All Building articles in 2008 Issue 16 – Page 7
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New scheme for the Old Bailey
Land Securities’ 30 Old Bailey, designed by Make Architects, has been given planning permission.
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Woods Bagot court buildings: Handy if there’s a dispute…
This is the latest image of Woods Bagot’s design for Delancey Estates’ Rolls Building on Fetter Lane in the City of London.
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Atkins confident
Atkins has said its results for the year to 31 March 2008 will be at the top end of expectations.
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Arup to offer green design service
Arup is launching the strategy for ‘full sustainability’ at this year’s Think event
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Tyler’s appointment
Defence and support services company VT Group has appointed Ian Tyler, Balfour Beatty’s chief executive, as a non-executive director with effect from 12 May.
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Capita makes another purchase
Capita Symonds has bought consulting engineer NRM Bobrowski for an estimated £1.5m.
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How they made it: Will Alsop
How they made it - Do things your own way, work for someone you respect, steer clear of venture capitalists, and don’t hurry lunch … Will Alsop is full of advice for budding architects. Over a leisurely afternoon drink, he shares some of it with Roxane McMeeken
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First impressions: Projects by Alsop and Cube Design
University of East London student comments on some recent projects shown on the Building website
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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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Public sector to root out bid rigging after OFT bombshell
Highways Agency begins wide-ranging review NHS issues alert to all finance directors Construction Confederation warns councils not to remove named firms from frameworks Wildgoose Construction is still trading and is not in administration as incorrectly stated in Building magazine
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New affordable housing developer
Chris Horn, former project director of the £2bn Elephant & Castle regeneration scheme in south London, has launched an affordable housing development company called Enter Homes.
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MPs call for urgent HSE action on crane safety
Safer Skyline campaign gains support as select committee proposes national cranes register
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All open and above board
I read with interest Liam Holder’s letter (4 April, page 38) suggesting that my article on SGS vs Barratt (14 March, page 70) breached some kind of “assumed” confidentiality.Although I acknowledge the general assumption is that adjudication is private and notionally confidential, I have yet to see any law that ...
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RICS rebel Jeremy Hackett dies suddenly at 66
Jeremy Hackett, the rebel member of the RICS’ governing committee, has died suddenly.
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30 St Mary Axe: A gherkin to suit all tastes
Having dominated London’s City skyline for four years, the Gherkin is now appealing to a wide range of occupiers. Shame about the windows, though.
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Mace boss predicts ‘healthy’ 2008 as profit rises 46%
Stephen Pycroft, the chief executive of Mace, has said the consultant will have a “healthy” 2008 despite the market downturn.
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Housing stats: New-build sales and completions in March 2008
This month’s data reveals that private housing starts are down almost 40% on last year
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£100m Bullock sale may start private equity stampede
Investors eye social housing contractors after Lloyds Development Capital buys Midlands firm
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10 years of the Construction Act
Ten years after it became law, the Construction Act is a boisterous, perplexing triumph. Here’s its biography. Overleaf, Rudi Klein and Dominic Helps add their views, and we hear from one man who went through the mill and survived