All Building articles in 30 January 2009 – Page 5
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NewsTo me … to you …
Thanks to John Nolan of DMG Delta for spotting this game of catch in east London
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Comment
A little local thinking
The item concerning MPs’ call to local authorities to make better use of planning agreements to secure jobs for local people (23 January, page 23) may run into problems
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NewsKoolhaas takes on Taiwan
Rem Koolhaas’ Office of Metropolitan Architecture came ahead of 135 others to win a competition to design a performing arts centre in Taipei
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Jarvis shares plunge
Jarvis shares plummeted by nearly a third to 6p last week after news that Network Rail is set to “significantly reduce” its track renewal programme in the year to March 2010.
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FeaturesA real life saver: Unicef's Malawi hospital
Unicef doesn’t usually spend money on buildings, but when the Alliance Ball raised £400k for its cause, an exception was made for this children’s hospital in Malawi. Thomas Lane found out what happened next
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FeaturesHard’s Time: a specialist going strong
One man definitely not looking to reinvent himself is Kevin Hard – his four-man specialist contracting outfit is still managing to double turnover every six months
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Wolseley issues gloomy update
Building materials giant Wolseley has issued a grim trading update for the five months to 31 December 2008 but said it will not breach banking covenants this month
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FeaturesMarket forecast: Two years to go …
Building prices plummeted 7.5% in the last quarter of 2008, and aren’t set to bottom out until 2011. Peter Fordham and Maren Baldauf-Cunnington of Davis Langdon deliver the latest grim predictions
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NewsFirst ripples at the Riverside
The team planning to build the 10,800-home Barking Riverside scheme in east London has submitted three planning applications for the first 4,000
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Comment
I hope Spring’s eternal …
Building has long been distinguished both for the level of its architectural criticism and for the number of its good architectural contributors
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NewsIndustry snubs RICS’ electronic tendering service
Institution ‘baffled’ after online bidding system is used by only 50 projects in 15 months
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NewsDelivering energy infrastructure
Energy minister Mike O’Brien will be among 19 keynote speakers at Building’s Delivering Energy Infrastructure conference next month
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McInerney needs deal
Dublin housebuilder McInerney said it was poised to sign fresh banking deals to cope with the recession
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Invoice credit squeeze may force SMEs under
Small and medium-sized construction firms could be forced under as a result of restricted access to invoice finance, experts have warned
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Comment
The rules of the crane
The subject of crane safety has been under debate for too many years. I firmly believe the root cause of all the incidents is the lack of planning, monitoring and control
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Comment
On the safe side: Corporate manslaughter and health and safety offences
Fears about the vagueness and leniency of health and safety and corporate manslaughter laws have been assuaged by two new pieces of legislation