All Building articles in 2007 Issue 21 – Page 5
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FeaturesCountry focus: France
With President Sarkozy newly instated, Patrick Leniston, country manager for EC Harris in France, reports on the construction issues that may affect the country’s future leader
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NewsCounting the cost
It is not yet known to what extent Monday’s fire at the Cutty Sark in Greenwich, south-east London will set back the 19th century ship’s £25m restoration.
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NewsMcBains Cooper regroups for regional growth push
Consultant forms three divisional boards and announces revamp of northern arm
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FeaturesComing to a universe near you
The Peter Harrison Planetarium is about to bring the mysteries of the cosmos to Greenwich park
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News
Rogers City tower
British Land has confirmed it will press ahead with construction of Richard Rogers’ 47-storey Leadenhall Building in the City.
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CSCS in row with CITB over smartcard plan
CITB–ConstructionSkills and CSCS are in a contractual stand-off over the introduction of smart card technology to the industry’s skills card scheme.
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Growth in China
Consultant EC Harris has appointed Simon Baxter to head its mainland China arm, as part of growth across property asset sectors.
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Change at Wolseley
Wolseley has announced that the chief executive of its US building materials business, Fenton Hord, will retire from the board on 31 July.
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CPA writes to cabinet
The Construction Products Association has written to the cabinet secretary, stressing the need for a government department for industry, whether it is called the DTI or something else
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NewsGive first-time buyers a leg up
The shortage of one- and two-bedroom homes has driven up prices, to everybody’s detriment
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Persimmon buy
Persimmon Homes has bought a two-acre site at Navenby, near Peterborough, in Lincolnshire.
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Gateway homes ‘must be built twice as quickly’
Audit office says rate of housebuilding must increase 100% to hit 2016 target of 160,000
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NewsCurrie & Brown loses BSF head
Consultant Currie & Brown is to lose its Building Schools for the Future (BSF) head in the third director-level departure from its PFI team in a month.
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British Land buoyant
British Land has reported a 13% rise in underlying pre-tax profit to £257m in full-year results.
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Features
Welsh wins keep Bovis on top of contractors table
Business barometer — Cardiff malls keep Australian firm clear of second-placed Laing O’Rourke
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Former Bovis boss joins Candy & Candy
John Howell, the former head of Bovis Lend Lease’s southern division, has joined development manager Candy & Candy in the newly created role of construction director
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Buy-to-let boom
Fears that borrowing costs might deter buy-to-let investors lack substance, a survey by Paragon Mortgages has claimed.
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Comment
Blame where its due
The jury is still out on the Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) record on prosecutions resulting from construction fatalities following Ucatt’s Levels of Convictions report and the HSE’s counterclaims. The results paint a confusing picture of the actual number of convictions.