All Building articles in 2008 Issue 4 – Page 2
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Brown axes super-casino plans
Government scraps plans to build the first super-casino in Manchester
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Images: work starts on airport designed by Viñoly
Construction begins on Rafael Viñoly's Montevideo airport terminal in Uruguay
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Metronet cost taxpayers £1.7bn
Ruth Kelly reveals that government will pay lenders £1.7bn to take Metronet out of administration
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Top ten green stories in January
Buildings that look like hedges, towers that look like trees, and what a scheme actually gets up to when you've finished building it. All this and more in our guide to the most read articles on the green channel last month
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HSE launches blitz on refurb sites
Safety inspectors to carry our 1,000 spot checks on sites across the country
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Growing sustainable trends - water footprinting
Special online report: Will Jones investigates the growing importance of embedded water - the amount used before and during construction - for the industry Such is it's importance it will soon become the blue gold, he writes
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Online poll to pick affordable home design
An internet poll will select 10 designs for self-build software aimed at people getting on property ladder
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Hiscox seeks to restrict Pinnacle demolition work
Hiscox asks City of London to restrict demolition work on £500m tower during working hours
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T&T halts plans to float on stock exchange
Consultant shelves plans after failing to achieve its £200m target valuation
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Berkeley Homes in court battle over £200m London scheme
Southwark council accuses developer of carrying out illegal work at £200m housing scheme near Tower Bridge
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Plans for £100k Olympic sculpture out of drill bits
Artists will be invited to create art installation from pieces of tunnelling equipment at the entrance to Stratford station
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Wembley roofing contractor goes into administration
Administrators say Weatherwise UK experienced cash flow problems on a number of projects and has £1.5m tied up in claims
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Tower Hamlets residential tower gets green light
Council gives planning approval for a 44-floor block, the latest part of Ballymore's Providence Wharf development
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Local authority railway opens in Wales
Capital Symonds and Amey Rail led construction of six stations and railway on Cardiff to Ebbw Vale Parkway
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Insulation firm ploughs £4m into production
Welsh-based outfit Excel Fibre Technology responds to increased demand for fibres for home insulation
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BSF 'descending into chaos', say Tories
Government under attack after latest delays to school building programme, as report says reforms could save £250m
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The loo queue
The Barbican, like so many venues, falls short when it comes to providing enough toilet facilities
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Riding high
Surely this chap can't think it's normal to sit astride a high-pitched roof in this manner...
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Who's afraid of the credit crunch?
Despite all the recent doom and gloom many building firms have good reason to be optimistic about the next financial year
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Tories slam Flint's plan to force tenants to find jobs
Housing minister wants occupants to pledge to look for work or risk losing their homes, but Tories say the plan is unenforceable