All Building articles in 21 May 2010 – Page 3

  • Comment

    Flipping ironic

    2010-05-21T00:00:00Z

    Oh the irony, in the wake of the expenses scandal, of an MP commenting about consultants “creaming off cash” (14 May, ).

  • News

    First-time mortgages on the rise

    2010-05-21T00:00:00Z

    The value of mortgage loans for first-time buyers rose by a quarter from April to March, and is now up by more than half on the previous year

  • Comment

    Hansom: The great escape

    2010-05-21T00:00:00Z

    Whether you’re off on a trip to Rio, a long-distance jaunt in a canoe, or sunning yourself in Barbados with Richard Steer, do let us know if you spot any of our 40 under 40 fugitives. They may be in disguise

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    Elections? Who needs them

    2010-05-21T00:00:00Z

    Back issues special We had two other hung parliaments in the past hundred years. If the election of 1974 was bizarre by today’s standards, 1929 was truly surreal,

  • News

    Waterman takings dip

    2010-05-21T00:00:00Z

    Engineering and environmental consultant Waterman Group expects end of year profits to be at the lower end of forecasts after revenue dipped in the third quarter of the financial year.

  • Phil Hutchinson
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    A day at Moscow's OfficeNext conference

    2010-05-21T00:00:00Z

    Russia’s capital has experienced a recent boom, so it’s about time it had a commercial office exhibition to reflect the fact - BDG Workfutures’s Phil Hutchinson was there

  • Comment

    Private Code

    2010-05-21T00:00:00Z

    Congratulations to the OFT for withdrawing support for the Consumer Code.

  • Features

    China: Infrastructure opportunities

    2010-05-21T00:00:00Z

    China is the world’s largest infrastructure market, so it’s worth finding out how to do business there. To mark Building’s Global Infrastructure Forum in London this week, Roxane McMeeken reports on opportunities in China and how to win them

  • Comment

    Building schools in the future

    2010-05-21T00:00:00Z

    Building schools in the future Speculation about what is going to happen after the election is unhelpful (14 May, page 3).

  • The Foster + Partners designed hospital for Circle Healthcare is clad in bespoke aluminium shingles made by Gilmour combined with an off the shelf glazing system by Schuco. It was installed by Lakesmere
    Features

    Specialist costs: Building envelopes

    2010-05-21T00:00:00Z

    How to deliver high quality, cost-effective solutions

  • News

    Hundreds of schools at risk under BSF shake up

    2010-05-21T00:00:00Z

    New government will reprioritise projects under the £55bn programme after review

  • News

    British Land in talks to restart Cheesegrater tower

    2010-05-21T00:00:00Z

    Rogers-designed City tower moves closer as developer commits to spend £500m on London schemes

  • News

    Travis sales boost

    2010-05-21T00:00:00Z

    Builders’ merchant Travis Perkins says turnover is up 2.2% in the four months since 31 December 2009

  • Ann Minogue
    Comment

    The big law society

    2010-05-21T00:00:00Z

    Ann Minogue The more disputes are settled in adjudication, the more likely it is that areas outside our industry will have a bearing on how construction law develops

  • Features

    Beyond the pale: Renzo Piano's Central St Giles

    2010-05-21T00:00:00Z

    Controversial it may be, but Central St Giles has cheered up an obscure corner of London with a riot of reds, yellows, greens and oranges – making the rest of the capital look a tad grey.

  • News

    Seeing is believing

    2010-05-21T00:00:00Z

    Hopkins Architects’ 15,400m2 Hackney Service Centre has opened to the public

  • Comment

    And so the cuts begin

    2010-05-21T00:00:00Z

    Well done Cameron – brilliant (“Billions of pounds of schools and health projects frozen,” 14 May, page 9).

  • Comment

    Jack Pringle: Before the knife goes in

    2010-05-21T00:00:00Z

    The general election result has left construction at the mercy of a fragile political alliance, with cuts to public sector spending the only certainty. We have to fight our corner

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    Hamish Lal: Bare realities

    2010-05-21T00:00:00Z

    Hamish Lal The final part of our series on the nuclear decommissioning sector looks at the kind of risks the industry is grappling with today – including that the money will run out

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    Public contract awards: Challenging times

    2010-05-21T00:00:00Z

    Helen Bolton and Stuart Thompson New rules have paved the way for more challenges to public contract awards. So how do you protect yourself if you’re the preferred bidder?