All Building articles in 2007 Issue 16 – Page 5
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Bovis Lend Lease cleans up in March
Business barometer — PFI waste plants for Lancashire council take contractor to top of table
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March is boom month for industry
March is likely to go down as one of the best ever months for UK construction, according to early economic indicators.
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NewsBellway set to expand in Thames Valley and Yorkshire
Britain’s fourth biggest housebuilder reveals plans as it posts 15% rise in interim profit to £101m
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Erinaceous’ price rises on back of bid speculation
Property services consultant Erinaceous has received preliminary takeover approaches that may lead to an offer, it said this week.
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NewsPlan floated to axe public inquiries
The government is considering axing public inquiries for major infrastructure projects such as nuclear power stations and airports as part of its revamp of the planning system.
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CommentA negative attitude
Courts are reluctant to hear claims that make a negative case. But there is some room for manoeuvre – if you can prove a negative case in a positive way
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Is this the place for an argument?
The Scottish Commercial Court is in decline. Some straightforward reforms can reverse that and revitalise a valuable part of Scotland’s legal landscape.
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QCs enter legal spat over bird protection areas
The government’s wildlife watchdog has called in top QCs to defend its moratorium on new housing across a large stretch of the Home Counties.
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Comment
Bosses, commit to apprentices
Recent statistics showing a sharp fall in apprenticeships (www.building.co.uk, 29 March) surprised me because they are not reflected by the industry’s experience.
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NewsWYG appoints new boss
Consultant White Young Green has appointed Lawrie Haynes, the former head of the British Nuclear Group (BNG) as chief executive.
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NewsAmnesty in Milan
Wilkinson Eyre Architects has designed this 5,000m2 curvilinear building to stimulate public interaction and debate about human rights.
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Amec disposals
Amec has sold Buchan Concrete Solutions to specialist contractor Roger Bullivant and Dynamic Structures, its steel business, to Empire Industries.
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CommentMeet Alexa
No, that’s not Alex Smith’s online persona, but an online toolbar that rates the popularity of websites. Which is better news for Peter Andre than it is for Richard Rogers …
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NewsNouvels plate-balancing act
This £130m concert hall by French architect Jean Nouvel is scheduled to open in the Parc de la Villette, in north-east Paris, in 2012.
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Comment
CSCS cards accepted here
As a card-carrying member of the CSCS fraternity, I was delighted to actually find a use for my black contract managers’ card recently: it is welcome as a form of identification when paying for goods by credit card in New York!
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Lets talk about this
I have been interested to read the responses from quantity surveyors to my letter published in Building (23 March, page 34).
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Lovell wins 5.8m bid
Wales and West Housing Association has selected Lovell to build 60 homes in Trelai, Cardiff, for £5.8m.
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£4m facelift for Hull
Hull’s Gateway, the housing market renewal pathfinder for Kingston upon Hull, has awarded local contractor Hobson & Porter a £4m deal to give a facelift to 370 homes in the city’s rundown St Anne’s district.