All Building articles in 2007 issue 43 – Page 7
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Leave them judges alone
When a judge in a notorious Scottish murder trial dismissed the case, he was publicly criticised by the lord advocate, who was herself publicly criticised by the lord justice general. There’s a lesson for us all here …
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Sheffield boss is frontrunner to lead homes super agency
Council chief executive Sir Robert Kerslake tipped to take over Housing and Communities Agency
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Sheffield boss is frontrunner to lead homes super agency
Council chief executive Sir Robert Kerslake tipped to take over Housing and Communities Agency
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Built-in security means easier access
If security was integrated with building design one benefit would be less hassle getting into meetings
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Two left in 2012 media centre
Teams led by Bouygues and Carillion are battling it out to build the Olympic media centre after it emerged that Balfour Beatty was no longer on the shortlist, write David Blackman and Dan Stewart.
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Lead times July-October 2007
There were no significant changes to lead times for materials this quarter, indicating that the market is levelling out, says Brian Moone of Mace. Overleaf, he turns the spotlight on tall buildings
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Housing stats:New-build sales and completions in September 2007
New-build private registrations shoot up and the South-east leads on regional completions
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Sharewatch — City warms to Persimmon after £2.5m buyback
The plucky underdogs struggled valiantly but in the end failed to overcome overwhelming odds.
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Gleeds’ project management arm to grow 150% by 2012
Consultant intends to double staff and boost division’s turnover to £40m
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Gleeds’ project management arm to grow 150% by 2012
Consultant intends to double staff and boost division’s turnover to £40m
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Colin Fellows’ £120m flutter
The property director of Jockey Club Racecourses is wagering that spending that much on doing up his 14 tracks will restore horseracing’s fortunes. Olivia Boyd put on her trilby and found out more
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There, there
Morgan Ashurst, a subsidiary of Morgan Sindall, has been awarded a £9.9m design-and-build contract to construct a three-storey primary care centre for St Paul’s Developments in Rotherham, South Yorkshire.
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Energy Saving Week calls for 20% reduction in energy use
The 11th annual week organised by the Energy Saving Trust kicked off this week with a mission of reducing the UK’s carbon emissions.
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Making best practice the obvious practice
From segregating waste to re-using materials - cost effective waste management can become second nature