot staff
Materials giant Wolseley is to employ up to 200 of the 2300 people made redundant last week by car maker Peugeot.
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