All Building articles in 2006 issue 30 – Page 2

  • Wembley sunset
    News

    Wembley set for further delay

    2006-07-31T09:21:00Z

    Wembley client says Multiplex will miss Setember completion date and does not expect it to deliver stadium until later in the year

  • David Chipperfield
    News

    David Chipperfield selected for Turner art gallery

    2006-07-28T13:19:00Z

    Minimalist architect taken on by Kent County Council after previous £50m plans were scrapped

  • Steven Norris
    News

    Jarvis chairman upbeat despite £56m pre-tax lost

    2006-07-28T12:58:00Z

    Jarvis chairman Steven Norris claims company has turned corner as core businesses report £16m operating profit

  • People index
    News

    Hays in competition probe

    2006-07-28T10:51:00Z

    Office of Fair Trading visited recruitment giant last month over possible breaches of competition law

  • Euan McEwan
    News

    Currie & Brown overhauls business

    2006-07-28T09:22:00Z

    Fresh management structure sees company strive to strengthen position as multidisciplinary company

  • Richard Rogers
    News

    Richard Rogers plunges £700,000 into the red

    2006-07-28T09:17:00Z

    Architect records first-ever loss, putting it down to anticipated one-off expenditure

  • Bovis building
    News

    Bovis global finance chief follows Millett’s exit

    2006-07-28T08:58:00Z

    Andrew Silverbeck is the second key director to leave the contractor in the space of a month

  • Tony Bingham
    News

    Dutch courage

    2006-07-28T07:00:00Z

    Why don't people wear hard hats in Rotterdam? Building's legal expert is not sure and despite his better sense he soon finds he's going Dutch himself

  • Nick Raynsford
    Comment

    On to a winner

    2006-07-28T00:00:00Z

    Forget all the media carping. London is on track to host a fantastic Olympics and to leave a legacy of construction best practice that will reach way beyond Stratford

  • Features

    Whos on target?

    2006-07-28T00:00:00Z

    The government has told councils in England to set renewable energy targets for schemes. But what policies do they already have in place? A survey this week reveals all.

  • News

    Tate postmodern

    2006-07-28T00:00:00Z

    London’s Tate Modern has unveiled plans to transform the gallery with a £215m glass extension.

  • For Hartcliffe Community College in Bristol, three triangular “strawberry” blocks are planned to house nursery, primary and secondary teaching spaces
    Features

    To sir, with love

    2006-07-28T00:00:00Z

    CABE has warned Building Schools for the Future risks procuring poor designs. But Wilkinson Eyre’s Bristol schools – the first off the blocks – are based on a lovingly prepared concept

  • Features

    Turning over a new leaf

    2006-07-28T00:00:00Z

    The man on the left was a zoology student; the man on the right was a trainee manager. Now Tom Beney and Arlo Mills are Gleeds’ green experts, dispensing sustainability advice to clients and the QS itself. Caroline Stocks met them.

  • News

    Special K

    2006-07-28T00:00:00Z

    Crest Nicholson’s SixtyK Consortium has won the 10th and last site to build houses for English Partnerships’ £60,000 house competition.

  • Comment

    Roll on June

    2006-07-28T00:00:00Z

    I welcome the ministerial statement confirming that an energy performance certificate will remain a mandatory part of the home information packs from 1 June 2007.

  • Features

    The insiders

    2006-07-28T00:00:00Z

    These men are paid to know your business better than you know it yourself. They are private investigators hired by construction firms hit by employee crime, whether on site or in the boardroom. Their job is to expose the enemy within.

  • David Pretty: Made warning in trading statement
    News

    Tough regs set to hit margins

    2006-07-28T00:00:00Z

    David Pretty, Barratt Developments chief executive, said this week that increased government regulations will lower housebuilders’ profit margins over the next 12 months.

  • Comment

    Highway patrol

    2006-07-28T00:00:00Z

    This was an appeal by the London Borough of Camden against a decision of the Magistrates Court dismissing summonses brought against the Mortgage Times Group Ltd. Camden alleged three offences against Section 34 (1)(b) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990. Camden alleged that Mortgage had failed to take all ...

  • Jones Blogs
    Comment

    Hot heads

    2006-07-28T00:00:00Z

    Pheww! It’s a scorcher and Londoners are not coping well, says Nick Jones – as demonstrated by ill-tempered exchanges between grumpy Tube travellers, smug Americans and wearers of tight shorts

  • Comment

    Great strides in Uttlesford

    2006-07-28T00:00:00Z

    In response to your 99% Campaign, I would like to draw your attention to an initiative we have undertaken at Uttlesford council.