All Building articles in 2007 Issue 18 – Page 5
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NewsBack in the Black Country
Staffordshire developer Jessup has submitted plans for this £65m scheme to regenerate Walsall’s canal area.
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Arup clarification
Last week, Building reported that a $100m damages claim made against Arup by construction group Mirant had been reduced to $1.4m.
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NewsThink summit issues call to arms on global warming
Al Gore and Prince Charles call for national mobilisation as John Prescott reveals that fiscal incentives will be offered to green existing buildings
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FeaturesFind me a famous architect! Gehry's NY building
For ask.com’s new HQ there was only one answer: Frank Gehry’s first New York building
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Slough appointment
Property investment and development company Slough Estates Group has promoted Colin Young from commercial manager of construction to be head of its construction arm.
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CB Richard Ellis makes key international appointment
David Hitchcock, a director at property services company CB Richard Ellis, has been promoted to head of building consultancy across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).
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Cutting carbon? The solution is alimentary ...
Human waste could soon be used to power London’s buildings.
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Silvertown finally gets go ahead
The £1.5bn Silvertown Quays regeneration project has been given the green light by Newham council in east London after a wrangle over a Section 106 agreement that has lasted more than five years.
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Estate agents warn that HIPS will bring housing ‘meltdown’
Home Information Packs (HIPS) have come under fire this week and the government has been urged to postpone introducing them on 1 June.
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NewsSharewatch — Alfred McAlpine falls again in wake of slate scandal
Alfred McAlpine’s shares continued to fall last week after the announcement that fraud in the slate division had cost the contractor £56m before tax. McAlpine’s shares dropped 8.7% to 460p over the week, making it the industry’s biggest casualty.
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NewsInvestors cautious after Spanish housing crash
BAA owner Ferrovial is among contractors that could suffer knock-on effects from market fall
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Skanska UK reports 45% rise in turnover
Skanska UK has reported a 45% rise in turnover in the first quarter of 2007.
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NewsTaywood takes £41.6m hit in Florida
Taylor Woodrow’s vulnerability to a takeover by Persimmon grew this week after it revealed that its American operations had taken a £41.6m hit.
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NewsBarratt to close nine divisions and cut 400 jobs
Housebuilder follows £2.2bn acquisition of Wilson Bowden with round of office closures
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33m Trident loan
Nationwide Commercial has provided a £33m loan to Trident, a housing association in the West Midlands.
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Lovells 2.3m deal
Lovell has been selected to build a £2.3m scheme at Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, for housing association Derwent Living.
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Online CO2 tool revealed
The British Property Federation (BPF) launched an online tool at Think 07 that calculates carbon dioxide emissions from landlord-provided services in buildings.