All Building articles in 30 January 2009 – Page 4
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Government plans credit insurance rescue scheme
New scheme will underwrite up to half of potential claims for medium-risk firms with reduced cover
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Broadway Malyan seeks planning for £84m college at Longbridge
Bournville College will form a key part of St Modwen's redevelopment of the former MG Rover car works site
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Vigil planned outside inquest into construction site death
Campaign group Families Against Corporate Killers will join victim's family in vigil to highlight rise in site deaths
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UK construction workers strike over foreign labour
Infrastructure schemes hit by protest action about claims that British workers are being denied UK jobs
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Adjaye makes shortlist for US black history museum
Foster + Partners, IM Pei and Moshe Safdie also on shortlist for $500m Washington DC museum
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Over 100 Olympic workers arrested as 'illegal migrants' last year
Government figures show 136 suspected illegal immigrants arrested at 2012 site between April and December 2008
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Eco-consultant sues Kent developers for £40k
Peak Ecology accuses Corporation Properties of failing to pay for Wrotham site surveys
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Video: First roof truss lifted onto 2012 Olympic stadium
First of 27 roof trusses is lifted into place at the Olympic Park
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Bouygues UK signs £240m BSF schools contract
Programme for London's Tower Hamlets will transform 18 schools
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Government may relax financial rules on council housing
Prime minister announces measures to remove barriers to local authority housing provision
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Mitie wins £65m Derbyshire BSF contract
Specialist will provide FM services to 46 schools as part of Equitix consortium
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Mead General Building vs Dartmoor Properties: Payment dispute
Devon company Mead General Building is heading for a High Court showdown with housebuilder Dartmoor Properties over a £1.6m project in Okehampton near Exeter. Mead carried out substantial work on the scheme over a long period, but argues that housebuilder Dartmoor Properties has not paid in full. An adjudicator was ...
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Unions plan strike as 1,000 jobs are axed from Tube
Transport for London aim to make up cash shortage with £2.4bn savings this year
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Protest at refinery as foreign workers take building jobs
Union rails at 'exclusion' of UK workers from major schemes, as rem hires 250 Italians at Lincolnshire refinery
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Mitie on course to hit earnings targets
Trading update reveals specialist outsourcing firm is holding up well against the economic downturn
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Costain wins £85m contract at Bidston Moss viaduct
Highways Agency hires contractor to strengthen box girder bridge at Birkenhead
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Crystal Palace Park housing scheme called in
Government queries approval of controversial plan to build 180 homes on parkland
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The Builder 1858: Engraving of Bristol General Hospital
In the 19th century Building's forerunner printed engravings of the latest Victorian buildings including WB Gingell's design above
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Comment
Stop navel-gazing and look up
We are so focused on our own disciplines that we fail to see there’s a bigger universe out there. What’s more, this universe is a lot more connected than we think
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Money can’t buy you love
Open mike: Successful projects rely on much more than hard cash, says Martin Murphy. Emotional investment by the local community and end users is what ensures success