All Building articles in 2006 issue 48 – Page 5
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News
Equity firm tipped to make Wilson Bowden bid
Housebuilder's £2.3bn pricetag expected to be too expensive for industry rivals
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NewsNew chapter for Barking and Dagenham
Architecture plb has unveiled these designs of a public library for Barking and Dagenham in east London.
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NewsAtkins will hold on to stake in Metronet
Keith Clarke, the chief executive of Atkins, was adamant this week that he was not considering selling its stake in Tube consortium Metronet, despite its effect on the firm’s bottom line, writes Angela Monaghan.
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NewsHadid’s aquatics centre fails environment test
Sustainability audit criticises design for its lack of environmental features
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Comment
Knock it down and start again
In regard to your recent article on Ascot (17 November, pages 28-30), the original royal enclosure lawn was 2m above the racetrack.
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Features‘A lot of the guys won’t work on timber frame again’
This July, a site in north London turned into a terrifying inferno in the time it takes to make a cup of coffee. Nobody knew why. Now the London Fire Brigade has talked exclusively to Building about what happened and the dangers inherent in multistorey timber-frame sites.
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Transport for London to sell land after review
Transport for London is to raise millions of pounds by selling off or developing a significant proportion of its land holdings. The money will be used to fund future transport schemes.
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NewsOfficials advise firms how to avoid planning gain levy
Communities Department civil servants tell developers and councils to fast-track schemes
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Hyder hunts for acquisitions in China and Germany
Hyder Consulting is looking for more firms to buy in Asia and Europe after a 216% rise in pre-tax profit to £8.1m for the six months to 30 September.
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CommentAn offer you can't accept
Rudi Klein Main contractors are increasingly insisting that specialists use materials supplied by a specified manufacturer – which can put them in a difficult and dangerous position. Here’s why
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Land values must fall 14% to make sense of eco promises
Stephen Stone, chief executive of Crest Nicholson, has said land values must drop by an average of 14% to enable eco-friendly schemes to stack up.
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12 axed in fresh Currie & Brown rejig
A member of the board of consultant Currie & Brown is to leave the firm, along with 11 employees who have been made redundant in a restructuring, writes Emily Wright.
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CH2M boss says Olympics will top £12bn
Project manager CH2M Hill told an audience of US academics that the cost of Olympics projects would hit £12bn even before Tessa Jowell announced cost hikes last week, writes Sarah Richardson.
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Laing O’Rourke lands £9bn 10-year deal in Abu Dhabi
Contractor set to sign joint venture with Aldar Properties, the biggest developer in the emirate
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FeaturesCost model: Hotels
A hotel lives and dies on the quality of its service, but that relies on constructing the right kind of environment in the first place. Neal Kalita of Davis Langdon breaks down the costs
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