All Building articles in 2008 Issue 16 – Page 4
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News
Conservatives call for public sector blacklist for 'disreputable' firms
Tory MP wants urgent debate on “cowboy and dodgy builders”
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Bovis has Britain's best site canteen
Kent 'Korker' sausages help Bovis clinch Building's best canteen award at its St Giles site
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Ice cream cocktails on the house at Phase One Shoreditch
Ices laced with cocktails and the tales of an Olympic fencer were the highlights of Building's latest social for new professionals
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David Strong on building ‘brand zero’
Chief executive of Inbuilt and founder of the UK Green Building Council asks how feasible is a zero-carbon built environment
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Former rugby star races at Think 08
Jason Leonard will race against teams from Gardiner & Theobald and South Bank University as part of Think Regatta
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Oxford University announces masters in programme management
BT Centre at Saïd Business School launches MSc in Major Programme Management
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Alsop's reveals designs for Headingley cricket ground
Five-storey pavilion at Yorkshire test ground will become a university teaching facility during the winter
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Building launches campaign to restore faith in contracting
Rebuilding Trust aims to reassure clients of construction’s ethics in wake of OFT revelations
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Family of dead woman calls for carbon monoxide alarms
Police and HSE investigate death of 26 year old killed by carbon monoxide in Barratt home
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Comment
Under pressure
Crazed drunken rants, crushing defeats and public humiliation were rife in a week the construction industry will remember less than fondly. And then there’s that OFT thing…
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Comment
A sunnier picture
I was somewhat bemused by your recent article on the lack of demand for zero-carbon housing (4 April, page 68-71), because it almost completely contradicts our experience of supplying solar photovoltaic systems to homeowners and housebuilders.
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Features
New Orleans reconstruction: We shall overcome
Three years after Hurricane Katrina ravaged New Orleans, the city is still in ruins and 40,000 people are homeless. The government has abandoned reconstruction in favour of commercial development, but the residents of the Lower Ninth Ward, determined to stop their district becoming an industrial park, have engaged charities, architects ...
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Comment
In urgent need of repair
What a shabby week it’s been for construction. In fact, one of the shabbiest weeks in living memory.
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News
Metronet transfer
Transport for London (TfL) is due to take over Metronet’s maintenance work on the London Underground within weeks.
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Profit leap for Oregon
Timber-frame maker Oregon Timber has posted a 52% jump in pre-tax profit to £855,163 for the year ended 31 December 2007.
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Winner tipped for last Olympic job
Stanton Williams emerges as favourite for Eton Manor as MPs slam spiralling 2012 budget
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Winner tipped for last Olympic job
Stanton Williams emerges as favourite for Eton Manor as MPs slam spiralling 2012 budget
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Industry misses integrated teams target
The head of Constructing Excellence has said he is disappointed by the industry’s progress towards integrated project teams and supply chains.
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Comment
It’s housing, stupid
What’s the one thing that affects our personal wellbeing, our personal wealth and our personal future more than any other? And what do you think might happen to any government that threatens it?