All Building articles in 2007 Issue 34 – Page 3
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News
Hips rolled out to three-bed houses
It was confirmed last week that the Home Information Pack (Hip) scheme will be extended to three-bedroom homes, amid further criticism of the programme.
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Healthy interims at Persimmon
Pre-tax profit at Persimmon rose by almost 10% to £281.1m in the first half of the year, despite what it described as “challenging market conditions”.
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FeaturesGus takes the scenic route
The Formica hell of a service station can ruin a bank holiday jaunt. But fear not: dotted around the motorway exits of Britain are some architectural gems to lift the spirits of even the most jaded driver. Gus Alexander enjoys some truly welcome breaks
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Green ratings for fit-outs
Faber Maunsell, the RICS and refurbishment specialist Skansen are to launch a green ratings system for fitting out commercial properties.
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NewsFAT in Paradise
These are the first images of architect FAT’s pavilion project for Grosvenor’s £750m Paradise Street project in Liverpool.
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Everton FC
Two weeks ago (10 August, page 24) we said KSS was the architect on Everton FC’s new stadium.
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NewsErinaceous shares plunge
Shares in Erinaceous were in freefall this week after it became the latest victim of the turmoil in the global credit markets when it announced that it was no longer in talks with any party over a sale or management buyout of the company.
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Comment
Life on the edge
Your leader column (3 August, page 3) could not be more apt. On a Sunday morning a few weeks ago, I had to inform some scaffolders who were working on a building on a busy street corner in central London about the dangers of working on the scaffold with no ...
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Comment
Spot the difference
Suzanne Reeves tells us in her article extolling the virtues of JCT2005 (20 July, page 54): “An amendment to the JCT2005 forms has already been issued for the CDM regulations … CIS amendments to all the other contracts in the suite will be included in the reprints of the 2005 ...
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Cyril Sweett and WYG join government framework
Consultants Cyril Sweett and White Young Green are among the seven firms appointed to an Office of Government Commerce framework.
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Comment
Clear as mud
The House of Lords’ ruling in the Melville Dundas case confused everybody about the Construction Act’s payment rules. Now the courts are trying to get things straight again
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News
Carillion in Canada
Carillion has reached financial close on the £200m Sault Area hospital in Ontario.
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NewsThe seven that came second …
The race to design the 2012 velopark, which was won by Hopkins Architects last month, was the most hotly contested Olympic contract so far.
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NewsIndustry called in to prevent repeat of flooding crisis
Defra commissions consultant Entec to devise flood-proofing strategy
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NewsIndustry called in to prevent repeat of flooding crisis
Defra commissions consultant Entec to devise flood-proofing strategy
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FeaturesThe building that wasn’t there
LSI Architects’ visitor centre in Cley in the Norfolk marshes works hard not to be noticed
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