All Building articles in 2007 issue 40 – Page 5
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Interest solicited in eco-homes
English Partnerships has invited expressions of interest to build 450 state-of-the-art eco-homes in Peterborough.
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SMC–Aukett merger in doubt
Merger talks between architects SMC Group and Aukett Fitzroy Robinson could be derailed by SMC’s poor financial results
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Engineer sues NHS trust in PFI dispute
The Whipps Cross NHS Trust in east London has become embroiled in a legal battle after it scrapped a £350m PFI redevelopment two years ago.
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Engineer sues NHS trust in PFI dispute
The Whipps Cross NHS Trust in east London has become embroiled in a legal battle after it scrapped a £350m PFI redevelopment two years ago
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Tube Lines develops device to protect engineers
London Underground contractor invents the first permanent fail-safe device for detecting live currents
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Hanoi’s democratic home
German architect Von Gerkan, Marg + Partners has won a competition to design the Vietnamese parliament building in Hanoi.
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Galliford Try deal
Galliford Try has been named preferred bidder on one of the first carbon neutral developments in the UK.
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Features
Cost model: Student residences
The academic year has started and a fresh intake of students is moving into brand new housing. Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon explores this dynamic and price-conscious market
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Contractors’ profits under threat from price slowdown
Report warns of lower construction margins in London as tender price inflation falls in 2008
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Contractors’ profits under threat from price slowdown
Report warns of lower construction margins in London as tender price inflation falls in 2008
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The invisible client
Repair work for insurers can be a lucrative income stream for small builders. But first, you have to unravel the enigma of who your real client is.
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City votes to fund Crossrail
The City of London Corporation has finally agreed to help fund the £16bn Crossrail project but will stump up a maximum of £250m, less than the £350m the government was hoping for.
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Snake charming
The £4.1m Lightbox in Woking, Surrey, designed by Marks Barfield Architects, has opened to the public.
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Something to catch the eye on the Champs Elysées
This Citroën showroom and museum opened on the Champs Elysées in Paris last week.
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Carillion sell-off
Carillion has sold Pall Mall Holdings and Sovereign Soft Services, its cleaning and security businesses, to Northern Irish firm Resource in a deal worth £22m.
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Cap on number of economic migrants to be imposed
David Davis, the shadow home secretary, says he would set an annual limit on the number of economic migrants to the UK.
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MP calls for change to vehicles
Emily Thornberry, the member of Parliament for Islington, appeared on the BBC’s Inside Out London last Wednesday to call for construction vehicles to be fitted with curved wing mirrors after the death of a cyclist last year.