All Building articles in 27 August 2010 – Page 4
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Rivergate centre, Barking: Starting gate
Van Heyningen and Haward Architects’ Rivergate Centre in Barking, east London, has started on site
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DevSecs back in black
Development Securities has warned that the commercial property market “lacks momentum”
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Ardmore in court
Ardmore Construction has been taken to court by the former head of Tarmac in a row over non-payment of fees
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Fate of firms taken over by Erinaceous: To fight another day
The companies taken over by ’one-stop consultant’ Erinaceous, aka the exploding hedgehog, have spent two years struggling to safety. Roxane McMeeken reports live from the front line
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Rehousing animals: First catch your vole
The London Gateway port will handle 3.5 million containers a year and is a huge construction undertaking. But an added complication is the relocation of thousands of animals that inhabit the area - at a cost of £50m
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Asian arm of Davis Langdon 'strong enough to go it alone'
Davis Langdon & Seah says it doesn’t need Aecom - but sources claim it had been eyeing a deal
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All skilled up and nowhere to go
News that the likes of BT and Network Rail have been inundated with applicants for their apprenticeship programmes should be welcomed
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RICS recession survey: The sum of all our fears
Well, the surveyors are worried, anyway. After a year of increasing optimism, they now predict more redundancies, less work and greater pressure on margins. So is construction heading for a double-dip recession
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Comment
The fire alarm is ringing
It’s official: if a timber-frame building catches fire, it will suffer more damage than if it were built using other forms of construction
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Comment
It ain't half hot, cold and muddy
Russian veteran Harvey Smith tells us how to cope with a 74ºC annual temperature range, find unusual ways to lift a 12-tonne spire - and why Ladas are better cars than Range Rovers
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Aecom buys rail firm
Aecom has acquired UK consultant Tritech Rail in a bid to boost its rail consultancy business. Tritech Rail, founded in 1999, is based in Wigan and employs about 100 people.
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Lorraine Lee vs Chartered Properties: A late adjudicator
In this case the adjudicator’s mistake was to take the weekend to type up his decision, here’s why…
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Accidents will happen … in adjudication
After getting on for 500 enforcements, one thing is clear: an adjudicator is expected to make mistakes. But that is the fault of the system - and it’s outweighed by its benefits
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In absentia: Jean Shaw vs James Scott Builders
This case is all about missing persons, missing contracts, missing drawings and missing deadlines. So no surprise when eventually it all turned around a missing email
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Crest banks start £500m debt talks as bid hopes die
Housebuilder may seek fresh capital as it parts ways with deal adviser Morgan Stanley
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£5.7m of bad foreign debt hits Waterman share price
Engineering and environmental consultant Waterman has said it will be hit by up to £5.7m of bad debt in 2010
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Rok boss fury at £6.4m loss
Rok boss Garvis Snook said he was “furious” after repeatedly being assured that a division which eventually suffered a £6.4m loss was doing fine
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Housing stats: New build sales and completions in July 2010
This month’s data reveals rises in private and housing association registrations, but sales are down
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'Up to 2,400 fewer homes a year' under London guide
Development agency research into impact of new housing standards lays out worst-case scenario
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NG Bailey posts £19.9m profit but remains cautious
Family-owned M&E contractor NG Bailey has moved back into the black despite a 23% fall in annual turnover to £464m from £600m