All Building articles in 2006 issue 35 – Page 4
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Urban Initiatives for Brighton
Consultant Urban Initiatives has been appointed to carry out a regeneration study in Brighton.
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Wilson Bowden hires group finance chief
Wilson Bowden has appointed Jane Aikman group finance director.
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CommentWonders & blunders
Alright, Brompton bicycles and bendy buses aren’t buildings, but they do make a world of difference to the way we enjoy London’s architecture, says Oliver Richards
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CommentBelieve it or not
Link between Lemley and Bechtel exposed! Arsenal party central upset! Halcrow celebrates birth of twins shock! Builders blank sexy girls horror! Well what are you waiting for? Start reading!
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Bucknall Austin project manage first military court
Seven soldiers will be tried at Bulford military court near Salisbury in two weeks’ time
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Court refuses to grant steel contractor leave to appeal
Former Wembley steel firm Cleveland Bridge has had its first attempt to overturn Multiplex’s victory in its £45m court case rejected by the Court of Appeal.
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Comment
Annes memorial
As a former colleague I was deeply saddened to hear of the death of Anne Hemming. She was a thoughtful and stimulating public servant of the highest integrity.
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CommentThe amazing Spider Man!
Part 954 in our series “Health and Safety Blunders I Saw on my Holidays” …
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All carrot, no stick: very green
I should like to register my support for Building’s 99% Campaign. For many years, I’ve been banging on about a whole-cost lending policy as a means of improving energy efficiency in older housing stock, but nobody ever listens.
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FeaturesAll together now
Penoyre & Prasad’s Holywood Arches primary health centre in Belfast has enough of the boutique hotel about it to cheer visitors and patients alike. But it’s the inspired mix of health and social services that is its real triumph
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CommentThe mother of all contract wins
Congratulations to the CLM consortium of Mace, Laing O’Rourke, and the American engineer CH2M, aided by Davis Langdon, which this week won the race to become the delivery partner for the 2012 Olympics.
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NewsMerseyside police go to war against rogue security firms
Co-ordinated crackdown after campaign of arson and intimidation by ‘protection racket’ gangs
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Interserve grapples with accounting irregularities
Troubled support services group Interserve has pushed back the announcement of its interim results to the end of this month as it tackles accounting irregularities in its industrial services business.
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NewsCountryside puts Accordia up for sale
Countryside Properties, the housebuilder, is to sell the remainder of its award-winning Accordia site in Cambridge after the departure of Kajima, its contractor on the PFI-led housing project
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Political intrigue that accompanied a long battle
The lead-up to CLM’s appointment as Olympic delivery partner has been a roller-coaster ride of political intrigue and competitive endeavour.
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FeaturesThe accidental Dubliner
Simon Kaye was a London boy until 2001. Then EC Harris offered him work in the Irish capital. Now, five years on, Mark Leftly finds him running the Ireland office, working on major civils projects and able to find time to enjoy a pint of the black stuff …
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Irish contractors must look abroad to grow, says minister
Ireland’s Micheál Martin says domestic market is “simply too small” for ambitious companies
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FeaturesAnd fireland was ablaze
As an appetiser for our focus on the Irish economy, here’s a digital picture of the Republic. And as this view over O’Connell Bridge in Dublin illustrates, Ireland has gone from a poor, rural country best known for things that don’t really exist (leprechauns, Blarney stones) into an economic powerhouse. ...
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NewsABB executive takes over as Amec boss
Samir Brikho has been named as chief executive of Amec, ending Sir Peter Mason’s 10-year reign at the support services giant.