All Building articles in 27 June 2008 – Page 5
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NewsEnglish Partnerships' Robet Napier to chair new homes agency
The current EP chair will take on the same role at the Homes and Communities Agency when it opens for business on December 1
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NewsLondon Festival of Architecture hub highlights from Canary Wharf
The hublights of the second week of the London Festival of Architecture in Canary Wharf, Stratford and the Greenwich Peninsula
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WSP growth on target after road success
Consultant says it is 'monitoring' economic environment but is optimistic about prospects
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Bidder pulls out of eco-town contest
East Lindsey Disctric Council will no longer promote Manby in Lincolnshire as a potential eco-town following massive local opposition
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NewsBerkeley sales drop 25% in year of two halves
Berkeley records 3% rise in 2007 profit but Tony Pidgley warns of challenging and uncertain times
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APC Trainer on... demystifying T028 Environmental Assessment
Concepts, processes and systems for environmental assessment
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Comment
Tests and Trials
Jackie Sadek might find our pronouncements on the grocery retail sector a little less Kafkaesque if she read them properly (6 June, page 56).
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FeaturesThe scramble for public sector work
The scramble to enter the public sector has begun. The problem is that it has a rather strict door policy, and if your name is Johnny C Lately, you don’t have much of a chance of getting in. But it’s not impossible
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CommentThe power of speeches
Odd business, public speaking. This week it raised Boris Johnson to the zenith of glory and cast a Mail man into the abyss of ignimony, while Caroline Flint used her special powers to evade the press
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NewsPower play
Rafael Viñoly’s plans for Battersea Power Station created a stir when they were launched this week.
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NewsTall order
The UK’s tallest piece of freestanding public art, designed by Make Architects, was completed this week at Nottingham university.
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CommentPick and mix
There are just too many delicious goodies at this year’s London Festival of Architecture to take in without drawing up some kind of menu.
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NewsLiving on the ledge
This care-free individual in Clifton, Bristol was spotted installing a new pane of glass three storeys up by building surveyor Edward White .
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Kanvas sets sail
Willmott Dixon has launched a rebranded fit-out business after taking social housing arm Inspace back in-house for £148m in January.
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CommentObstructed by justice
Don’t expect the law to protect you from unscrupulous clients, says small contractor Alan Danieli. The system just isn’t designed that way …
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Styles & Wood issues warning
Retail fit-out specialist Styles & Wood has issued its second profit warning in a month after suffering what it called “significant project deferrals”.
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FeaturesSustainability housing standards
Now that the Code for Sustainable Homes is mandatory for all new housing in England, housebuilders must set relevant targets and identify cost-effective ways to meet them. Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon reviews the latest thinking on low-carbon design features
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NewsSwedish sustainable housing
Sweden has become something of a world laboratory for sustainable housing. So what can we learn from their experiments – apart from the fact that they’re light years ahead of ours?
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Lenders hit new housing hard
UK mortgage lenders are penalising buyers of new-build housing by offering much poorer terms than for second-house houses.
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CommentLiving in sin: Haden Young vs Laing O'Rourke Midlands
The dangers of contractor and subcontractor co-habiting out of wedlock were highlighted when Hayden Young went to work for Laing O’Rourke on Coventry City’s Ricoh arena