All Building articles in 2008 Issue 14 – Page 6
-
News
City praises Persimmon’s performance despite credit crunch
Persimmon has fared best among the volume housebuilders over the six months since the credit crunch began, according to a straw poll of six City analysts by Building.
-
News
The housebuilder’s plan - City lofts
Our company profiles continue with a developer that is attempting to cope with the drop in sales of city-centre flats in northern England. Jon Neale takes a look around
-
Features
The rebirth of Charles de Gaulle
Four years after a structural collapse killed four people, Terminal 2E at France’s biggest airport has reopened. James Clegg flew in
-
News
Rok buys contractor
Rok has bought north of England social housing contractor Richardson Projects for up to £40.5m.
-
Comment
Building buys a pint … for the Timber Trade Federation
It must be thirsty work at the Timber Trade Federation. Their chosen watering hole is directly opposite their front door in Store Street, just off Tottenham Court Road.
-
News
Government steps in to overhaul BSF programme
Revised timetable will tie £45bn school building programme in with wider regeneration projects
-
Comment
Reinwood vs Brown: Why their lordships were right
The latest House of Lords decision to spell out the rights and wrongs of the Construction Act, and the JCT, was based on sound commercial logic
-
News
WSP boss’ good year
Christopher Cole, chief executive of consultant WSP, took home £684,000 last year, up 9% on last year's £627,000.
-
Features
Peter Bonfield: The BRE's speed merchant
Peter Bonfield is a man in a hurry, whether he’s pedalling furiously on his 36-mile round trip to work or plotting grandiose five-year plans. The question is, can BRE keep up with its energetic leader? Thomas Lane went to find out
-
News
Barratt prepares to underwrite lenders’ losses on new homes
Barratt is to guarantee to banks that it will underwrite any potential losses on certain homes in order to improve lenders’ confidence in the new homes market.
-
News
Building Awards: 'This is the most fantastic industry'
… With lines like that, no wonder Nick Raynsford was a popular choice as Personality of the Year at the Building Awards 2008 last Tuesday. Katie Puckett reports on all the night’s winners
-
News
HBF asks government to buy unsold private homes
Housing Corporation offers qualified support to housebuilders’ plan to bolster market
-
News
Another Skanska boss leaves
The exodus of senior management staff from Skanska has continued with the departure of a director involved in its PFI work.
-
Comment
Hansom: Takes all sorts
What do pukka builders, tap-dancing penguins, Russell Crowe and the Grand National have in common? Yep, you guessed it: they all appear in this week’s Hansom… Clever, isn’t it?
-
News
King’s Cross: Full steam ahead
Camden council approves first phase of Argent’s £2bn King’s Cross redevelopment scheme
-
News
Keith Miller adamant family dispute has been resolved
Chief executive optimistic after Bank of Scotland helps buy out rebel Miller Group shareholders
-
News
BAA abandons plans to re-tender design framework
Further evidence of BAA’s drive to cut tender costs emerged this week when it announced that it will not re-tender its design framework contracts this year.
-
News
Planning applications: March 2008
Number of new homes at detailed planning stage falls 43% in March, with the North hardest hit
-
News
More woe for SMC as losses mount to £5.2m
Architect SMC fell £5.2m into the red in 2007 after a disastrous first-half of the year that accounted for £4.5m of the loss.
-
News
… as framework architects are snubbed on £2bn village
Framework architects for the £2bn Olympic village have been snubbed as it emerged three practices from outside the 47-strong list have been appointed to work on the scheme.