All Building articles in 2007 Issue 35 – Page 4
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OFT’s housebuilding inquiry moves on to second phase
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has completed the first part of its inquiry into competition and consumer issues in housebuilding.
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FeaturesHousebuilders or planners - who should set sustainability targets?
An almighty row has been brewing between local authorities, who want to set their own sustainability targets, and developers who claim this is causing chaos. The two met last Tuesday to thrash out their differences...
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NewsHelter Skelter takes Multiplex into a U-turn
In a surprise U-turn in strategy, Wembley contractor Multiplex is set to take on the contract to build what will be London’s tallest tower.
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Tough job for Gleeson
Gleeson Building is to refurbish Crystal House in Preston, voted the city’s ugliest building.
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NewsTurning over five new leaves
This is Atkins’ design for a five-star resort hotel in Lingang, near Shanghai, China.
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Fewer homes for South-east
A government report has dealt a blow to housing plans in the South-east, recommending that 6,000 fewer homes a year should be built than previously proposed.
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CommentA step too far
Extending the Construction Act to embrace oral as well as written agreements is to be applauded. Expanding the definition of ‘agreement’, on the other hand, is definitely not
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NewsFormer Westbury staff plot rapid expansion at new firm
Lioncourt launches five-year programme to become one of UK’s largest private housebuilders
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Housebuilders slam new space and energy standards
HBF warns government that proposed housing standards will lower the value of public land
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FeaturesEat your heart out, Jamie
One part the Naked Chef, two parts Ready, Steady, Cook, Bovis Lend Lease’s away day at a cookery school might have been a recipe for disaster – but turned out dead pukka. Eleanor Harding put her apron on …
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DTZ in Sweden
Property adviser DTZ has bought Stockholm firm Fastighetsplanering AB for £400,000, with further payments of up to £160,000 over the next three years.
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FeaturesDivine mystery
What’s the secret of this baffling monolith of raw concrete that stands in a field near Cologne?
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High noon in electricians’ pay dispute
Employers will find out late next month whether electrical workers are likely to strike over pay.
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FeaturesDigs with a difference
Students won’t live in grotty bedsits any more. And with 1 million of them needing somewhere to live, it’s a market you’d be wise to swot up on – just leave the kids to add their own personal touches …
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F+Gs Derby schools
Faithful+Gould has been appointed technical adviser to Derby council on its £150m Building Schools for the Future programme.
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CRH on the rise
Materials group CRH reported a 27% rise in pre-tax profit to *670m (£454m) for the six months to 30 June, from *526m (£357m) last year.
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Leadbitter contracts
Leadbitter has won two leisure contracts worth £46m in Uxbridge, west London, and Harlow, Essex.