All Building articles in 2007 issue 46 – Page 5
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NewsMDA plans Libyan office
Country emerges as a viable destination for Western companies after a thaw in political relations, says managing director
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Land Secs to split into three
Land Securities is to be split into three separately quoted companies after revealing a slump in pre-tax profit.
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House price see-saw
House prices rose in September, in spite of fears that they would fall, according to the latest government house price index.
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NewsHooray for Pinewood
The gatehouse at Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire has been opened by the Queen.
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CommentHansom Self-harmers
BDP masterplans its own office out of existence, Banyard’s managing director gets himself into trouble on the domestic front and who knows what QSs will do to themselves in the name of pop art?
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Green policy is ‘lip service’
Anne Power, a former urban taskforce member, has criticised the government’s progress over improving the environmental performance of Britain’s existing housing stock, saying it was barely even paying “lip service” to the problem.
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CommentOurTube: Inside Gleeds TV
So what happens when a bunch of construction consultants suddenly find themselves running a television station. And why would they ever want to?
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Skanska flies the Heron to number one spot in October
Business barometer — Swedish contractor hits the top with £242m contract to build London tower
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CommentFinding Foster
Type his name into any search engine and you’ll come up with some unusual takes on Foster’s work. Chloë McCulloch finds out what he means to a variety of branding gurus, expats and geeks
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Fight fire with fire
The Local Government Association has called for an urgent review of building regulations, following the deaths of four fire-fighters in Warwickshire and wants to see sprinklers fitted to all new buildings.
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FeaturesThe Foster factor
The great man’s success is the result of a lot more than his ability to design buildings. Indeed, he has a whole repertoire of accomplishments, from uncanny persuasiveness to ruthless efficiency.
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Social housing facelift
Carillion Property Services has secured a £20m contract with Aberdeen council to refurbish kitchens and bathrooms in its homes.
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Dyball lands a heap
Dean & Dyball has won a £6m contract from New Earth Solutions to build a composting facility in Kent.
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Melville Dundas Ltd (in receivership) and Others vs George Wimpey UK Ltd and Others
This is the first time that the HGCRA has reached the House of Lords. The dispute here, which related to the payment part of that legislation, highlighted the tension between an employer’s payment obligations and the impact on those obligations of the contractor going into administration. Here, on 2 May ...
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NewsOlympic park fire sparks demolition inquiry
The Olympic Delivery Authority is analysing demolition procedures on an area of the Olympic park site that was hit by a fire on Monday.
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Departure of Erinaceous founders delayed by ‘large pay-off’
Neil Bellis and Lucy Cummings, the founders of beleaguered property services company Erinaceous, are demanding “large pay-offs”, and this is delaying their departure, according to sources close to the firm.
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Eco-towns decision in February
The government has brought forward its timetable for deciding the location of the 10 eco-towns proposed by Gordon Brown, according to an inside source.
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CommentFlogging a dead parrot
Here’s a trip down memory lane … back to the early seventies and Monty Python’s Flying Circus. But what could a hilarious, abusive, surreal sketch show possibly have to do with the modern construction industry?