All Building articles in 2007 Issue 28 – Page 5
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English Partnerships to insist on bigger homes
English Partnerships (EP) is to require that houses built on its sites offer greater space.
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NewsHSE investigates personnel link between crane collapses
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is investigating links between the crane collapse in Croydon last month and the Canary Wharf collapse in 2000, after it emerged that “a number of people” had worked at both sites.
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Ten better than one
Scottish contractor Robertson Group has reported a 93% rise in pre-tax profit to £14.1m for the year to 30 November 2006 after a restructuring into 10 subsidiaries.
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Berks business park
McBains Cooper has won a contract to cost manage a £100m business park in Berkshire for client Sergo.
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NewsEP reaps benefits of land sales
English Partnerships generated two-thirds of its funding from land sales last year.
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Bovis finance director lost job before joining
Bovis Lend Lease paid off its incoming finance director one week before he was due to start work in May.
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NewsBBC sues over Elstree fault
The BBC is suing Land Securities Trillium (LST) over an electrical fault that caused serious damage at studios in Hertfordshire.
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FeaturesBouygues’ battle for Britain
As the 10th anniversary of the French company’s entry into the UK approaches, its managing director tells Mark Leftly about his plans to expand all over the country
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Ucatt steps up ODA battle
Union takes complaints over ‘sordid’ self-employment at Olympics to Treasury and Revenue
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NewsDensity backlash
Anti-superdensity feeling increased last week after Islington council in north London vetoed plans for a 39-storey residential block on the outskirts of the City.
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NewsHopkins races away with Olympic velopark contract
Hopkins Architects has won the race to design the Olympic velopark, likely to be the last major design-led venue procured for the 2012 Games.The Hopkins consortium, which beat seven other teams, also included Expedition Engineering, sustainability consultant BDSP and landscape and masterplanning architect Grant Associates.The losers were David Chipperfield, ...
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NewsBoard averted ‘Kier scandal’
Measures put in place to avoid conflict of interest after Dodds and Mattar admitted relationship
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NewsBoard averted ‘Kier scandal’
Measures put in place to avoid conflict of interest after Dodds and Mattar admitted relationship
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Australian courts quiz Multiplex on Wembley and mall scheme
Wembley stadium contractor Multiplex faced two legal battles in Australia this week.
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RIBA vs Arts Council
The RIBA is to meet with the Arts Council over its decision to drop its subsidy for Architecture Week.
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Sheffield mall architects named
Hammerson has appointed five architects to its £500m New Retail Quarter project in Sheffield.
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NewsBrown seeks alternative to PGS
Prime minister puts housing at the top of the agenda and unveils plans to build 3 million homes by 2020