All Building articles in 22 July 2016 – Page 3
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Hansom: Clearing the decks
This week, politicians shed more heat than light at the House of Lords, Whitehall gets the jitters, the Department of Energy and Climate Change gets wind of its demise and London has one less Pole
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This week in 2001
British roller-coaster engineer John Roberts was presented with the challenge of creating a ride like no other
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Barbour ABI's July market review is out now
Barbour ABI’s Economic Construction Market Review for July is now available to download
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You shall go to the ball
A Winter Ball, filled with magicians and dancers, as well as a competition to design a light… and all in the name of a good cause
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Contractors at risk from Brexit fallout after margins drop
Annual industry research reveals contractors are feeling profit squeeze, while housebuilders’ results soar
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Top 150 contractors: The rough & tumble
This year’s contractors and housebuilders Top 150 shows the sector pulling out of recession, but economic danger remains
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Halcrow pensioners press on with legal challenge
High-profile lawyer who acted for Mirror Group pensioners in the Maxwell pension scandal has confirmed he will spearhead the challenge
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Commercial real estate: Breaking the land bank
Tesco used sale and leaseback transactions to release value from its property portfolio. But would it have been better off keeping the freehold of its own stores?
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Lead times: April - June 2016
Lead times have either remained the same or increased, with burgeoning workloads and enquiries and a shortage of skilled labour making further increases more likely
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Sustainable sailor: Land Rover BAR
The Land Rover BAR sailing team have embedded sustainability into not just its new base building but also its core ethos
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Top 20 housebuilders 2016
Find out who’s in this year’s league of top housebuilders by housebuilding turnover
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Online poll: DECC
Is shutting down the Department of Energy and Climate Change ‘plain stupid’? Results are in
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Negotiating a post-Brexit position
The British economy could well slip into recession as a result of the decision to leave the EU - and negotiating a benign post-Brexit position will take years. We have no option but to choose the best model and make a good fist of it
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In a state of fluctuation
With inflation levels low, construction contracts are now less likely to offer fluctuation provisions. But the question as to where the risk of price changes should lie has not gone away
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Looking for the ‘Brexit effects’
Some businesses may be feeling the effects of a downturn already but it will take months for it to show up in official statistics
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Contract awards: Waiting for impact
Contract awards rose in June but that’s less of a surprise when we look at the sector driving that rise
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Costain and Kier come top in contractor league tables
Firms top civils and non-civils charts respectively, with Balfour Beatty also faring well
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Europe's first WELL Building
There is now an international standard for measuring how a building impacts on its users’ health and wellbeing. Ike Ijeh looks at how Studio Ben Allen Architects’ One Carter Lane will become the first European project to receive the accreditation
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What to specify: Off-site
This week Tonbridge Grammar School gets a new sixth form study area, Essex County Cricket Club gets 36 balconies and a dementia care home with a clover leaf layout is given a new exterior finish
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Why is there such cost variation in social housing?
An HCA report signals a change in how it scrutinises value for money achieved by housing associations
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