All Building articles in 26 September 2008 – Page 5
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Funding worries threaten Olympic media centre
Doubts over contractor Carillion Igloo's ability to secure funding in present climate
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Rising demand for 'green collar' workers puts pressure on domestic skills market
Royal Haskoning warns growing eco-consciousness reveals skills gap that will hit construction industries
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Herzog & de Meuron pyramid to pierce Paris skyline
Architect's 180m-tall Projet Triangle to be city's first new high-rise after council lifts tower ban
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Vigil remembers Battersea crane deaths
Strategic Forum launches crane safety initiative on anniversary of 2006 south London tragedy
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Brownfield register needs overhaul
English Partnerships report says system for recording brownfield land available for redevelopment should be more thorough
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Housing slump halves turnover at MJ Gleeson
Regeneration specialist reports loss on back of reduced sales and costs of cutting staff
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REHAU installs ground air heat exchanger system at Dorset school
AWADUKT Thermo ground air heat exchanger system will provide a renewable source of controlled ventilation
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First commercial straw building opens in UK
Art sale room in Essex is sustainably built using a timber frame packed with straw bales
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Shropshire lads
Dave Davies sent us this one. He writes: “Here’s a photo of a recent spectacle seen in North Shropshire. I was told in no uncertain terms to, er, go away. But at least the ladder was tied.”
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Credit crunch: reasons to be fearful
The crisis in the world’s financial system has left the construction industry facing its toughest challenges for a generation: salaries are falling, job cuts are predicted to reach 35,000 in the next two years in housebuilding alone, and all of a sudden nobody is talking about sustainability or partnering. Here, ...
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Abu Dhabi: The fast show
To kick off our increased coverage of the Middle East, Dan Stewart reports from one of the most frenetic – yet sustainable – construction booms on the planet
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Topsy-turvy
Architects get mistaken for moneylenders, engineers try to be journalists and there’s snow on the horizon in Saudi Arabia. All in all, it’s been a rather bizarre week …
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Comment
Sustainable? They’re having you on
Much of what passes for sustainable architecture is nothing of the sort; it’s PR masquerading as environmental engineering. Robert Adam tells us what green building really means
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U-turn on regional powers
The government is preparing to backtrack on a proposal to force regional assemblies to give up planning powers to quangos.
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Pitch perfect
Building Design Partnership has revealed its plans for a radical redevelopment of Old Trafford cricket ground in Manchester.
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Features
Interview: Tessa Jowell
Olympics minister Tessa Jowell may be catching much of the flak being fired at the preparations for the 2012 London Games, but it’ll take a lot more than that to faze her. Dan Stewart reports
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Insulation for the nation
Regarding plans to insulate all UK homes by 2020, the level of energy efficiency necessary to achieve carbon emissions reductions is four times higher than that which cavity wall and loft insulation can provide.
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Industry lobbies for tougher regulation of short-selling
Senior figures call for checks on the practice after spectacular falls in housebuilders’ shares
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Places for People homes near Milton Keynes Trying times
Housing association Places for People (PfP) is to offer 20 of these new homes in Wolverton near Milton Keynes to customers on a “try-before-you-buy” basis in order to beat the credit crunch.