All Building articles in 2006 issue 39 – Page 3
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FeaturesSo which one gets the job?
The old-timer on the left has a lifetime of experience to offer, but the whippersnapper on the right is an IT graduate and an ace with a mouse. From 1 October regulations outlawing age discrimination come into force and you’ll have to treat them both equally if you don’t want ...
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Gateway study shows shortage of family homes
One bedroom and two bedroom homes now account for more than 80% of housing across the Thames Gateway.
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Foster and Rogers eye rival power station plans
The UK’s two most high-profile architects are understood to be involved in separate plans for Battersea Power station in south-west London.
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NewsLabour to press on with EP merger
The government has sent out its clearest signal yet that it is pressing ahead with the merger of English Partnerships and the Housing Corporation.
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NewsRow erupts as Olympic village misses energy target
Developer Westfield set for showdown with council over energy strategy on Stratford City site
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NewsEnglish Nature widens house embargo
English Nature has widened its housebuilding embargo to the neighbouring South-west.
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CommentMr Eggleston explains
For those clients, project managers and contractors still unsure how the changes in the NEC3 form affect them, this new book sets it out clearly
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NewsThe impossible dream
Developer Minerva has dropped plans for this 53-storey tower, designed by Grimshaw, which was to have been the City’s tallest office block. In its place, the 14-storey St Botolph’s House will be built.
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Downbeat sales prediction from modular housing firm
Heywood Williams, the British modular housing-to-conservatory company, said that it expected UK sales to remain flat this year.
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NewsNow Multiplex takes Honeywell to court
Multiplex will be in the High Court again on 9 October to find out whether it can overturn an adjudication against a Wembley subcontractor and prevent further delays to the stadium
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FeaturesCost model: Museums
Museums and galleries have to be more high-tech, sustainable and visitor-friendly than ever before. Neal Kalita of Davis Langdon runs through the funding, design and environmental issues as well as breaking down the costs of a new-build extension for a museum
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NewsCorporation to offer five-year grants to selected schemes
Social housing funder aims to encourage greater use of modern methods of construction
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NewsGive homeowners incentives to save energy, says Cooper
But housing minister’s call gets mixed reception from industry associations
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FeaturesThe future of construction training in this country hangs on what happens to this crumbling site. Why?
By 2009, the National Construction College’s flagship facility in Bircham Newton, west Norfolk, stands a good chance of being shut down. Many industry observers will probably snigger that the construction sector cannot even build and maintain its own training centre. Unfortunately, there’s precious little to smile about.
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CommentA common obstacle
Landowners face trouble ahead with the introduction of the Commons Act 2006, especially section 15, which could block a development for at least five years
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CommentSave our college
Plonked in the middle of Norfolk, a few miles from the Queen’s Sandringham estate, CITB–ConstructionSkills’ National Construction College can seem removed from the bang and bustle of the industry at work.
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Planning charge for Gateway
Delivery agencies across Thames Gateway are working up plans to introduce planning tariffs to improve the area’s infrastructure.
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Carbon efficiency urged
John Colley, president of the Construction Products Association, has urged the government to set long-term targets for reductions in carbon in the built environment.
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Comment
Building buys a half
In “Building buys a pint … for PRP Architects” (15 September, page 32), I could not help but notice that there would appear to have been five people at the Bishop’s Finger in Smithfield, but only three drinks bought.