All Building articles in 23 January 2009 – Page 6
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News
Housebuilders call for more help for first-time buyers
Government bank bailout is welcomed but is not seen as enough to rescue housing market
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Buro Happold and Faber Maunsell plan swingeing job cuts
Crisis worsens in civil engineering sector, while SMEs express doubts over latest bank bail out
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Jan Kaplicky’s last project may never be built
Czech architect, who died last week, was fighting to have his designs for National Library accepted
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The bright lights of Norfolk
Great Yarmouth council has given the green light to a £35m leisure complex, designed by architect ColladoCollins.
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Services firm bought
Hurley Palmer Flatt has bought Glasgow engineering services group Atco Consulting for an undisclosed sum.
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Vinci snaps up Pettifer bosses
Chris Pape, Pettifer Construction’s former managing director, has joined Vinci to run two of its regional contracting operations
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Boss leaves Dubai developer over downturn strategy
The British chief executive of Dubai developer ASGC Real Estate has left the company after it shelved all new developments for at least a year.
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Local labour boost
Councils should make better use of planning agreements to secure jobs for local people, MPs have said.
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Comment
Best foot forward
As we step into 2009 and clients get more picky, it’s time to think about how to stand out from the crowd
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Level best
A planned development of 34 homes in south London could be among the first large schemes to reach level five of the Code for Sustainable Homes.
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Barratt debt down
Barratt reduced its net debt by £230m to £1.42bn at 31 December 2008, according to a trading update.
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Comment
Building buys a pint … Balfour Beatty’s birthday
The cold snap hasn’t broken yet and I’m shivering beneath the magnificent arch at the entrance to the Natural History Museum.
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Aukett turnover rises
Architect Aukett Fitzroy Robinson boosted turnover by 14% from £19.7m to £22.6m in the year to 30 September 2008.
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Features
Mission: impermanent - Atkins' Olympics
Good afternoon Mr Atkins. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to design, procure and build 98 competition venues, operation centres, drug testing clinics, flag storage areas and training grounds complete with power, water and security … Airport and station extensions must be added as and when required. ...
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Atkins tackles northern ‘fat towns'
Atkins has been drafted in by health officials in north-east England to tackle obesity caused by “traffic controller-designed” housing estates
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Comment
… and too many assessors
Saturation of the energy assessment market has now become a real problem
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Comment
Now you’re asking for it: Performance bonds
Feeling the pinch and tempted to sign up to the harsh conditions of a performance bond? Read this first
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Government holds urgent talks over apprentice crisis
Senior officials consider making apprenticeships mandatory on all publicly funded projects
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Sweett appointment
Cyril Sweett has appointed Chris Goscomb, its present treasurer, finance director.