All Building articles in 2007 Issue 25 – Page 4
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Halcrow director defects to rival
Engineering consultancy firm HurleyPalmerFlatt has poached its new group finance director from rival Halcrow.
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Features… and cut!
The politicians may want to reduce domestic carbon emissions to zero, but it’s the physicists and engineers that will decide whether it can be done. Thomas Lane took a trip to Watford to look the latest technology in the latest prototypes
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CommentNothing if not critical
The epic struggle between Mirant and Arup over the Sual power station has finally ended in a complete victory for Arup. The battle turned on the what delays were and weren’t on the critical path
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Housebuilders urge councils to support pre-planning talks
The Home Builders Federation (HBF) has hit out at councils that refuse to hold pre-planning talks with housebuilders.
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Multiplex faces more Wembley costs
Multiplex has still to reach financial settlement with at least five key contractors on its Wembley stadium project.
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Grimshaw converts to LLP
Architect Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners has become a limited liability partnership.
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NewsKelly extends Communities England’s land-buying power
Consultation paper unveiled at CIH annual conference outlines super-agency’s role
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Dialogue coach
Competitive dialogue looks set to replace the competitive negotiated procedure for most PFI contracts. The bad news is that it is unlikely to reduce costs. In fact, it will probably increase them
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Kier closes on deal
Kier has reached financial close on a £37m project to renovate Middlesex Guildhall in central London by March 2009.
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Two cheers for innovation
The construction sector is more innovative than has been generally thought, according to a report from the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (Nesta).
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Clarke to take over reins as chairman of CIC
Keith Clarke, the chief executive of Atkins, is to be the next chairman of the Construction Industry Council.
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FeaturesCost model: Visitor centres
Visitor centres give clients and their designers a great opportunity to make an architectural statement. At the same time, a lot of functions need to be squeezed into compact buildings. Neal Kalita of Davis Langdon examines how style and function can be reconciled
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FeaturesMight as well try and catch the wind
Micro-turbines may be the height of fashion, but are they any good? In the third part of our series on renewable energy sources, Alistair King finds out more
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CommentCaps: they’re the height of fashion
One way of limiting liability is to impose a curb on the amount that can be claimed under a contract. Hence caps are de rigueur. But, as this article makes clear, they’re far from simple
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Chalcroft buy-out
Contractor Chalcroft Construction has undergone a buy-out led by operations directors Paul Morley, for King’s Lynn, Steve England, for telecommunications and renewable energy, and Scott Wilson for Pershore.
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Private sector projects buoy up May’s commercial market
Commercial development index hits 61.0 with sharpest growth outside South-east, says Savills
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NewsVictoria collapse threatens nearby buildings
The structural damage resulting from last week’s building collapse in Victoria, central London, may spread to neighbouring buildings, turning it into a much bigger problem than first anticipated.
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Construction cleans up at Buckingham Palace
Several prominent construction figures have figured in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours list.