All Building articles in 23 January 2009 – Page 4
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News
Credit fears for PFI hospital construction
Internal memo suggests there is no 'plan B' if banks refuse to lend schemes money
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Belvedere secures £10.6m infrastructure investment
Bexley wins £10.6m funding package to boost its environmental and sustainability credentials
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General Demolition parent names new chief exec
Geoff Taylor moves over from William Verry to head the General Group
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Barratt debt fears dismissed
Sources close to the refinancing talks reject analyst claims that covenants will need retesting
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Oakdene goes into administration
PriceWaterhouseCoopers appointed administrators after housebuilder fails to strike refinancing deal
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Brighton roofer found guilty of corporate manslaughter
Colin Hooper convicted over fall that killed employee through inadequate safety
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McInerney hopeful of new banking deal
The Dublin housebuilder is restructuring its bank finance to counter the effects of recession
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UK enters recession as output falls 1.5%
Construction fell 1.1% in the last quarter of 2008 according to the Office of National Statistics
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Henry Boot hard hit by writedowns
Trading in 2008 was in line with expectations but writedowns were heavier than expected
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Chinese property prices start to fall
First price falls since 2005 revealed as economic growth slows to lowest rate for seven years
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CH2M Hill creates 500 jobs in UAE
US programme manager wants staff to work on projects like Masdar in Abu Dhabi
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Oakdene defiant after bank pulls credit
Debt called in and shares pulled from AIM but housebuilder denies firm is under threat
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Lean on me, I won’t fall over
Peter Anthony from Newham council received this picture from a colleague in South Africa
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Waterworld
Architects at Bovis Lend Lease have released designs for a sustainable floating house they hope to market as a solution to global warming.
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Comment
From where I stand …
I have just seen the health and safety blunder photo entitled “I can’t look” (9 January, page 31) and felt it necessary to write in
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News
Subbies push for payment security
Contractors could be forced to provide proof that they can pay their subcontractors or risk them walking off site, if proposed changes to the Construction Act become law
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Comment
Old school ties
I was sorry to read of the travails of the John Roan School and to see it described as “an unremarkable comprehensive”.
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Features
The tracker: A very slight improvement
The good news is that the industry’s activity index grew by two points in November. The bad news is that this only took it to 35. Experian Business Strategies reports on continued industrial decline