All Building articles in 22 May 2009
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Stress drives industry to drink
Survey reveals that one-quarter of construction workers feel pressurised to consume alcohol by colleagues
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McLaren pays up to £810,000 for Verry assets
Letter from administrator BDO Stoy Hayward to creditors reveals price paid by McLaren and justifies pre-pack administration option
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Olympic bosses name 2012 legacy body chief
Andrew Altman, who has overseen several regeneration project in US, will be responsible for creating jobs, homes and facilities in east London
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Rogers survives Chelsea Barracks crisis meeting
Reports that architect could be thrown off £1bn West London development apparently unfounded
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Wolseley reports continuing fall in markets
Materials firm says Nordic region, UK and Ireland showed particularly great levels of decline
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Bloor to avoid apartment building after £52m loss
Steering clear of this sector is one of a number of measures designed to put housebuilder on firmer footing
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Westminster signs off £32m of schools work
Work kicks off on two schools as part of council’s £152m Building Schools for the Future programme
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Wilkinson Eyre replaced on Blackfriars towers
Developer ditches architect in favour of unnamed firm after public inquiry leads to planning approval
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County Hall turns red – then blue, then green
Revolutionary new LED floodlights cast the London landmark in a new light
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Toddler buys digger in online auction
Parents awake to shocking bill after three-year-old's nocturnal internet toy hunt
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Commercial property market shows signs of recovery
New research shows transaction numbers rallied in March and returns stabilised in the first quarter
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Railways 'must double in size' within 30 years
Train operators warn of urgent need to build extra lines to cope with forecast passenger boom
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RIBA seeks designs for 'living' London Bridge
Ideas competition launched to design an inhabited London Bridge
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Owner of construction blacklist faces trial
Private detective Ian Kerr pleaded guilty to contravening the Data Protection Act but failed to appear at today's hearing
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Former owners to buy back £300m Edinburgh scheme
Caltongate development may be revived as two former directors reclaim site from administrators
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Wood Wharf submits Pelli's Docklands tower for planning
Developers British Waterways, Ballymore and Canary Wharf Group unveil towers by Pelli and KPF
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Top five reader comments: 27 May
Richard Rogers' Chelsea Barracks design comes in for more stick while rival Quinlan Terry is hailed the UK's best architect by one supporter
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Mortgage lending hits eight-year low
Net lending fell by 21% to £2.7bn between March and April, although the number of approvals rose
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Micro CHP unit completes testing
Ceres reaches final development stage of 1kW domestic units for British Gas
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St Modwen slammed for misleading eco-town ad
ASA rules that developers' ad for Middle Quinton made unsupported claims about housing, jobs and infrastructure