All Building articles in 27 June 2008 – Page 2
-
News
Asbestos halts work on Olympic Stadium
Foundations work on stadium site is halted as precautionary measure after asbestos material found in ground
-
News
Housing slump hits product manufacturers
Heavy side products suffer sharpest slowdown in second quarter of 2008
-
News
Aquatics centre construction to begin early
Project team lead by Balfour Beatty, Zaha Hadid and Arup finalise construction plans for roof criticised by the BBC
-
News
Currie & Brown hires Middle East recruitment manager
Consultant steps up plans to generate half its global turnover by 2011 from the Middle East
-
News
Caroline Flint announces measures to combat housing downturn
Housing Corporation to offer developers larger upfront payments and buy unsold stock through national clearing house
-
News
UK is fifth most expensive place in the world for construction
Global survey by EC Harris shows that costs are significantly higher than many European countries
-
News
Green light for £66.4m fire station build programme
Government gives go-ahead to build 16 facilities in north of England
-
News
Invisible scaffolding
No, it's not a trick of the light - this man really is trying to demolish a chimney stack while crouching on the roof
-
News
Credit crunch slashes 900 flats from Olympic Village
ODA chief executive admits residential units will be reduced by a quarter
-
News
CRH issues profit warning
First-half profit to be down 10% on 2007, with a similar fall likely for the full year
-
News
Performing arts college in Dallas gets creative
Allied Works Architecture's design transforms Booker T Washington High School in Texas
-
News
National Federation of Builders names new chair
Mike Jones of Ellis Building Contractors takes over from Neil Ramsey this week
-
News
Lafarge fined £200k after cement worker loses ear
Cement firm admits health and safety violations caused accident leading to severe facial injuries
-
News
Sustainability Now: Boards of Wisdom
There were truths spoken in jest, pleas for help and even a climate change denier chatting...
-
News
HIPs awareness spending outstrips EPC and DEC budget
Poor customer awareness is leaving industry feeling left in the lurch
-
News
Zaha opens Zaragoza Bridge Pavilion
Star architect Zaha Hadid's Spanish pavillion couples architecture and engineering
-
News
Cost of the code examined
Sustainability Now webinar offer detailed analysis on budgeting to hit different levels of the Code. Download presentations here or listen to the seminar again
-
News
Taylor Wimpey's shares fall more than 50%
Housebuilder's new financial deal fails with 900 redundancies expected
-
News
Biggest fall in workload since mid nineties
RICS survey finds government housing targets under more pressure as private-sector workloads fall
-
News
Balfour Beatty strong after six months of acquisitions
Construction and engineering group releases confident trading update following £320m buying spree