All Building articles in 26 June 2009 – Page 6
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Legal energy: clean coal power stations
Clean coal power stations have been lauded as the next big thing in energy generation, but what exactly is involved in building them?
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Getting Channel Five in Turkey
Paul Mountford was relaxing at his hotel in the resort of Icmeler, when he spotted these men playing the ancient Turkish sport of giant frisbee. Hmm, on second thoughts, they might just be putting up a large satellite dish...
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Media centre gets go-ahead
The revamped design for the 2012 media centre has been approved by the Olympic planning committee
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Crystal clear: Rem Koolhaas' Chinese cultural centre
Rem Koolhaas’ Office for Metropolitan Architecture has won the design competition for a cultural centre and transport hub in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen
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Government may launch central contractors' framework
Contractors hoping to secure a hefty share of government work could be forced to vie for a place on a new framework as part of a drive to centralise public procurement
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Captain Uranium: how to get into nuclear
Billions are going to be spent on nuclear power stations in the next 10 years, assuming, that is, we can find 33,000 recruits in a hurry. Which is where you come in...
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Great and good: Building's terrace reception
Industry and politics met and mingled at Building’s 2009 terrace reception – interrupted at regular intervals by division bells as the House of Commons elected its new speaker
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Building buys a pint... for Ryder
Tonight’s jaunt happens to coincide with London’s tube strike, so just getting to the venue presents a challenge
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Britain vulnerable to flooding, says ICE
The Institution of Civil Engineers has censured the government for leaving Britain’s infrastructure vulnerable to crises such as flooding and terrorist attacks
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Bouygues and O’Rourke join forces to take on Crossrail
Bouygues and Laing O’Rourke have agreed to team up to bid for work on the £16bn Crossrail scheme, signalling a strengthening of ties between the two firms
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Telford Homes buys contractor to boost cash flow
East London housebuilder Telford Homes has bought contractor Clifford Contracting from Puma Venture Capital for £6.3m
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Industry body for small builders mooted
Talks are under way to form an industry group to represent the interests of smaller builders
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Regeneration fund deadline may block bigger schemes
London mayor adviser warns 2011 completion date will rule out complex projects from Kickstart cash
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The victorious BIG: BIG's design for Tallinn town hall
Danish architect BIG has won a competition to design a town hall in Tallinn, Estonia in collaboration with British engineer Adams Kara Taylor
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Two steps backwards
One sign of greatness is being able to admit to mistakes and learn from them. It seems that construction cannot or will not learn from past failings and is about to return to single-stage tendering and confrontational relationships (12 June, page 29)
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'I will not be taken for granted': BAA's boss on frameworks
...or to put it another way, BAA’s five-year framework is just a large feather bed, and the military brain behind its new procurement policy wants contractors to fight for their work
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BAA seeks bids from non-construction firms
BAA is to invite bids for major projects from companies outside the construction industry as part of a wide-ranging overhaul of its procurement system
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Consider the Australians
Ty Goddard has been looking at schools Downunder, and he has some rather good news for everyone involved in designing new schools in this country...
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The bridge builder: Arup's new chairman Philip Dilley
Philip Dilley, the new chairman of Arup, has to span the hole that the recession has left in the firm’s order book – while maintaining its singular approach and outlook