All Building articles in 25 June 2010 – Page 4
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Party politics: Building's terrace reception at the House of Commons
Building’s annual terrace reception at the House of Commons was the setting for Mark Prisk’s first formal address as construction minister
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Building buys a pint … for MPG Shreeves
Building’s meeting with MPG Shreeves has an inauspicious start
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Britain’s grand strategy
Open mike Find a map of the UK, spread it on a table, examine its rail links and ports, then consider how they could be upgraded to make the whole country work better. Like this, for example …
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Brent Cross ticked
Communities secretary Eric Pickles has given the go-ahead to a £4.5bn regeneration of Brent Cross in north London, masterplanned by Allies and Morrison
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Finance bosses leave Interserve and T Clarke
The finance director of support services and construction firm Interserve has resigned to take a similar role at restaurant and pub group Mitchells & Butler
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Galliford Try recruits former David Wilson Homes boss
Galliford Try has appointed the former chief executive of David Wilson Homes divisional managing director of housebuilding in the South-west and Midlands
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Costs and challenges of biodiversity planning
Dormice are protected, frogs need water and bats return after removal – just some of the challenges in dealing with British fauna and flora
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Prisk pledges to make Whitehall a better client
Construction minister says he will simplify procurement process and stop the waste
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Shepherd Construction vs Berners: Freezing orders
Can a freezing order be used to assist a claim for payment?
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Nick Raynsford: It’s an inept beginning
So much for turning Britain into ’a nation of homebuilders’. Rather, the coalition seems hell bent on stopping the housing recovery in its tracks
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Electrical Contractors Association: Precedent Johnson
Diane Johnson is the ECA’s first woman president.What’s she got planned for her year at the helm?
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Arup man to probe high cost of UK civils
The coalition government has appointed Terry Hill, the former chairman of Arup, to run an inquiry into how to reduce the costs of civil engineering projects in UK
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Can you arrange these tiles to make a coherent company?
Bovis UK has just lost its third chief executive in four years, its relationship with its Australian parent is difficult and talk of a sale is in the air. Sarah Richardson looks at what is going wrong
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Architects expect double-dip recession
The prospects of a double-dip recession have increased in the past month, according to the latest survey of architects by the RIBA
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Q+A from Building Answers
Building’s Forum regulars offer their advice on problems from access in a shop to objecting to an extension
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Harris tweak: Harris Academy, Purley by Aedas
Willmott Dixon has signed an £18.5m deal with Croydon council to remodel and extend the Harris Academy Purley, which opened in September 2009
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Charter 284 and the Budget
Here is our assessment of how the five aims of Building’s Charter 284 campaign fared …
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Final whistle for £253m Wembley row
Multiplex settles claim against Mott MacDonald, the largest in UK construction history
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Latest Construction Appointments: 25 June 2010
Chris Grigg, chief executive of British Land, is to become president of the British Property Federation in 2012
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The 2010 consultants’ salary guide
This year’s Building/Hays Construction & Property pay guide tells a familiar story of cuts and freezes. Roxane McMeeken finds out who’s getting by on economy baked beans, and why employers might be about to get a lot of belly aching