All Building articles in 2007 issue 41 – Page 5
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Gleaming smiles for a smart new set of dentures
You wouldn’t give a top architectural prize to “a set of new dentures”, would you? Well, that’s what the RIBA president did on Saturday night, presenting this year’s Stirling prize.
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CommentA song and dance
Balfour Beatty appeases God’s wrath, Lafarge sweetens up its concrete and Yvette Cooper denies she’s a totalitarian dictator – all to the accompaniment of a Polish accordion and high-altitude dad rock
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Local levy to fund Crossrail
Cash raised in London through the supplementary business rate (SBR), a local business levy, will go towards Crossrail rather than local projects, Alistair Darling announced this week.
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Davis Langdon replaced by EC Harris on City flagship
Consultant brought in to replace rival on Bishopsgate Goods Yard regeneration project
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NewsChange of quay
Gateshead council has produced a planning brief for a development on Gateshead Quays.
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Training centre to be demolished
The ability of London to train workers to build the 2012 Olympic venues is under threat after it emerged a key training facility is to be demolished to make way for a secondary school.
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FeaturesSustainability — Embodied carbon
Your client’s low-energy building has a wind turbine and photovoltaics, the insulation uses sheep’s wool and there’s no PVC.But just how much carbon has been used in assembling the building – and should we worry? Davis Langdon report on an initiative to rate the embodied carbon of buildings.
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NewsStirling prize winner calls for closer links with the public
Chipperfield criticises ‘dysfunctional relationship’ between architecture and society in Britain
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NewsHousebuilders warned not to rely on buy-to-let investors
Property consultant Hometrack tells HBF that returns on residential property are falling
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Crane firm buyout
Ainscough Crane Hire has been sold in a £255m management buyout, backed by an integrated debt and equity package from the finance division of the Bank of Scotland, owned by HBOS.
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Firms urged to buy from China
Construction firms could save more than 30% in costs by sourcing materials and building components from China, India and eastern Europe.
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Legislation may be required for councils to build new homes
Government plans to revive council housing may need to be approved by parliament before they can go ahead.
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NewsBovis Lend Lease poaches top Skanska executive
Appointment of Nick Pollard is latest in a string of boardroom changes at UK business
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NewsBovis Lend Lease poaches top Skanska executive
Appointment of Nick Pollard is latest in a string of boardroom changes at UK business
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FeaturesBoom over?
Business might well be ballooning for the UK’s top 250 consultants, as our cover suggests, but the global credit crunch has led some well-informed voices to predict a slide in demand, particularly in the London commercial market. Stephen Kennett looks at whether they’re right
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Engineering body warns of nuclear skills shortage
The government’s proposed nuclear build programme will not be able to fill the energy gap by 2020, a professional engineering body has warned.
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Leading M&E bodies consult members on possible merger
The two main trade bodies in the M&E sector are consulting their members about a possible merger.
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CommentA bit of a liability
Following a judgment in which the defendants were ordered to reveal their liability insurance cover to the claimant, expect such requests to become commonplace in large claims