All Building articles in 2008 Issue 2 – Page 6
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Sharewatch — Housebuilders hold their breath until the spring sales
After a horrendous start to 2008 for housebuilders, which saw more than 10% of their value wiped out in three days, things could only get better.
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Birmingham's shard
Barratt Developments is to carry out the £41m regeneration of Shard End Crescent shopping parade in Birmingham into a mixed-use development.
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Eco-town bidders must notify councils or face disqualification
Prospective eco-town developers have been told they must notify relevant councils about their proposals if they want to win a place on one of the government’s 10 preferred sites.
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Features
Better by degrees
Entering construction as a graduate will stand you in better stead than jumping right in and learning on the job. Even the lack of on-site experience can work to your advantage, says graduate QS Richard Devoy
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Comment
How a quirk became a cause
A Russian shipping dispute about bribery may seem little more than an oddity, but the Lords’ ruling gives a clear indication of how far the courts will go to enforce arbitration clauses
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Balfour shrugs off Metronet debacle
Balfour Beatty has issued a bullish trading statement for 2007 that is at the “top end of current expectations”.
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Ujima creditors back sale to London & Quadrant
Major creditors of collapsed housing association Ujima have agreed to transfer the business to a rival landlord.
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Aylesbury Vale eco-town could fund Oxford rail link
Planned Buckinghamshire development could contribute £15m to £150m East-West railway
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Sir Robert McAlpine axed from two major schemes
Developers try to reduce costs on £100m Oxford Street and £140m Newport projects
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Aukett looks to Gulf as UK feels the chill
Aukett Fitzroy Robinson plans to open an office in Abu Dhabi to help offset the downturn in the UK market.
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MPs attack retail plan
Thirteen MPs have backed a motion calling for the government to backtrack on plans to scrap the needs test that helps limit retail development outside of town centres.
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Associations encouraged to buy cheap sites
The government is encouraging housing associations to buy cut-price developments from ailing housebuilders, in an indication that it is struggling to meet its annual development targets.
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Rebrand at Gleeson Building as it announces growth plan
MJ Gleeson’s former contracting arm becomes GB Building Solutions and posts £908,000 profit
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Comment
Happily floating along
I noted with interest the comment in the Hansom column (14 December, page 27) that we at Baqus must hate Turner & Townsend for stealing our thunder by announcing the day before our flotation that it was planning to do the same.
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What it all comes down to
How do we decide what is a reasonable extension of time? This basic question gives rise to all sorts of astonishingly complex answers, at the end of which we’re left with … common sense
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Housebuilders aim to muzzle community levy
Developers are demanding the government limit the scope of a proposed planning tax or risk jeopardising new development.
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Government ‘faces £8bn bill’ unless inflation is tamed
ICE State of the Nation report calls for independent commission to plan infrastructure work
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Comment
Top 50 contractor websites: Web watch — Restricted access
Building.co.uk’s survey of the top 50 contractors revealed that many of the biggest names in the industry are failing to make their websites accessible to all users.
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Falling land values force mayor to rethink 50% housing policy
The mayor of London could backtrack on his policy that 50% of housing redevelopment after the Olympics should be affordable, amid claims of a £1bn “black hole” in land values.