All Building articles in 2007 Issue 28 – Page 6
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Features‘They all hate me!’
There are some things that the fledgling project manager can’t learn at university – such as how to deal with punch-ups or the nagging feeling that your team couldn’t care less. Debika Ray seeks some therapeutic advice
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NewsBrown seeks alternative to PGS as he puts housing at the top of the agenda
Prime minister Gordon Brown this week put housing at the top of his agenda and said the planning gain supplement (PGS) bill would be deferred, if the industry could come up with a better alternative.
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FeaturesThe golden age of travel
Is right now, thanks to the bulging pay packets, cushy expat packages, sexed-up CVs and challenging jobs that are on offer to UK professionals willing to work abroad.
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Comment
After the event
This House of Lords decision concerns the assessment of damages to be awarded to an injured party to a contract that has been breached before the occurrence of an event which would give rise to a right to cancel (in this case, the Second Gulf War) and before the contract ...
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Labour supplier Hennelly’s goes into adminstration
Labour supplier Hennelly’s, which was providing workers for Balfour Beatty at the King’s Cross regeneration scheme, has gone into administration.
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Eco action plan
Trade bodies including the Institution of Civil engineers have announced an action plan called the Sustainable Development Strategy to help meet sustainability targets.
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DTZ acquisition
Property adviser DTZ has acquired Donaldsons, a firm in the same sector, for £40m now and up to £8.8m later.
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ECB lets 500m job
The European Central Bank has called for tenders to build a £500m headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany.
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Gleeds’ £169m Edinburgh schools deal
Consultant Gleeds has been appointed by Axiom Education to oversee the biggest education PPP project in Scotland.
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FeaturesIs Brown's plan for 3 million new homes by 2020 feasible?
The Prime minister this week announced plans to dramatically escalate housebuilding in England and Wales over the next 12 years.
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NewsHouse price rises slow for first time since 2006
RICS report finds fall in buyer demand due to interest rate rise
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NewsCan we fix it?
CIC chief Keith Clarke wants us to project a more positive image of workplace health and safety, but is that really going change anything? And is it as much fun as pointing out the foibles of safety cowboys?
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Brown lays foundations for housing Nirvana
Gordon Brown wants to build 40,000 more homes a year and today he revealed how he intends to hit the target
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NewsStace LLP steer dragon to victory
Stace LLP dodged the rain and the competition to row to victory at Building's London Dragon Boat Challenge