All Building articles in 30 October 2009 – Page 5
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Two vie for construction tsar job
The government is to chose between the final two candidates for the position of chief construction adviser as early as next week, Building understands
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Shepherd rescues collapsed Trinity Walk job
York-based contractor Shepherd Construction has signed a deal this week to rescue its £210m Trinity Walk shopping centre job in Wakefield from administration and build it as originally planned
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FeaturesThe five hundred million pound woman: Colette O'Shea
Last week, we looked at what life on site was like for the industry’s female minority. This week, Emily Wright heads to the boardroom to meet Land Securities’ Colette O’Shea, the most powerful woman in London development
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Citywatch: Fighting Talk
Clive Sayer, the boss of QS Baqus, was in a punchy mood after announcing the company’s broadly sound first full-year results on Tuesday
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NewsRogers visits green city in Gulf to help promote UK firms
Richard Rogers visited Foster + Partners’ Masdar City in Abu Dhabi last week to discuss opportunities for UK firms to work on it
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Tories will ‘change law’ to curb HSE
An incoming Tory government may change the law to allow contractors to ban Health and Safety Executive inspectors from sites
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NewsCBI tells government: construction vital to UK plc
Business leaders make plea for capital spending as building sector drags down national GDP
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CommentContracts: Are you a cavalier or a roundhead?
You can have all the collaboration and co-operation you like in this industry of ours, but fundamentally the Roundheads are right: it’s all about the contract …
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Persimmon: we’ll only seek shareholder cash for takeover
Chief executive says his will be only big housebuilder not to make a rights issue – unless it buys a rival
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Housebuilders in crisis talks to cut regulatory burden
Communities department calls in housing chiefs as cost of regulations “threatens site viability”
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NewsCurrie & Brown follows rivals by restructuring
Consultant restructures UK operations to boost energy and infrastructure to 40% of the business
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NewsFormer RICS boss faces expulsion from QS body
Michael Byng, former head of QS faculty, to fight allegations of dishonesty over non-payment of fees
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CommentWonders & blunders with Chris Johnson
The Thorncrown Chapel in Arizona is worth a special pilgrimage, says Chris Johnson, but a classic example of eighties City architecture should be sent for recycling
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FeaturesBeware of killer clients: the insurance threat to fit-out providers
Fit-out firms are suddenly finding that their clients are making them take out insurance to cover the entire job – and as they may not be able to, they’re risking commercial death
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Two become one
Can the Tories find a way of merging the two housing agencies as well as maintaining an efficient service
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FeaturesZaha's Museum of Transport: The battle of the oil can
Zaha Hadid’s Museum of Transport in Glasgow was designed with gothic zinc-clad ridges and 100m-plus roof spans. They looked great on a computer screen, but led to memorable rows with the project team
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Balfour man takes Brinckerhoff’s top UK post
Parsons Brinckerhoff has appointed the director of Balfour Beatty Management managing director of its UK and European operations
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Cabe backs tube plans
Cabe is supporting plans to redevelop Tottenham Court Road tube station, but says the project should be dealt with through a formal planning application.
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Comment
Bingham bites back
The Office of Fair Trading’s response to my column (23 October, page 30) condemns the OFT