All Building articles in 28 May 2010 – Page 2
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Cut price rights issue sinks Royal Bam share price
Dutch construction group offers 97 million new shares at 38% discount
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Double dip predicted for Europe house prices
Ratings agency Standard & Poor’s says French homes are the most overvalued, followed by the UK and Spain
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Comment
What the coalition means for health and safety
The Tory and Lib Dem’s election pledges on H&S issues differ widely, so what should the industry expect now?
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CommentMaking fonts appear clearly on building.co.uk
If our new-look website isn’t looking too hot, here are a couple of computer tweaks that could help…
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NewsNew government advice could halt housebuilding, warns HBF
Home builders fear scrapped housing plans could cause construction hiatus
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NewsWolves unveil £40m football stadium redevelopment plan
Wolverhampton Wanderers to rebuild at least two stands at Molineux ground
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NewsInquest starts into fatal Potters Bar train crash
Inquiry begins today into 2002 accident on track maintained by Jarvis
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Interserve wins £30m academy in Leeds
Scheme, part of Leeds BSF programme, will comprise three buildings and a sports pitch and is set to open in September 2011
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NewsMay Gurney wins £60m of waste and recycling work
Infrastructure support services company will work for West Oxfordshire and North Yorkshire councils over seven years
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NewsCoalition maintains zero-carbon commitment
Conservative-Lib Dem government confirms that from 2016 all new homes will be zero-carbon
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NewsGalliford Try clinches £300m community facilities deal
Contractor will build facilities including library and community building over 10 years in south-east Scotland
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Comment
People's prince
His intervention on the Chelsea Barracks scheme was a good deed well done by Prince Charles, as the high and mighty of the world of developers and architects are well able to use influence and money behind the scenes. The rest of us have to put up with the awful ...
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NewsHeading for Reading
Reading Council and Dee Park Partnership have achieved financial close this week on the £44m first phase of the regeneration of Dee Park Estate
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CommentThe HCA must survive
We’re living in anxious times. And if you’re in the social housing world, it’s as nerve-jangling as it gets
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CommentHansom: Lessons in public speaking
Some speakers can witter on for hours, while others can barely fill two minutes. To avoid a poor score on the snore-o-meter, a thrilling encounter with global infrastructure can come in handy
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CommentAn idiot’s guide to stupid questions
An implied term in a contract used to be defined as something that only a fool would ask about. Well, thanks to Lord Hoffman, it’s not quite that simple anymore
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Gleeson says market is ‘stable’
MJ Gleeson, the housebuilder and strategic land specialist, has said that its strong balance sheet enabled the payment of a special dividend of £7.9m in March 2010
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CommentThe salami olympics: how to spot a fraudster
The Olympics is going to be bounty time for fraudsters, who will be slicing away at the budget whenever they get the chance. Here’s how to spot them
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NewsRICS reveals first rise in workload for two years
The RICS construction workload survey posted its first increase in two years in the first quarter of 2010