All Building articles in 2007 Issue 37 – Page 3
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NewsHutton angers unions by rejecting Gangmasters Bill
Delegates ‘baffled’ as business secretary claims CDM regulations can deal with worker abuse
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FeaturesThe writing’s on the wall
Two neighbouring sixties council estates in north London. One is the best kept estate in the district. The other is in total disrepair, blighted by crime and, much to residents’ relief, being torn down. To find out what can be learned for the latest wave of high-density inner-city housing developments, ...
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News
... and so is Osborne
Contractor Osborne has reported a 27% rise in pre-tax profit to £4.6m for the year ended 31 March 2007. Turnover rose 7% to £251.3m. The company is currently working on 150 sites.
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NewsSurviving modern times
Why has the QS profession been so slow to adopt electronic tendering, asks BCIS executive director?
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Minervas profit rise
Property company Minerva reported a pre-tax profit of £16.3m for the year to June 30, compared with a loss of £6.9m in 2006. Net value per share rose 5.3% to 327.9p, from 311.5p.
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Once upon a time in Mexico
This is Rem Koolhaas’ design for the Torre Bicentenario (Bicentennial Tower) in Mexico City, commissioned by developer Grupo Danhos. The $600m (£300m) tower will be the tallest building in Latin America at 300m. It will comprise 73,000m2 of commercial space over 85 floors. It will be completed in 2010, when ...
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Comment
Merton rules
If the government does intend to drop the “Merton rule” that 10% of energy in new developments come from renewable sources (31 August, page 24), the rationale for the move would be that a single nationwide policy is better than different policies in different areas.
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Comment
Remedial maths
In Bill Watts’ column (24 August, page 32) do I detect special pleading for wind farms to obscure the engineer’s incapacity to produce zero-energy buildings?
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CommentKiss and tell
The only people who love contracts are lawyers. For everybody else – the plasterers, the foremen, the managers – they’re just long, fuzzy words that bear no relationship to how they do their work. ‘Keep it short and simple’ should be the first rule of a legislator
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CommentKiller noise
A new World Health Organisation report has revealed that excessive noise from modern urban life is killing almost 6,500 Britons a year.
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CommentA local industry for local people
In many walks of life, there is evidence that the underdog is fighting back in the age-old battle of big business vs the little guy.
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Comment
Robust indeed
David Holder suggested on your letters page (31 August, page 28) that a pass rate of 97.5% for Robust Details is not good enough – and that “nobody wants to talk about it”. That’s wrong. I do.
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CommentWe’ve struck gold
Building’s website has an all-new sustainability section, so whether you want to join the bloggers or search for solar panels, you won’t have to waste your time trawling the net.
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The Rotunda gets in shape
Glazing has been installed on the Urban Splash redevelopment of the Rotunda in Birmingham, designed by Glenn Howells. External cladding specialist Lindner Schmidlin and main contractor Urban Splash Build installed 1,250 panes measuring 2.6m x 1.4m and weighing 150kg each. The glazing on the 232-apartment block took six months and ...
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Treasury to tackle PFI skills gap in public sector
Managers on hundreds of private finance projects request training to boost expertise
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Galliford Try leaps
Galliford Try has reported a 63% leap in pre-tax profit to £53m for the year ended 30 June, compared with £32.5m the previous year. Turnover rose 65% to £1.4bn.
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Planning gain warning
The government’s most senior housing official, Richard McCarthy, told the RESI 07 conference in Newport that ”time is running out” to change ministers’ minds on introducing the planning gain supplement.
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Mount Foster
This is the Green Mountains conservation area, a 200,000 square mile region of Libya that is being masterplanned by Foster + Partners. The architect will work with the Libyan government to redevelop the region’s ancient monuments and build eco-friendly hotels, farms and tourist centres. The project is thought to be ...
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CommentA fight on his hands
While Gordon Brown’s housing targets are laudable, I can’t help feeling apprehensive about the amount of obstacles that stand in his way