All Building articles in 2007 Issue 03 – Page 4
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Comment
Competence is the key
Meeting different regulatory requirements is a nightmare for plumbers and a serious problem for everyone else in the construction industry. But there is a better way.
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News
Government gives go-ahead to Communities England
Merger of Housing Corporation and English Partnerships to create super regeneration agency
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News
PGS provides chance for tax evasion, say critics
Nick Raynsford, the former construction minister, has warned that the design of the planning gain supplement (PGS) provides plenty of scope for tax evasion, further increasing pressure on the government to scrap the levy.
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News
Multiplex and CBUK return to court over roof works
Multiplex project director claims Wembley steel contractor’s prices were ‘out of this world’
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News
Carillion reveals pricetag for integrating Mowlem
Carillion has said it paid £20m to restructuring its troubled rail business and integrate Mowlem after last year’s takeover.
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News
Zero carbon taskforce gets green light
The government’s plans for all new homes to be zero carbon by 2016 moved a step forward this week with the formation of a steering group to lead the initiative.
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Olympic village will fail to hit government’s carbon target
Westfield admits that Stratford City will not meet upper levels of Code for Sustainable Homes
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News
Latest crane collapse triggers safety campaign
After a series of fatal accidents Building is launching the Safer Skyline campaign, calling for rigorous checks on crane conditions
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News
Safer Skyline campaign: crackdown on cranes
The horrific Canary Wharf crane collapse in May 2000 sent shockwaves through the industry.
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News
Big game Hunter
Making the news Sir Tom Hunter is the media-shy multimillionaire out to capture Crest Nicholson
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News
The battle of Croydon
Croydon council struck developer Stanhope a blow this week by serving a compulsory purchase order (CPO) on the Gateway site in east Croydon.
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Crest set to win six-year struggle to build in Bath
Crest Nicholson is on the verge of winning a long-running battle to develop one of the south-west’s most important regeneration sites this week.
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Features
Willkommen zurück, pet (Welcome back, liebchen)
Our league of Europe’s top 300 contractors and materials producers kicks off with an analysis of the German market, which has just had its first year of growth in a decade. Mark Leftly looks at what’s caused the change – and what it means for British firms considering a trip ...
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News
Another fine mesh
Alison Brooks Architects has won planning permission for this £4m arts and business centre in Folkestone, Kent.
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Hochtief aims to break into UK building market this year
Europe’s third largest contractor to add British building division to its civils and PPP business
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Features
Adam family values
Many go into the construction industry because their dads did, but only a handful have one as famous as Robert Adam. Emily Wright met him and son Jamie to find out whether the agony outweighed the ecstasy
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News
Industry sanguine about rate rise
Housebuilders have shrugged off last week’s rate rise and are confident about prospects in 2007 – providing that rates remain stable for the rest of the year.
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News
M&E firm Axima to abandon northern England
M&E contractor Axima has been forced to withdraw from the northern English market and restructure after being hit by financial problems.
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Pre-tax profit leaps 26% at T&T
Pre-tax profit at consultant Turner & Townsend (T&T) has leaped 26% from £12.5m to £15.7m for the year ending April 2006.