All Building articles in 25 June 2010 – Page 3
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News
Auditors query value of housing PFI
Programme’s future in doubt after report highlights prevalence of large cost rises
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News
Civils cost inquiry could save schemes from axe
Savings identified in cost-reduction drive may be able to rescue major infrastructure projects
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News
Candy brothers win Chelsea Barracks case
Judge rules Qataris breached contract but brothers must wait for damages
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Comment
Olympic Park landscaping begins with planting 6,000 trees
Building got a sneak preview of the landscaping underway at Stratford, which includes 300,000 plants, flood management technology and a fish refuge
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News
BAA revises Heathrow capital investment plans
Cash to be diverted from cancelled third runway project
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News
KEO wins design role on $1.7bn Riyadh monorail
Consultant joins Scott Wilson on 3.6km Saudi Arabian mass transit project
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News
Pidgley: Worst is over but no dividend yet
Berkeley Group impresses the City with its 2010 numbers but remains cautious ahead of coalition government’s cuts
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Comment
Passive protest
It’s about time the government realised that the basic principles promoted by the Passivhaus system (’Low-energy retrofit: Heating a house with a towel rail’, 4 June, page 44) are far superior to either those of BREEAM or Code for Sustainable Homes - less bureaucracy, less cost, less complexity and much ...
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Comment
No to nuclear nobbling
Regarding the story “Lend Lease bans Bovis from £40bn nuclear sector” (11 June, page 9): how can another country have the right to influence what this country wants to do?
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Comment
Quentin Shears: The winning mentality
“We should put the usa game behind us. We can’t do any worse against Algeria”
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News
Rogers slams low-density plans
Richard Rogers has hit out at the government’s plans to abolish the requirement to build homes at a minimum density, saying they would “fundamentally damage” the prospects of sustainable development
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News
Treasury: Details of regional growth fund due in the summer
Treasury officials have said no decision has been taken on how much public money would be put into the regional growth fund announced in the Budget
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Comment
Where rigans dare
Andrejs Trabo in Riga, Latvia, spotted this “mountain climbing champion” demonstrating an unbelievably stupid solution to the problem of not having a long enough ladder
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Comment
Page turners: Society of Construction Law essay prize
The winners of this prestigious prize have some clever things to say about delays and quantum meruit disputes. Their papers are all must-reads
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Features
Green FIZZ: Coca-Cola's Spanish HQ
Coca-Cola’s new Spanish HQ is refreshingly eco friendly and even boasts a LEED ’gold’ certification
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Comment
Hansom: Pomp and circumstance
While architects have had a jolly time parading in period dress and tucking into sumptuous desserts, it’s been a week of rotten luck for democracy, Capita Symonds and a soccer squad or two
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Comment
Don't be caught out
The news that the communities department office failed an inspection undertaken under its own fire safety laws shows how careful all those affected by the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order must be to ensure that fire risk assessments for their premises are adequate and appropriate for their occupation
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Comment
Duty of care: Who cares?
A recent case has tried to clarify when a duty of care arises. But it remains an area blighted by arbitrariness and uncertainty
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Comment
Buying a business: Gods of small things
If you’re planning to buy a business in our fragile economy, you need to know what you’re getting. So use lawyers who will scrutinise every little contract