All Building articles in 2007 issue 40 – Page 4
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Housing slowdown
Further signs of a housing market slowdown emerged this week, with Bank of England figures showing new mortgages taken out in August fell 9% year on year.
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News‘We’ll scrap Hips,’ says Tory shadow housing minister
Home Information Packs are ‘clumsy, ineffective and useless’ Grant Shapps tells Conservatives
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CommentHigh standards
Alex Smith welcomes the arrival of the RIBA’s revised Standard Forms of Appointment to its website in a handy PDF format, which will save time, effort and paper
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FeaturesSweden's green utopia
This new Stockholm suburb demonstrates how simple, robust, centralised systems can outperform flashy designs bristling with turbines. But can it work as a model for Gordon Brown’s eco-towns?
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Comment
For your own good
I read with interest your articles on frameworks and small businesses (14 September, page 26).
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NewsGoods made good
These are the first images of a 2.5ha regeneration scheme in Hayes, Middlesex. Designed by Rolfe Judd for Ballymore Properties, the £100m scheme includes the development of a derelict goods yard into 478 residential units, a town square and cultural centre alongside a canal, and more than a hectare of ...
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Give us the money
Nearly nine out of 10 young construction professionals would prefer a job with a better salary to working for an eco-friendly company, according to a survey at Building’s Phase One networking event in London last week.
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CommentGet with the times
Nick Raynsford raises some pertinent queries about the government’s plans to increase housing supply (14 September, page 30). The issue is whether this expansion will lead to a drop in design and environmental standards.
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Comment
Zero-sum games
You know the government’s got serious on climate change when it instructs cows to eat garlic. It’s also offering lower stamp duty to those who buy more energy-efficient homes. But will the idea work?
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Comment
Looking to the future
Building showed itself to be rather behind the news when it said last week (28 September, pages 13 and 28) that it had “emerged” that the targets set in 2004 for the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme would not be met – something we have been saying, and ...
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CommentMaking friends
This week, a Tory minister demonstrates how not to impress the construction industry, Tesco picks up people in pubs and a Labour party member praises a great former leader
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CommentKnow who your friends are
Partnering is either about trust and transparency or it’s about two parties shafting each other. Rudi Klein offers a handy quiz that should help you find out which one you’re dealing with
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News
RIBA forms move online
The RIBA has replaced its Standard Forms of Appointment with the RIBA Agreements 2007 and put them online.
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PMI index falls
The Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply’s index for construction fell to 60.3 in September, down from 64.8 in August.
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Faithful + Gould restructures in North
Faithful + Gould has carried out a management reshuffle of its northern operations.
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Quintain expands in Wembley
Developer Quintain has bought the 12.9 acre Wembley Retail Park from the Junction Partnership for £85m, extending its ownership in the north-west London borough to 85 acres.
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CommentTrust exercise
Sir Michael Latham recalls his lobbying for a construction contract based on fairness and trust and is pleased to see that a new JCT form is underpinned by these very qualities
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FeaturesMayne event
Here’s the latest design by Californian practice Morphosis and its Pritzker-winning boss
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Features‘Yeah, near enough’
Councils’ building control departments are facing big changes to the way they do business, with many predicting a wholesale switch to self-certification. But what will be the consequences of that? Thomas Lane took a peek at the future, and it doesn’t look good …