All Building articles in 2008 Issue 5 – Page 6
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Capita Symonds forms Crossrail joint venture
Consultancy Capita Symonds is preparing to enter a joint venture to bid for work on the £16bn Crossrail project.
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CommentBuilding pulls a pint … for CMS Cameron McKenna
By the time I arrive at the Hand and Shears, a mere 10 minutes late, Henry is already staring down the barrel of an empty glass. “A process of evaporation seems to have taken place,” he says.
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FeaturesMuck and brass
Over the next 10 years, up to 40 new waste treatment centres will be needed in the UK and each will be worth around £350m, so do the maths on that. Olivia Hemmings reports on why there’s never been a better time to talk rubbish
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Haden Young boss makes shock departure
The managing director of Haden Young, Balfour Beatty’s £200m-turnover M&E arm, has left the company after a row with management.
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Blow to schools as Whitehall design chief steps down
Mukund Patel to leave school building unit, as report unveils plans to cut BSF bid costs by £250m
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NewsBlow to schools as Whitehall design chief steps down
Mukund Patel to leave school building unit, as report unveils plans to cut BSF bid costs by £250m
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NewsNHBC: A year has been wasted
Housing watchdog boss slates government’s efforts to meet Code for Sustainable Homes
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CommentBiting back
This week we’ve got Reservoir Dogs without the reservoir, the results of the HBG vs University of Phoenix friendly, fashion tips for cyclists, Caribbean marriages … well, what more do you want?
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NewsBaby, it’s cold outside
There’s a chill wind blowing through the North-west as demand for city-centre apartments plummets – with knock-on effects on land values. David Blackman looks at how the industry is responding and where best to keep warm
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NewsArts centre inches into life
Grimshaw’s arts centre for the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York is midway through construction after being delayed for more than a year.
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… as architects battle for Euston station
Foreign Office Architects, Grimshaw and Wilkinson Eyre are battling it out to design the £1bn Euston station redevelopment for British Land and Network Rail.
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City planning boss backs Prince Charles’ anti-tower harangue
Prince of Wales finds unlikely supporter in Peter Rees, the City’s long-serving head of planning Rees agrees that the location of tall buildings should be better controlled
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CommentA diamond among the coal
The 48 pages of the Fair Payment Charter are largely made up of statements of the bleedin’ obvious worked up by some marketing wizard – but that project bank accounts idea is a real corker
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Wembley roofing firm calls in administrator
Roofing contractor Weatherwise UK has gone into administration because of cash flow problems, partly triggered by its work on Wembley stadium.
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CommentProject bank accounts: Private practices
The project bank accounts proposed by the guide could work in the private sector – if they can be made effective
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… and happy to be abroad
I am an expat QS and a member of the RICS. Please, for the sake of my sanity and that of others, do not carry any articles about the RICS’ desire to have visa restrictions lifted for foreign QSs.