All Building articles in 2006 issue 32 – Page 3
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News
Professional bodies form Chinese alliance
Fifteen institutions, including RICS, RIBA and ICE, form Professional Institutions UK-China, to collaborate on working in China.
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Rok profit jumps 21%
Contractor increases pre-tax profit to £9.3m and predicts more branch openings
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Wolseley buys six more firms for £36m
Acquisitions include three US firms and Cheshire-based paving supplier Lunts Heath
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Finance industry to offer REITS advice
Companies to pool their expertise on a website and publicity campaign called Reita.
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House price inflation steady at 5.2%
Government figures reveal that mortgage approvals are 20% higher than the long-term average
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WYG wins Cornish regeneration job
Engineering consultant White Young Green is appointed environmental consultant on the £60m redevelopment of St Austell town centre.
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Baldry to lead team of Olympic planners
Lorraine Baldry will head up the Olympic Planning Committee which includes ODA planners and 'on loan' local authority staff
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Interserve suspends staff over £25m financial irregularities
Shares tumble as accounting irregularities are uncovered in the support service group's industrial services business
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AHIPP names six locations for regional roll out
First six locations announced offer fair representation and good mix of housing stock, says AHIPP
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Multiplex ‘rejected WNSL’s out-of-court settlements’
Wembley contractor says it has turned down two offers from client to avoid High Court battle
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NHS to target industry’s poor health
DoH and NHS Plus will meet CBH to discuss occupational health scheme for the industry
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Gleeds wins Battersea power station contract
Gleeds appointed cost consultant on the construction phase of the £1.5bn Battersea project
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Comment
An unconventional route
Martino Giaquinto As PFI projects go, the M6 toll road has had more than its fair share of disputes, but now one has gone all the way to the Court of Appeal over the usually straightforward issue of provisional sums
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Features
Multiplex vs WNSL: The squeeze is on …
As Wembley’s contractor and client take their first steps towards the Technology and Construction Court, Sarah Richardson analyses what the parties are claiming, and what it means for the stadium
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Multiplex ‘rejected WNSL’s out-of-court settlements’
Wembley contractor says it has turned down two offers from client to avoid High Court battle
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Prince of the Mersey
RMJM has submitted this design for a mixed-use development at Princes Dock in Liverpool.
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X marks the spot
Architect Will Alsop has revealed these images of his first big project in Asia.
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Comment
From Russia with love
In regard to Bill Mellor’s photograph of the pipe crossing the footpath in St Petersburg (28 July), could this be the UK’s gas supply from the Russian Federation?
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Comment
Local leads the way
Your facts about local authority representation on the Public Sector Construction Clients Forum are wholly wrong (28 July).
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Comment
Mint issue
Most of us are leaving cyberspace and heading for the beach, briefly fretting about the dogs, cats and mint plants that we leave behind. Yes, that’s right, mint plants.