All Building articles in 24 October 2008 – Page 8
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News
Crossrail in talks over major projects agreement…
£16bn infrastructure scheme could use lucrative pay deal pioneered at Heathrow Terminal 5
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Pay plummets for Barratt bosses after difficult year
Barratt bosses have waived their performance bonuses in 2008 after a tough 12 months for the housebuilder.
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Comment
The day I got a kick in the pants: The differences between adjudication and litigation
Here’s a case that should lift us up by the scruff of the neck and wring any idea out of us that adjudication is the same as litigation. It isn’t – and that’s precisely why it’s so good
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Comment
Positive action
All of us here at Inbuilt are enthusiastic about the UK Green Building Council’s report on Low Carbon Existing Homes which was published this week.
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News
Mergers and acquisitions market hits zero
Mergers and acquisitions in the UK construction market have effectively ground to a halt in the wake of the credit crunch
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Eight accused in boycotting inquiry
The Office of Fair Trading has formally accused eight construction recruitment firms of price fixing and anti-competitive behaviour.
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Government urged to abandon greenfield eco-towns
Sustainable communities development should be shifted towards extensions of existing conurbations
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Laing O’Rourke deal rescues 450 Bison jobs
Laing O’Rourke has struck a last-minute deal to buy parts of failed concrete specialist Bison saving 450 jobs at the struggling Staffordshire firm, writes Stuart Macdonald.
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Credit crunch leaves £250m Burnley scheme in lurch
Scheme that includes Tony Wilson ‘fashion tower’ on hold after developer runs into financial difficulty
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Union man who ran Crossrail bows out after 25 years
Frank Westerman, the union official who handled the major projects agreement on behalf of electricians at Heathrow Terminal 5, is to retire from the Unite union.
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CPA raises doubts over government’s 2009 spending pledge
Industry experts have called on the government to provide clearer details of its pledge to bring forward public spending on construction projects to combat the recession, amid fears that is recycling old commitments.
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Features
Lead times: August-October 2008
The downturn continues to wield a considerable influence on lead times, with only concrete works reporting an increase since July. Brian Moone of Mace crunches the numbers
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Features
Building's 2008 Poker Kings tournament: three of a kind
Building’s 2008 charity poker tournament ended in a dramatic contest between the final trio of players
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News
Housing stats: New-build sales and completions in September 2008
While private starts are at just one-third of their 2007 figure, public housing is relatively stable
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Here’s an idea no.14
A new school building made from pre-existing modular buildings has been completed in Brent, north London.
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Tender prices may drop 10% in 2009
Building tender prices could fall 10% in 2009, according to the latest economic forecast from EC Harris.
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UAE trials £1.5bn PPP scheme
Abu Dhabi is trialling its first PPP deal on a £1.5bn project to upgrade a “dangerous” highway
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Features
Generation gripe 24.10.08
Fed up with eager young pups at work who don’t know they’re born? Or had enough of hearing how it was back in the old days? Email us with what’s bugging you about the other generations…