All Building articles in 2008 Issue 6 – Page 5
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News
So what if it’s raining?
Housebuilders need to look beyond the dismal economic weather and make arrangements for the future if they are to deliver 3 million zero-carbon, cost-effective homes by 2020.
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The housebuilder’s plan McCarthy & Stone
In the first of a series of company profiles, Jon Neale opens the door on the UK’s biggest retirement homes specialist
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Homes superagency could start work in November
Chief executive Sir Bob Kerslake in talks to bring timetable forward by five months
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Skanska profit hit by problem jobs
Skanska will change its risk policy in the UK after three problematic PFI projects hit its bottom line in 2007.
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Prime green
Here is a sneak preview of HTA Architects’ design for housebuilder Barratt’s zero-carbon housing development in Britain at Hanham Hall near Bristol.
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Gloucester homes
Plans for 400 homes at Downings Malthouse and Provender Mill in Gloucester have been outlined by landowner the Bishop family.
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Features
The house with four gardens
Each window of David Mikhail’s latest house overlooks a landscape with its own unique character
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Features
The evolving QS
With flotation looking distinctly iffy – as Turner & Townsend realised last week – cost consultants are looking for other ways to expand and survive.
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Zaha Hadid’s first project in England is scrapped
Land Securities pulls £5m Architecture Foundation HQ after contractors fail to agree a price
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Features
Spotlight on enabling works
Those contractors involved in getting a site ready face an extremely complex market …
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Perth development
Plans for a mixed-use scheme, including a hotel and 92 homes in Perth have been submitted by developer Kilmartin Property Group to Perth and Kinross council.
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Comment
A done deal, but is it a good one?
Carillion boss John McDonough can’t be beaten for chutzpah.
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Features
Predict the FA Cup winners and win a football shirt
This Barnsley fan will be travelling to Liverpool at the weekend hoping for a FA Cup upset. If he entered our prediction quiz he could win back his football shirt
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New role for Crosby
Sir James Crosby, the former chief executive of HBOS, is to chair the Northern Private Investment Commission, a new body to promote business investment in northern England.
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Comment
JCT consultation: A sustainable strategy
We all agree that sustainability, like apple pie, is a good thing, but we’re not sure how we should tackle it. The big stick of legislation, some gentle guidance, or a mixture of the two?
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Ibex starts early payment club to protect joinery suppliers
Fit-out contractor Ibex Interiors has set up an early payment “club” in an attempt to prevent its joinery suppliers from going bust.
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Comment
City Inn vs Shepherd Construction: Time was on our side
Shepherd Construction spent eight years arguing for a five-week extension on a hotel project in Bristol. Which gave its legal team plenty of time to hone its case …