All Building articles in 26 September 2008 – Page 8
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AIM-listed Qatari steel specialist quadruples turnover
Structural steel specialist Panceltica has quadrupled turnover in the six months to 30 June 2008 and said it will become a billion-pound company in three years.
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Prasad: only two or three eco-towns should go ahead
A key government adviser on eco-towns told a Labour conference fringe event this week that only two or three of the plans were good enough to be developed.
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ODA admits village funding ‘very difficult’
The Olympic Delivery Authority has said the problem of securing funding for the £1.2bn Olympic village has been exacerbated by the turmoil in the financial markets over the past week, write Sarah Richardson and Dan Stewart.
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Construction Act payment rules: Unspeakable
One problem that has bedevilled the Construction Act’s payment rules is finding a few simple sentences that explain what they actually are …
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Lianakis AE v Alexandroupolis: Ability don't enter into it
The European Court of Justice has made it clear that public bodies cannot take account of a bidder’s capacity to do the job at the award stage
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Consultants named for £750m government shortlist
Twenty consultants have been shortlisted for a place on a £750m government framework
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Profit at Wolseley plunges 77% despite 7,700 job cuts
The credit crunch has pushed pre-tax profit down 77% at building materials group Wolseley.
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Jacobs sues SOM for £4.7m over Qatar project
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, the US architect behind the Freedom Tower in Manhattan, is facing a £4.7m legal claim over a job in Qatar.
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Four teams vie to build £245m Commonwealth Games village
Four consortiums have been shortlisted to develop the £245m Commonwealth Games village in Glasgow.
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Housing stats: New-build sales and completions in August 2008
Private residential schemes remain in the doldrums, but the public sector is holding up
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Osborne's £1.8m loss
Construction and property group Osborne has posted a pre-tax loss of £1.76m in the year to 31 March 2008.
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Cabe and RIBA plan review of 20,000 schemes a year
Design and planning bodies join forces to crack down on maverick design decisions by councils
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EPC numbers 'not in public interest' government says
DCLG tells voter letting him know assessor details could 'harm the project'
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Has mixed tenure funding failed?
Senior figures from housing and planning tell us whether junior housing minister Iain Wright is right and what should take its place
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Projects from Welsh School of Architecture: DRU-w’s design for pavilion
Also: Sample of work by third year students Chris Brown and Seto Hendranata
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Developers should renegotiate social housing deals, says law firm
Housebuilders should change terms to make affordable housing schemes viable
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Council spending on housing will drop by £500m
Gpvernment predicts decrease in spending on new housing and upgrades