All Building articles in 22 January 2010 – Page 3
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NewsCyril Sweett wins place on TfL framework
Appointment on engineering and project management framework will last four years
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NewsVT given deadline for Mouchel bid
Takeover panel demands group decide whether to make an offer by 8 March after bid process goes quiet
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NewsBrickonomics: A long wait for commercial construction upswing
Each time a commercial property developer hints at making a move in the market I am confronted with the same question by those with an interest in construction work: Is this the start of the upswing?
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NewsBBC under fire over London HQ
Public broadcaster's rival Channel 4 claims project is behind schedule and over budget
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NewsDrivers Jonas to merge with Deloitte
Merger will create one of the largest real estate businesses in Europe
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NewsBeware of the wolf
This house may be built of bricks, but it looks like the smallest huff or puff could blow it to pieces. Photographer Alan Hart mentions that its likely landing place would be Beckenham High Street below
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Comment
Show your working
Regrettably, the money won’t go as far as your article on home improvements suggests (8 January, page 42)
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CommentStuck in the middle
The general purpose contractor that turns over £70-200m and bases its success on good relations with local councils and health authorities in a particular region has long been the backbone of Britain’s building industry
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NewsMace lines up successor to Stephen Pycroft
Mace has anointed Mark Reynolds as successor to chief executive Stephen Pycroft
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Comment
Not from the horse’s mouth
Your story about Laing O'Rourke (15 January, page 9) could give the impression that the Homes and Communities Agency revealed details to your magazine about this company’s plans for pre-fabricated housing
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FeaturesVictorian Passivhaus: a Haus in Hackney
Is it possible to refurbish a Victorian house in a conservation area to Passivhaus standards? In the last in our series on upgrading existing homes, Thomas Lane visits one east Londoner who was determined to find out
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Comment
Rules of the games: Olympic health and safety
Not content with running one of the biggest projects in UK history, the Olympic Delivery Authority also wants to overhaul health and safety standards
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CommentHansom: The home front
In Blighty this week, the propaganda machine turns defeat into victory, the government frets about who’s listening in and some of our old friends are (temporarily) missing in action
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Regional frameworks mooted for schools maintenance
Regional frameworks may be set up for maintenance and facilities management work in schools, the head of the government’s school delivery agency has said
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Super-mosque plan fails
Plans to build Britain’s biggest mosque have collapsed after the group proposing the scheme failed to present a masterplan on time
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Comment
Down with this sort of thing
I have been a supporter of the construction industry for over 50 years yet regularly we shoot ourselves in the foot
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Features
The tracker: Key to the door?
Though the industry faces its 21st consecutive month of activity decline, the residential sector is looking positive and tender enquiries are up as well. Experian Business Strategies does the detail
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Comment
Safety in danger
Let there be no doubt about it – accident prevention “corners” are being scaled back (“Experts warn recession may cause on-site danger”, 6 January, building.co.uk)