All Building articles in 2007 Issue 22 – Page 4
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NewsTriangular extremes
This exhibition structure made of cross-laminated timber triangles was unveiled last week before Birmingham’s Festival of Extreme Building.
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NewsExperts offer mixed verdict on planning white paper
Housebuilders, lawyers and agents air caveats about some proposals, while praising other
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Northern Ireland’s McLaughlin expands into Scotland
Northern Irish contractor McLaughlin & Harvey has bought Ayr-based contractor Barr.
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NewsPrivate equity firms set to lock horns over Keepmoat
Investment groups tipped to enter auction after 3i discusses £800m deal with social housing firm
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NewsKier, Rok and Galliford Try swept up in OFT dragnet
Contractors announce that they are under investigation by watchdog over alleged price fixing
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Director steps down
Edward Roderick is stepping down as a non-executive director of building materials supplier Heywood Williams.
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CommentIves rolls the dice
Francis Ives, the charismatic chairman of Cyril Sweett, has the reputation of being an enterprising fellow.
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Tenant demand drops
According to the RICS lettings survey, only 16% more surveyors reported a rise in tenant lettings than those who reported a fall.
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DBKs Welsh office
Consultant DBK Back has opened an office in Cardiff, which will be its first base outside England.
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FeaturesConversation with a heretic
Nigel Lawson thinks Britain’s attempts to stop the world getting warmer are bound to fail and will wreck our economy in the process. It would be much better to spend the money and effort adapting to the inevitable.
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NewsZero-carbon conference
Some of the UK’s leading sustainability experts will speak at a conference on the true cost of going green.
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NewsSharewatch — Oh no, it’s the Monetary Policy Committee …
Housebuilders had another unhappy week in the City, thanks to the prospect of a further interest rate rise. Taylor Woodrow fared worst; its shares fell 8.3% to 460p. Bellway fell 7.6% to £14.39, closely followed by Bovis Homes, whose price was down 7.3% to £10.60.
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NewsConsiderate Constructors to sign up clients
Grosvenor Estates and Tesco among firms set to join group that monitors site standards
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FeaturesMasdar: Nice spot for a zero-carbon city...
For his next trick, Norman Foster is going to turn a patch of desert in Abu Dhabi into the world’s first zero-carbon, zero-waste city. Martin Spring finds out how
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NewsRevealed: the Treasury’s chaotic search for a PFI tsar
Ten-month process that ended with the appointment of Gordon McKechnie was a shambles
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CommentCircumstances change cases
The case of Dundas vs Wimpey, which has now been resolved in favour of Wimpey after a 3:2 decision in the House of Lords, shows that the payment clauses in the Construction Act are not set in stone
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Care home renovation grants
Care homes in England are to receive £67m of funding for renovation, the Department of Health has announced.
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CommentPot calling kettle
The government wastes £2.6bn of its construction spend, then wonders if the industry is efficient enough. What’s really annoying, though, is that it doesn’t have to be like this