All Building articles in 23 October 2009 – Page 4
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NewsLondon development budget to fall by a fifth next year
By the following year the London Development Agency’s budget is likely to be 60% of last year’s level
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NewsBalfour Beatty sells 97% of rights issue shares
Contractors says remaining shares will be acquired by underwriters if buyers are not found at issue price
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Tory planning policy: Merging on the ridiculous
The Tories say they’d integrate the new Infrastructure Planning Commission with the Planning Inspectorate. It’s a bold vision, but unfortunately it would make the situation worse
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NewsMandelson in UAE payment talks
Lord Mandelson, the secretary of state for business, has held talks with the UAE government over the non-payment of UK construction firms in Dubai, writes Roxane McMeeken.
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NewsLongbridge reborn
This £100m town centre at Longbridge, Birmingham is the first phase of the 15-year, £1bn regeneration of the former MG Rover car production plant
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Linnett vs the OFT
Tony Bingham was right “on the money”, so to speak, in his article exposing the obvious weakness of the OFT’s stance on cover pricing
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Law of limitation: And your time starts … now!
New legislation is on the way (at last) to reform the law of limitation of actions. But should it be a single limitation period and if so for how long: three, six or 10 years?
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Learn through laughter
I was thoroughly enjoying your 9 October publication until I wandered across David Westwood’s email regarding your health and safety blunders (page 27), which sent me into fits of laughter and disbelief
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Knife-edge politics
Local planning authorities have been hit as hard as anybody and income is still falling. Whether they can bounce back when the upturn comes is up to the government
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CommentHansom: Sweet little mysteries
This week we’re trying to get to the bottom of the Laing O’Rourke leadership imbroglio, the ownership of the late Denys Lasdun’s papers and the meaning of Richard Rogers’ smile
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NewsAre you a green guru?
Who are the green champions pushing at the boundaries of low energy design and construction?
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CommentThe evil that men do
The government’s removal of empty property rate relief has been universally recognised as a wicked and ungodly act. Even Alistair Darling seems to have grasped this
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NewsEnergy standards for homes to fall short of Passivhaus
Proposed overhaul of Code for Sustainable Homes would set higher energy limit than German method
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CommentSport: The real enemy
Don’t get the idea that I’m speaking from any sort of moral high ground, or even from a moral hillock, but Chris Wise’s comments about steel were interesting and I thought perhaps ought to be brought to their logical conclusion (9 October, page 28)
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HBF workers ‘devastated’ by pension meltdown
Former employees of the Home Builders Federation are facing huge pension losses because of the £20.5m black hole in the Construction Confederation’s fund
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Prisons deal detained as ministry ponders options
A £250m-a-year prisons framework has been hit by delays as the Ministry of Justice thrashes out the form it will take
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NewsNorman does Dallas
This Foster + Partners-designed opera venue in Dallas opened its doors to the public last week