All Building articles in 2007 Issue 29 – Page 7
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Cyril Sweett reports 7% profit rise in wake of flotation news
Consultant Cyril Sweett has reported a 7% rise in profit in the first set of accounts to be published since it announced that it intended to float on the alternative investment market (AIM).
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East of England falls 63% short of affordable housing target
Just one in six of the homes being developed in the east of England, a housing hotspot, is affordable, according to figures released by the regional assembly.
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Glass panel falls 60ft from Birmingham’s Beetham Tower
A glass panel has fallen from the eighth floor of architect Ian Simpson’s Beetham Tower in Birmingham.
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Features
Gordon Brown wants 3 million new homes by 2020.
If they are ever to be built, Britain’s planning system needs radical change. The planning white paper, now out to consultation, aims to streamline applications. But critics claim it does little to stop councils playing politics with housing.
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Grants rise 17.5% to encourage employers to train staff
The sector skills grant for apprentices is to rise by £1,400 under proposals from training body CITB-ConstructionSkills.
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Trillium buys Amec’s project investments arm for £164m
Trillium’s chief executive says agreement is ‘last piece in the jigsaw’ in building PPP presence
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Building intelligence Q1 2007: Keeping busy
From public housing to the commercial sector, new work continued to keep people occupied over the past year, driving a 3% rise in construction output. Experian Business Strategies reports
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Hennellys debt topped 1m
Labour supplier Hennelly’s, which went into administration earlier this month, owed more than £1m to creditors when it collapsed.
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Myth #3: Office electrical equipment must be tested by a qualified electrician every year
While it’s good to keep an eye on all electricals, annual professional testing isn’t mandatory
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What is wrong with this picture?
Stephen Davis of RPS Burks Green writes: “The eye wanders around until you find the guy balancing on a 230mm wide sheeting rail in the eaves, 6m above the deck.
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Features
‘I just feel the whole system is rather stupid’ — One man’s 14-year battle with the planning laws
Gerald Ringe had one of those classic dreams: buy an old wreck in the country and turn it into a rural retreat. But he hadn’t counted on the idiosyncrasies of our planning system. Fourteen years after his first planning application, he’s finally giving up. He tells Katie Puckett why…
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Hill International win New York City housing deall
Consultant will provide construction management and build services on $50m housing scheme