All Building articles in 2008 Issue 12 – Page 5
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The price of PFI
Build costs for PFI social housing schemes are generally “significantly” more than those funded by traditional housing grant, a communities department study has found.
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NewsThe Pearl of Newquay
Construction is about to start on this residential scheme on Newquay promenade in Cornwall.
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CommentThe new seekers
Alex Smith explains how building4jobs.com is making the long and painful process of looking for a job a whole lot easier
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Comment
New tricks
Regarding the fact that the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) is to be axed and its responsibilities reallocated to local authorities (18 March, building.co.uk), I think this shift in emphasis is a good idea.
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NewsShard may revert to old procurement route
The Shard could revert to construction management if its developer fails to agree a fixed price with Mace by the autumn.
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FeaturesPeter Ryan: Have you seen this man?
He’s been trained by the FBI, works closely with Chinese intelligence and is bloody elusive when it comes to getting him photographed for magazine interviews. Karolin Schaps tracks down Peter Ryan, the London Olympics’ secret policeman
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CommentThe makeover manifesto
Open mike — A refurbishment revolution is needed if we stand any chance of cutting carbon 60% by 2050. And it may have just begun in a stable in Watford … Kate Symons explains
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London Riverside
The London Thames Development Corporation has launched a document outlining plans for 10,800 homes and 17,000 jobs on the riverside in Barking, east London.
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NewsA sound investment
By 2020 nearly one in five people will be over 65. Not only do we have a duty to build homes that meet their needs, it makes good business sense too, argues housing minister
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Rural investment
The Scottish Government spends £134 per person on rural housing, 10 times as much as the English Government, according to the National Housing Federation.
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House prices stagnate
House prices rose 0.8% in March on the previous month according to Rightmove to an average of £239,655.
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NewsGreenwich à la Mode
This development of 207 homes on the Greenwich Peninsula regeneration site has been granted detailed planning permission.
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NewsA pale green housing policy
Government policy on home energy efficiency must take a much more radical approach if the UK is to meet its climate change targets
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NewsGrand Piano
As negotiations continue over the Shard, images have been revealed of the first UK project designed by its architect, Renzo Piano, close to Centrepoint tower in central London.
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Comment
A fundamental flaw
The proposals to review Building Regulations regularly every six years looks like a throwback to the seventies to me (I am a former building control officer).
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CommentSpanish flair
Madrid’s new Barajas airport takes Gus Alexander by surprise at every turn. Offering a stimulating and innovative space, he discovers that it’s more a feat in Spanish pragmatism than technicality
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Farrell to tackle Thames scheme
Architect Terry Farrell and Partners has been parachuted in by Southwark council to help rethink the embattled Potters Fields scheme next to the London mayor’s headquarters.
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NewsZero-carbon housing kit: RuralZed explained
RuralZed is a zero-carbon housing kit for affordable low to medium-density developments that, its makers say, will meet the Code for Sustainable Homes from level three up to six and beyond. Here’s how it’s done.