All Building articles in 2006 issue 29 – Page 4
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NewsHeat strikes in the capital
Temporary working conditions have been put in place at Heathrow Terminal 5 to enable workers to cope with the heatwave currently sweeping the capital.
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Comment
Call in the taxman
Energy efficiency taxation would be an incentive to effect a programme of energy savings.
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CommentJust call me Rambo
When did mediation get taken over by tree-huggers who refuse to discuss the merits of the case? Well, no more. If it stops daft cases ending up in court, then mediators should be free to take a more aggressive approach
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Fresh calls for tax relief on green buildings
Business rates should be used to “green” the built environment, a leading social and economic think tank has announced this week.
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CommentDid Building slip up?
What an excellent example to us all of health and safety awareness the front cover of Building (14 July) is. So much so that I hardly know where to start. However, I will try:
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FeaturesBovis:from buy-up to bust-up
When Building reported two weeks ago that Bovis Lend Lease’s UK chief executive Jason Millett was leaving, rumours of bad blood between the UK division and its Australian parent were quickly revived. Mark Leftly reports on how it came to this
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Bovis sets up Prague business
Bovis Lend Lease has set up a design engineering division based in Prague to expand its business in central and eastern Europe. It has recruited a three-strong management team and is now looking for eight designers.
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Blackpool blackjack
Architect Gensler has revealed this image of Blackpool’s bid for a supercasino.
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CommentBeyond the liquid lunch
Congratulations on an insightful article (14 July, page 28) that starts to peel away the layers covering drug and alcohol abuse on site.
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FeaturesLevel best
The winners of this year’s Housing Design Awards, announced yesterday, range from tall blocks of flats to low-rise terraces. Martin Spring reports on the latest exemplars of high-density urban housing
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Live from Beijing
This 44-storey building (on the right) will be the new £239m Beijing TV Centre.
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Migrant workers face drugs tests before entering UK
UK firms in talks with EU counterparts ahead of HSE crackdown on migrant worker safety
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Herzog cuts back in UK
Tate Modern architect Herzog and de Meuron has reduced the scope of its London office after the departure of office director Michael Casey.
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Crossrail station architects asked to rethink designs
Ealing Broadway and Maidenhead among stations panned after four-month assessment
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FeaturesIrish architect heads for the UK
Dublin-based practice O’Donnell + Tuomey wins flagship Sheffield retail scheme
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Mass appeal
I was very interested in the measures required to upgrade a 100-year-old house in respect of thermal efficiency (7 July, page 44).
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NewsMcCarthy & Stone investors anticipate bidding war
Two rival consortiums circle round retirement homes specialist after Mars Bidco’s £1bn offer
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NewsMilne tops directors’ pay table in Building’s annual league
Scottish entrepreneur Stewart Milne takes home £5m in 2005, as Berkeley leads the way in employees’ wages and Amec retains pole position in turnover chart with £4.9bn
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NewsBrownfield is not always the answer
Home front - The government must take a less dogmatic attitude to greenfield development
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Alain gets his architect of happiness
Writer and “pop” philosopher Alain de Botton has selected architect Feilden Clegg Bradley to masterplan his first foray into residential development.