All Building articles in 2008 Issue 18 – Page 7
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News
Aukett chairman
Architect Aukett Fitzroy Robinson has named Tim Hodgson non-executive chairman.
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Glasgow appointment
Ian Manson has been appointed chief executive of the Clyde Gateway Urban Regeneration Company.
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Rider Levett Bucknall appointed on Kent distribution centre
Quantity surveyor Rider Levett Bucknall has been appointed by road haulage company Transfesa (UK) to provide project monitoring services on the £13.4m development of a distribution centre in Kent.
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Sainsbury’s seeks guarantees on anti-competitive practices
Sainsbury’s has sent letters to contractors in its supply chain asking them for assurances that bid rigging has been stamped out.
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Balfour buys airport
Balfour Beatty has bought Blackpool airport for £14m from Northern Irish developer Mar Properties.
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Eco-town to go ahead
An eco-town in Devon proposed by The Prince of Wales has been granted planning permission.
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Architecture Foundation head goes after Zaha cancellation
The head of the Architecture Foundation, who faced criticism after a Zaha Hadid project was scrapped earlier this year, is to leave the role next month.
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Features
The United African Village - pioneering sustainability
A Group of built environment students at Westminster University are planning to build a village in Ghana based on sustainable technology. Can they turn their plans into reality?
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Unions renew calls to stamp out vulnerable worker abuse
Firms still use industry tax scheme to exploit staff through bogus self-employment, claims TUC report
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Abu Dhabi to launch green code
Abu Dhabi is set to release its own code for sustainable buildings in the next few months.
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Comment
Adjudication timetable: Edenbooth Ltd vs Cre8 Developments Ltd
The claimant applied for summary judgment to enforce an adjudicator’s decision. The defendant was a development company who had engaged the claimant to carry out ground works at two adjacent properties. One of the properties was owned and occupied by a director of the defendant. The work was carried out. ...
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Peel pushes on with £4.5bn Mersey regeneration scheme
Developer Peel Holdings is pushing ahead with plans for a £4.5bn regeneration scheme on the banks of the Mersey despite the continuing fallout from the credit crunch.
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Householders to be offered 21-day adjudication service
FMB and the RICS to set up nationwide dispute resolution service beginning at end of June
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Householders to be offered 21-day adjudication service
FMB and the RICS to set up nationwide dispute resolution service beginning at end of June
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Planning applications: April 2008
There are still a few reasons to be cheerful if you’re in the South-east, as Bellway carries on regardless
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Revealed: HBOS bought £100m stake in Miller
It has emerged that HBOS invested an estimated £100m when it bought its stake in Miller Group last month, writes Tom Bill.
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McCarthy & Stone set to axe one in 10 staff
Four months after announcing expansion drive, retirement homes specialist decimates its ranks
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McCarthy & Stone set to axe one in 10 staff
Four months after announcing expansion drive, retirement homes specialist decimates its ranks
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Occupiers willing to meet costs for sustainable buildings
A 'new economy' of constrained resources could be on the way