All Building articles in 2007 Issue 08 – Page 2
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NewsWill Tessa take the baton?
If Tessa Jowell takes over the chair of the Olympic Delivery Authority her partners will hope she's more discrete than Jack Lemley
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McInerney acquires housebuilder Lancing for £16.5m
Irish housebuilder buys Newcastle-based business and posts a 16% rise in 2006 profit
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NewsAlfred McAlpine hit by £24m hole in slate accounts
Shares plunge 16% as firm suspends two managers amid probe into financial irregularity at slate business
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NewsPersimmon posts record £582m profit
Turnover hits £3.14bn as housebuilder concludes successful integration of Westbury Homes into business
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NewsImage: Spanish practice
Reid Fenwick Asociados reveals its design for the Madrid retail and leisure park
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NewsTaywood’s new broom plans sweeping changes
Chief executive Ian Smith sets out a complete overhaul of group’s business strategy
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Davis Langdon moves to fill sustainability skills gap
Consultant introduces training for all technical workers as number of green projects rises
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NewsCPA calls for cheap land for eco homes
Association challenges government to demonstrate its eco credentials
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NewsTesco boss quits
Tony Vasishta, the supermarket’s development director, heads exodus of property team
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NewsHadid enjoys record results as profit soars 320%
Architect’s profit passes £1m for the first time, while turnover rises to £9.6m
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NewsFoster + Partners’ estimated price falls to £300m
Concern about continuing involvement of Lord Foster knocks up to £200 from likely price
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NG Bailey calls for help over video nasty
M&E contractor investigate dangerous stunts revealed on YouTube
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CommentWanted ...
... three-storey office with reception area, seminar room, exhibition space and underwater meeting room on 1,000m2 site on Fox Dale Island. Smudger Monro (that’s him below) tells us more
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FeaturesSuffering in silence
For the 25 years that he was a crane driver, Terry Duxbury endured the job’s unsafe conditions and culture of never speaking out. Here he tells Sarah Richardson about the terrible personal price he had to pay before he found his voice
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CommentShopfitters of the world unite
Open mike Specialists such as shopfitters should make their voices heard if standards are to be maintained along the contracting supply chain.
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NewsSpanish practice
Reid Fenwick Asociados, part of the Reid Architecture, has revealed this design for a retail and leisure park in Madrid.
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CommentPiling up trouble
Legal aid A piling specialist has been asked to sign a contract that links payment of its retention to the final certificate on the whole project. Is this allowed under the Construction Act?
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CommentOut with the new
The government is promoting modern methods of construction to make homes cheaper, but what are the true costs of these methods for the people who build and inhabit them?
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PFI money set to be released
The government is finally set to release the remainder of its long-delayed housing PFI budget.
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NewsWembley looks wobbly
Fresh doubts emerged this week over whether the 2007 FA Cup Final will be held at Wembley.