All Building articles in 31 October 2008 – Page 5
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Green gauge - sustainable bloggers
A round-up of recent green blog posts, including environmental thoughts in the run-up to the US election
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New city development planned for Qatar
Developer BARWA poised to reveal megaproject in Al Kohr, 50km north of Doha
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Londoners splurge as £1.7bn Westfield mall opens
Retail therapy overrules shoppers' credit crunch worries at opening of giant west London mall
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Lift plunge kills 12 Chinese building workers
Work suspended across Xiapu county after China's latest fatal site accident
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Mortgage lending up in September
New approvals show first monthly rise in a year, but lending still nearly 50% down on last year
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Centrica to raise £2.2bn for nuclear stake
Rights issue to fund 25% stake in nuclear operator British Energy following sale to EDF
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Latest hydrogen and fuel cell technology revealed
London Hydrogen Partnership launches £60,000 Fuel Cell Viability Study Fund
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CIBSE provides DEC benchmark help
New publication shows how buildings can reach their energy potential
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Westminster pledges £100m recovery package
Council announces range of measures to help recession-hit Londoners
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One-quarter of firms plan to shed property
CBI finds accelerating trend to shed property, with tax changes prompting demolition
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Contract snared via iPod data theft
Indian construction firm loses bid after rival steals tender documents using iPod
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Policeman 'took bribes' from building workers in Singapore
Officer alleged to have collluded with foreign onstruction workers who violated work permits
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The bottom line
A big thank you and a couple of bottles of rather fine wine go to Peter Humphreys for this picture of everyday repair and maintenance in Wales.
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Way off target
The generally perceived view is that targets in policing and the health sector are counterproductive.
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Tube station revamp
London Underground has opened the bidding for the redevelopment of Tottenham Court Road station in a deal worth up to £300m.
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Question time
Everything’s getting terribly serious, isn’t it? This week we ponder life’s big questions: what can make us happy? How can we save our businesses? And what is making Gary Barlow so miserable?
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Not working out
I just read your article about Bouygues UK carrying out warm-up exercises on their sites (17 October, page 54).
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Who is Nick Pollard?
A civil engineer by background, Nick Pollard has been at Bovis since joining from Skanska in October 2007 as a virtual chief executive in waiting.
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Specialists warn of sharp rise in late payments
Clients are reacting to the global credit crisis by using “manipulative tactics” to delay paying their supply chains, an industry trade body has warned.