All Building articles in 2008 Issue 19 – Page 8
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News
First Base for 500-home scheme
Regeneration developer First Base has been appointed by Havering council as developer on a 500-home mixed-use scheme with Orion Land & Leisure.
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BA boss blames late building work for Terminal 5 debacle
Heathrow Terminal 5’s disastrous opening was partly caused by delays in the building programme, according to Willie Walsh, British Airways’ chief executive.
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HSE boosts its ranks with 40 new inspectors
Construction division to get 10 recruits after DWP agrees spending settlement until 2011
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Kier to regroup and launch £250m social housing drive
Chief executive John Dodds to rebalance housing division in response to ‘worst market for 30 years’
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Features
Hays 2008 Consultants' salary and benefits guide
If your staff room looks like this it’s safe to say that employers are still having to do all they can to retain talented staff. David Parsley introduces this year’s consultants’ salary guide with a look at some of the quirkier perks on offer
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£200m package to buy unsold homes
The government is to use £200m of its £8bn social housing budget to prop up ailing housebuilders by buying completed schemes and turning them into social housing, write Joey Gardiner and Tom Bill.
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Costain orders up 19%
Costain increased its forward order book by 19% to £1.9bn in the first three months of 2008.
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Redrow slashes staff by 15% as housing reservations halve
Housebuilder acts to cut costs and blames shortages of mortgages for paralysing market
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RICS publishes first official guidance on carbon management
Guide provides professional advice and standards to all chartered surveyors when advising their clients or employers
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Pioneering terrace refurbs offer efficiency hope for pre-war housing stock
Architect Axis Design Architects redesigns North Staffordshire back-to-back houses to achieve Ecohomes 'very good' or 'excellent' standard
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Erinaceous could face police fraud inquiry
Failed property consultant Erinaceous could face a police investigation into fraud on a framework deal for Kent Medway council
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HSE boosts its ranks with 40 new inspectors
Construction division to get 10 recruits after DWP agrees spending settlement until 2011