All Building articles in 2007 Issue 19 – Page 2
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Features
Improving the quality of affordable housing with off-site construction
Best Practic Case Study on Raines Court
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News
Everyone loves the sunshine...
...but few would be as stupid as this man oblivious to the dangers that await him
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News
Jail threat for hiring illegal workers
Employers face prison sentences and fines under new Home Office plans
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Rate rises fail to dampen house market growth
Interest rate rises fail to stem steep housing market growth but RICS says confidence in market is lowest since September 2005
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If you're going to be wrong at least wear clean underwear
If you decide on becoming an arbitrator a trip to Marks & Spencer is vital says Tony Bingham
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Public buildings could be sold off for £1
Government plans to sell disused local facilities to community groups will initiate "new era of civic pride"
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Hanson accepts £8bn takeover bid from HeidelbergCement
Acquistion will create second largest materials group in the world with £10.3bn revenue
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News
Speedy Hire reveals eco-van of the future
Tool hire company develops eco-vans in bid to beat congestion charge and cut carbon emissions
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Features
Are we really ready for eco-towns?
Do we have enough green experience to develop sustainable towns?
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News
HIPs 'unworkable' says RICS
June implementation is unworkable says RICS as it calls for emergency meeting with MPs
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‘Grave concerns’ over cement shortage
Precast concrete firms blast cement manufacturers for shortage as production facilities are forced to close
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Paper round: Blair's legacy of big policy announcements
The Sunday Times says Tony Blair will outline plans for 12 new nuclear power stations and will try and push through legislation for more casinos before he steps down as prime minister on 27 June.
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Contractor fined £100,000 over electrician's death
Poor risk assessment and evidence of overwork blamed on fatal electrocution
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Circular saw + high roof + no harness = death trap
This roofer is standing on the edge of reason with his approach to site safety
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Eco-town pledge kicks off Brown's leadership campaign
Councils invited to bid for zero carbon new towns modelled on Prince Charles' developments
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Work starts on 2012 media centre
Bulldozers start removing earth from the site of the future Olympic media centre
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Beware the green backlash
People will grow weary of the sustainability message if climate change scaremongering continues - far better to focus on practical measures
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Treasury ponders return of new town corporations
Taskforce will work up proposals that may include post-war-style development bodies