All Building articles in 2008 Issue 12 – Page 6
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Urban Splash plans hotel expansion
Urban Splash has appointed architect Allford Hall Monaghan Morris to design the second hotel in its emerging hospitality division.
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Kerslake steps in to shake up eco-towns initiative
Boss of housing superagency to vet applications, as consultation on sites faces fresh delay
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TwelveStars gives petrol stations an eco-lift
Consultant sets out to make Cepsa petrol station across Spain and Portugal green
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CommentThe eco echo
View from Whitehall: A repeated refrain has been directed at the communities department in recent months: that it fails to deliver on key objectives. Now, it must work hard to make sure that eco-towns strike the right note, says Nick Raynsford
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Gross lending down
Gross lending declined in February, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders.
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NewsSo that’s how it’s done
Construction has begun on Eureka, a sustainable office building in Kent for developer Quadrant Estates.
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FeaturesMichael Tippett school: Wilful disobedience
Marks Barfield’s Michael Tippett school – London’s first Building Schools for the Future project – succeeds by ignoring many of the guidelines on both design and procurement. There’s probably a lesson in that, reckons Martin Spring
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Diploma to double intake
Places on the construction and built environment diploma will be doubled for September 2009, under plans announced by the government.
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Guide to derelict land
English Partnerships has launched a guide on costing the remediation of contaminated and brownfield land, after the government announced further tax relief on derelict sites.
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NewsFresh turmoil at Metronet as top official departs
Stephen Hall leaves as London Underground faces legal war over £2bn communications upgrade
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NewsDean & Dyball goes while the going’s good
The construction market may be slowing, but it appears there has never been a better time to be a regional contractor, writes Michael Glackin.
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NewsLifetime Homes: Days of old
By 2013, the government wants all homes to be suitable for disabled and elderly people. This, as Jon Neale reports, has put housebuilders in a cantankerous mood, while overleaf, housing minister Caroline Flint uses her first column for Building to put the case for the new standards
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NewsPlanning review will not look at level of council funding
Inquiry into ways to speed up planning system will not investigate resources for council planners
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OFT housing probe ‘will not consider planning’
The Office of Fair Trading has ruled out forcing a shake-up of the planning system as part of its investigation into the UK housing market.
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Comment
To complete the list …
I noticed that your article on The Sunday Times’ good employers list (14 March, page 15) missed out Royal Haskoning.
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Comment
Voice of the common man
Congratulations on your article about pleural plaques (14 March, page 36), as it is an important issue that deserves prominent and regular attention.
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CommentCollateral warranties: Lost and found
The use of the word ‘costs’ instead of ‘losses’ in collateral warranties can cause much confusion as to what exactly is being referred to and who is liable for what
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NewsRevealed: the Tesco collapse that killed a three year old
Building obtains a report that cites ‘poor construction’ in fatal 2006 accident in Turkey
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CommentCDM regs: A question of principal
State your case — Defra seems to be instigating the use of the title of principal contractor in both SWMP regulations and CDM 2007. Is this joined-up thinking or just plain confusing, asks Gillian Birkby