All Building articles in 2008 Issue 14 – Page 4
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NewsPass us the Polyfilla
Officials at the Tate Modern were this week preparing to have a 167m crack in the floor – intended as an art installation – filled in by contractors.
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What’s going where
The latest aerial view of the Olympic parkSee attached file for larger version.
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NewsDanger man
Thanks to Youy Wong for taking his camera to work and snapping these pictures of a “window cleaner perched on top of the sloping roof without hard hat, harness or any safety equipment. Tut-tut”.
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NewsTate Modern extension may swap glass for brick
Herzog & de Meuron’s designs for the £130m gallery extension are being substantially revised
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NewsEPCs are here, assessors are not
Not a single specialist energy assessor had qualified in time for the launch of EPCs
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Welsh sustainability
Carwyn Jones, the Welsh environment minister, has announced a sustainability standard to guide the refurbishment of social housing in Wales.
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Severfield results
Structural steel group Severfield-Rowen posted a 1.9% jump in turnover to £300m in the year to 31 December 2007.
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NewsA prickly problem
Manchester council carried out fresh remedial work earlier this month to Heatherwick Studio’s B of the Bang sculpture.
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NewsOpen sesame
Increasing density in our towns and cities is a more sustainable option than building new towns full of eco homes. But unlocking the funds that make this approach possible is not easy, says Jon Rouse
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CommentThe land of make-believe
The building industry should sit up and take notice of the McCartney/Mills divorce settlement: there are some valuable lessons to be learned, particularly when it comes to putting your side of the story to the court
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Limb for Milton Keynes
Ann Limb, the former chief executive of Ufi, the government’s internet education company, is to replace Sir Bob Reid as chair of the Milton Keynes Partnership Committee.
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CommentWeb watch - Jury service
Manchester’s Civil Justice Centre may have found favour with Building’s eminent panel of judges, but the verdict went in favour of Kingsdale School in our web poll, reports Katie Puckett
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NewsTwist House: A nightmare to wallpaper
Former member of Zaha Hadid Architects, AquiliAlberg reveals its preliminary designs
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Salford’s homes
Countryside Properties has submitted planning applications for 828 homes in the New Broughton regeneration project in Salford, Greater Manchester.
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Standing up for the little guy
It is little wonder that 70 SMEs went bust in a month, as reported in Building recently (28 March, page 11). Despite the good intentions of Egan and Latham, the industry is imploding because of the ill-founded initiatives that were based on those reports.
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Roofer pleads guilty to manslaughter
The owner of a roofing firm has pleaded guilty to manslaughter after the death of a teenage employee who had joined the firm only a week earlier.
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Homebuyers’ grants
Cash grants of £1,500 will be offered to first-time buyers who use the government's Open Market Home Buy scheme, in which buyers take 50% equity in a new home.