All Building articles in 2007 Issue 13 – Page 3
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CommentHow to fund a revolution
Last year, I proposed the formation of construction city academies to combat the lack of basic skills in young people. Now, here’s how we should finance them ...
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Flatpack living
The emperor’s new clothes comes to mind when viewing the Ikea flatpack homes.
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First Olympic infrastructure tenders go to market
The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) has put contracts for the infrastructure for the Olympic park out for tender this week.
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FeaturesVeiled in emeralds: Zürich museum
This extension to a Zürich museum is a beguiling marriage of romance and modernism
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FeaturesDouble or nothing
Engineer Carolina Lameiras used to be a member of the ICE. Now she’s studying for an IStructE chartership. In the last of our series of heads to heads, she asked the presidents of both institutes the same tough questions
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FeaturesSustainability: Domestic power masterclass
With wind turbines for sale at DIY shops and a stampede breaking out for renewables grants, has micro-power generation really arrived? Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon considers the options for domestic low and zero-carbon systems, and adds up the costs
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NewsTaylor Wimpey: the deal of the decade
It is the merger that has been tipped, on and off, for the best part of a decade, but few would have thought that a £5bn deal between Taylor Woodrow and Wimpey to create the UK’s largest housebuilder would finally be hatched in a “dingy roadside cafe on the M40”.
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CommentAs near as dammit
The Major Contractors Group’s strategy for giving the British construction industry a properly trained and regulated workforce has been achieved. Well, almost ...
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Shark-infested contracts
Artworks often provide the centrepiece for a development. No problem, you might say. Until you know that Damien Hirst’s shark was commissioned for £50,000 and sold for £7m. There’s a lot of room for negligence writs there …
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The underbelly of construction
The government will never cut out fraudulent self-employment claims in construction. Most take place in the domestic market where CIS cards are not an issue.
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Communities England plans pump priming fund
The team overseeing the establishment of Communities England has been holding talks with financial institutions about setting up funds to pump prime infrastructure investment.
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Sharewatch — Housebuilders’ shares climb in wake of Taywood deal
The industry, and housebuilders in particular, performed strongly last week as takeover talks fuelled share price rises even before this Monday’s announcement of the proposed merger of Taylor Woodrow and George Wimpey.
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Motor City Norman
Foster + Partners has beaten a star-studded shortlist to win a commission for a Motor City in Aragon, Spain.
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Minerva returns to profit, but fails to cheer the City
Property company Minerva has posted a pre-tax profit of £15.4m in its interim results.
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Former Northcroft chair joins T&T
Mark van den Berg, the former chairman of consultant Northcroft, has joined Turner & Townsend to head the contract services division.
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Cash-in-hand culture
Why does the construction industry always get hammered about tax avoidance?
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Cashing in on the green pound
Building’s “green gurus” raised some timely points on the commercial reality of building sustainably (16 March). On the one hand, we recognise that this is a thriving industry with great potential; on the other, housing developers see upfront costs and little hope of recovering them.
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Cameron sparks CDM debate
The revised CDM regulations are to be debated in parliament after Conservative leader David Cameron called for them to be cancelled.