All Building articles in 2008 Issue 8 – Page 6
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NewsKitchen design: Nigella, eat your heart out
With luxury kitchens becoming increasingly affordable, more customers are demanding the latest appliances, finishes and styles. Chloe Stothart finds out what’s cooking in the kitchens
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Comment
A failure of democracy
Regarding the article “Row over supervisor safety training” (11 January, page 14), once again the Construction Confederation finds itself at odds with the rest of the industry.
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News
Zero-carbon deal
Inbuilt Consulting and Ecofirst Consult will provide sustainability advice to Gladedale Consortium on its bid to build a zero-carbon community of 450 homes in Peterborough.
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Curved lever taps
Plumbing and heating company Pegler Yorkshire has introduced the Signia range of taps, which includes basin taps, bath taps, a basin mixer and a bath/shower mixer, which comes with a shower kit.
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Cost of zero-carbon housing too high for Isle of Wight
Council to build 800-home flagship development to lower eco standard to preserve land value
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Cost of zero-carbon housing too high for Isle of Wight
Council to build 800-home flagship development to lower eco standard to preserve land value
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New granite sink colours
Reginox has extended its range of granite sinks for kitchens with the addition of two new colours.
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NewsFirst class honours
Faber Maunsell’s City Campus East for Northumbria University has scooped the new-build project prize at CIBSE’s Low Carbon Awards.
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Casino rumpus
Howard Bernstein, chief executive at Manchester council, said the council “reserved the right” to sue the government over this week’s decision by Gordon Brown to ditch plans for a supercasino.
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Comment
The case for a research levy
Your report on research funding (18 January, page 48) made clear that, outside the area of construction products, market forces do not stimulate significant funding for construction research.
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FeaturesWhite cab man
Brendan Kerr is not your typical demolition contractor. Instead, on the way to becoming one of the UK’s top entrepreneurs, he has turned the ‘deconstruction’ business into a respectable profession – and one that’s central to the City’s most glamorous developments.
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News
GLA calls for buy-to-let reform
The planning system needs to make “build-to-let” developments more attractive to institutional investors, according to a report out today.
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NewsBye-bye, buy-to-let
It may be the end of the road for the amateur investor, but with the rental market still strong, housebuilders are trying to find new ways of appealing to serious backers.
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CommentBusiness and pleasure
In one respect, construction is like the dairy industry, in that when the the man delivering the product meets the woman receiving it, all kinds of things can happen. Gus Alexander has some good examples …
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NewsRMJM bullish as it nears Gazprom tower deal
Edinburgh architect RMJM hit the headlines six weeks ago when it squared up to Unesco over the proposed £397m Gazprom tower in St Petersburg.
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FeaturesThe Middle East green building challenge
Special report: Now that the ruler of Dubai wants the city to be at the forefront of sustainable design, how will developers respond? Katie Puckett went to the United Arab Emirates to find out if the region really can have it all. With sustainable case studies.
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Broadway profit soars
Turnover at Broadway Malyan jumped 31% to £41.1m in the year to 30 April 2007.
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Bovis Lend Lease fined for safety breaches in New York
Contractor accused of 19 safety failures after fire at Deutsche Bank site at Ground Zero
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NewsBovis Lend Lease fined for safety breaches in New York
Contractor accused of 19 safety failures after fire at Deutsche Bank site at Ground Zero
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FM business bought
Europa Support Services has bought the facilities management arm of United Utilities for an undisclosed sum.