All Building articles in 27 February 2009 – Page 4
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Job cuts loom at WSP despite strong results
Consultant's profit and turnover both up by one-third but slowdown will bring more redundancies
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Keller turnover breaks £1bn barrier
Ground engineering specialist posts solid results, but outlook for 2009 is less cheerful
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School sues for £4m after devastating fire
Blaze in north London began when a spark ignited sawdust
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Inflation hits record low in Europe
Annual inflation dips below recommended low as unemployment rates soar to 7.6%
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Currie & Brown board takes 25% pay cut
Company cuts employee wages by an average of 8% to remain competitive in downturn
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McCarthy & Stone gets nod for £800m debt deal
Debt-for-equity swap will see 60 senior lenders take control of the firm
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Poet Laureate writes poem for RIBA anniversary
Andrew Motion's poem 'Frozen Music' celebrates the 175th anniversary of the architectural institute
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Currie & Brown seeks bids on £800m Glasgow hospital
Construction boost expected from 'most ambitious NHS project ever undertaken'
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Grafton Group profit plummets 78%
Net debt down by a quarter as chairman vows to focus on cost control
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Giant glass panels arrive for the leaning tower of Abu Dhabi
The world's biggest flatbed delivers diamond-shaped glazing panels for the RMJM-designed Capital Gate building
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Short term fears voiced over sustainability in the recession
Building and Saint-Gobain survey finds pulling back from green agenda in current economic climate
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Lloyds announces £10.8bn HBOS loss
Troubled bank hit by 11.9% bad loans as owner Lloyds' profit plummets 80%
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Welcome to Rwanda
Architectural and engineering design firm TPS has been commissioned by the Rwandan government to design a new airport in its capital city Kigali
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By the people, for the people
The verdict of “very simplistic” by Stroud MP David Drew on the Homes and Communities Agency’s handling of the Cashes Green Community Land Trust (CLT) proposal seems fair (13 February, page 23)
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We need a strategy
“It’s all very well calling for a Keynesian programme of public works to kickstart the economy,” wrote Rachel Sylvester in The Times on Tuesday, “but JM Keynes did not have to deal with the PFI.”
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School rules must be obeyed
As an acoustic consultant specialising in education, your article on new schools failing to meet acoustic standards (13 February, Building.co.uk) came as no surprise. That’s because BB93, the building regulation governing schools, is majorly flawed
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Suspense lifted
Engineer Buro Happold and Explorations Architecture have beaten competition including Foster + Partners to win the design competition for the Metro West Liffey Valley Bridge