All Building articles in 2007 Issue 24 – Page 5
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FeaturesThe burning question
With coal and oil reserves running low, and the pressure on to reduce carbon emissions, you’d have thought the government would be eager to promote combined heat and power. So, why isn’t it? Alistair King reports, in the second article of a series on green energy
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NewsWestminster building collapses
Rubble and masonry spilled on to a Westminster street on Monday as a five-storey business centre collapsed.
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Scottish offices put Bovis Lend Lease on top in May
Business barometer … and they also catapult Bowmer & Kirkland into second place
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FeaturesThe mighty bouche
Janet Street-Porter is renowned for having an opinion on absolutely everything and it seems the construction industry is no exception.
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Hyder’s profit boost
Hyder Consulting has reported a 60% rise in pre-tax profit to £13.3m for the year ended 31 March 2007.
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NewsWhen the boat comes in, this is what it’ll see
Architect Studio Egret West has unveiled these images of a 35ha masterplan for the riverside at South Shields, Tyne and Wear.
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Bluestone deal
Bluestone has won a £3.9m design-and-build contract for light industrial accommodation in Stoke-on-Trent, for St Modwen Developments.
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Gangmaster bill
Plans to extend gangmasters legislation to cover the construction industry moved a step closer this week as Labour MP Jim Sheridan moved a private member’s bill calling for parliament to support the motion.
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Features
Belfast is booming
All sectors of the construction industry performed strongly in April, but what really catches the eye is the surge in activity in Northern Ireland, according to Experian Business Strategies’ survey
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SMC begins restructuring process by cutting staff
Troubled architect SMC group has begun to cut staff as part of a restructuring.
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NewsPfP beats housebuilders to Milton Keynes scheme
Social landlord Places for People picked over Crest and Urban Splash for 650-home scheme
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Comment
At the risk of banging on …
An average of 3 million UK households persistently suffer from noisy neighbours – a rise of 31% over the past five years, new research claims.
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Bailey promotions
NG Bailey has appointed three divisional managing directors to lead Bailey, its largest subsidiary company.
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Gleesons Ashford PFI
Gleeson Services (Powerminster) is to start a facilities contract at the Stanhope Estate in Ashford, Kent, after the release of £150m in PFI funds.
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Comment
No mercy for architects
Tony Bingham may have been too hard on the clients who took their architect to the cleaners after he failed to carry out his fundamental duty of co-ordinating the works (25 May, pages 64-65).
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News‘No approval’ for collapsed building
The cause of a building collapse in Victoria, central London, remained uncertain as Building went to press.
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NWF appointment
Richard Whiting, the finance director of building products supplier Heywood Williams, is leaving to become chief executive of distribution company NWF Group.