All Building articles in 2008 Issue 11 – Page 5
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CommentIcon, you con, we con, they con …
Open mike To say you’re going to produce an iconic building is an act of hubris, a confession of illiteracy and a good indication that you don’t really understand design.
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NewsSharewatch — Market meltdown hits materials companies
Building materials groups proved that they too were at the mercy of the downturn this week. In a busy reporting period, most stocks headed south.
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NewsNot so common
The Office for Metropolitan Architecture has won a competition to restore the grade II-listed former Commonwealth Institute in Kensington, west London.
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NewsNew York crane collapse
At least seven people died and 17 were injured after a crane collapsed on a construction site in New York last Saturday.
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South Coast contractor Dean & Dyball is put up for sale
Balfour Beatty and Galliford Try could lead bidding for £262m turnover regional contractor
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Skanska makes pensions compulsory for supply chain
Construction union Ucatt claimed a historic victory this week after Skanska became the first contractor to require its suppliers to offer their staff pensions.
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‘Zero carbon’ to be defined by end of year
The industry has welcomed the promise in last week’s Budget to define what “zero-carbon housing” actually means.
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Government instigates Building Regulation revolution
Two years after it began, Building’s Reform the Regs campaign ends in victory
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CommentBuilding buys a pint … for Scott Brownrigg
It’s not every day that a mouse interrupts an evening out. Not even when Building buys a pint.
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Lovejoy bought
Capita Symonds has bought £6.5m-turnover planning consultant Lovejoy for an estimated £2.5m.
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NewsBoris the bulldozer
Three major schemes on London’s South Bank – Doon Street tower, Elizabeth House and the Beetham tower – will not see the light of day if Boris Johnson is voted London mayor on 1 May, he declared this week.
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SIGs profit boost
Insulation and roofing specialist SIG posted a 29% jump in pre-tax profit to £140.1m for 2007.
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Development bodies in doubt
A senior civil servant at the communities department has refused to guarantee the future of development corporations set up to aid the construction of 160,000 homes in the Thames Gateway.
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Consultant Wakemans promotes three to its board of directors
Also: development firm Targetfellow announces joint managing directors
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CommentWonders & blunders
When it comes to materials, Sir Bernard Ingham finds his soul lifted by the power and grandeur of stone, while modern alternatives suggest mere derangement
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NewsCrest slows construction of flagship Birmingham project
Chief executive admits sales rate has halved at £261m Park Central since credit crunch began
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Bellway clarification
In a report on research from the Institute of Credit Management (Building issue 10) we said Bellway took 63 days to settle bills.
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CommentBecoming one
Many projects go wrong because the way they’re set up means they have no chance of going right. But what has that got to do with the Zen of marine engine repair?
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Terry Starr takes on key job at Candy’s Chelsea Barracks
Candy & Candy has appointed Terry Starr construction director of its £959m Chelsea Barracks development.
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Developers on bargain hunt for cheap land
One raises £50m to exploit market downturn in residential sites