All Building articles in 2007 Issue 12 – Page 4
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NewsRouse quits Housing Corporation
Jon Rouse, the chief executive of the Housing Corporation, is to step down in June to become chief executive of the London Borough of Croydon.
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Comment
Not so charitable
Regarding your article on major international architectural practices designing affordable homes for South African township dwellers (9 March, page 15), surely for all the publicity they will get, they could put in more than 10 hours each.
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McCarthy & Stone chairman retires
Keith Lovelock has retired as chairman of McCarthy & Stone, the country’s biggest retirement housebuilder.
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CommentBuilding buys a pint ... for Churchill Retirement Living
The last time I had a bevvy with Spencer McCarthy, he took about 50 mates, relations and hacks to the Cartier International polo match and spent thousands on crates of champagne.
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NewsGuide explains how to build low carbon community
A guide on how to create “low carbon communities” was launched this week by the London Energy Action Partnership.
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NewsKier focuses on rush to build more prisons
John Dodds, the chief executive of Kier, said this week that the company would focus on prison building in the second half of the year. The move is a response to the Home Office’s need to tackle overcrowding in prisons.
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Comment
Scrap BSF as a waste of time
Regarding Paul Foster’s column about Building Schools for the Future (BSF) on 9 March (page 40), I have deep suspicions about this initiative.
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NewsBrown plans to extend the powers of RDAs
Chancellor and his key advisers aim to give agencies a say in planning and house funding
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NewsBrown goes green for his final Budget
Tax relief on cleaning up contaminated land will be welcomed but little else to cheer
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CommentGreat British PFI
The UK is a leader in procuring public buildings with private money. We should be doing much more to export that expertise to the rest of the world
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NewsOlympic stadium: if you’re not a VIP bring a brolly
Designs by HOK Sport do not include a roof, but may provide shelter for executive area
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Bovis regroups to tackle Olympics
Bovis Lend Lease is restructuring its business in preperation for the £5.5bn Stratford City project, site of the London 2012 Olympic village.
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London boss leaves HOK
Ralph Courtenay quits architect after 15 years, following reshuffle last autumn
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FeaturesA different beast
Aintree’s makeover doesn’t have much in common with the troubled Ascot redevelopment – or any other stadium for that matter. Martin Spring checks out the view from BDP’s flamboyant grandstands
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NewsFirst Base goes for the double
Regeneration developer First Base has submitted plans for two housing developments on English Partnerships (EP) sites in London.
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CommentTwo steps forward, one back
Just when the government is keen to speed up planning, a recent case on environmental assessment looks set to undermine its efforts, write Brian Greenwood and Sherryll L’oken
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Comment
You need some armour plating
The TUPE regulations now apply to a change of service provider. Make sure the original contract protects you in the event of a change of contractor
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CommentGetting arise out of a challenge
An arbitration case might offer a way forward for the courts when asked to decide whether ‘arising under’ or ‘in connection with’ best applies to a jurisdiction challenge under the Construction Act
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FeaturesThe final analysis
Tessa Jowell has now given us the final, definitive, official budget for the London 2012 Olympics, and it’s a huge increase on the 2005 figure. Or is it? Mark Leftly crunches the numbers