All Building articles in 31 October 2008 – Page 6
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Jobs at risk
Up to 8,000 construction jobs in Northern Ireland are at risk, according to the Construction Employers’ Federation, which represents over 70% of the industry locally.
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Private renting ‘must increase’
The private rented sector should be expanded, according to a communities department report.
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FeaturesThe neverending story: On site at Ground Zero
After the bravura of the original construction and the tragedy of its destruction, comes the drama of the rebuilding of the World Trade Centre. Emily Wright went on site to see work in progress
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Foster: we will do nuclear power
Lord Foster has said that he would consider designing a nuclear power station, despite his practice’s reluctance to join EDF Energy’s design framework
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Comment
Forward planning
Mike Davies is incorrect to say that the Royal Town Planning Institute has “inevitably created an academic closed shop that has contributed to the shortage of qualified planners” (17 October, page 32).
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Comment
Safety first
The recent blaze in the Channel Tunnel was a worrying echo of the fire in 1996.
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NewsHighlands in the Fens
Developer Highland Homes has just won planning permission for this city-centre project in Cambridge.
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CommentThe European enlightenment
In 2010 Europe will emerge from the shadows of low-performance lightbulbs and enter the age of energy-efficient lighting …
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CommentElection fever
Building hit the streets of New York to find out whether the Big Apple will be backing MCCAIN or OBAMA next tuesday
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CommentThere once was an ugly duckling
If your adjudication claim’s feathers are all tattered and torn, it ought to fail. But what if your kindly adjudicator decides that it might turn into a swan later on?
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Features
Market forecast: Going down
Continuing work has helped the industry survive so far, but that is about to change.
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Third runway in doubt
Plans for a third runway at Heathrow are looking shaky after a parliamentary campaign was launched calling for them to be scrapped.
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FeaturesTrump's Towers: Interviewing real-estate guru Donald Trump
King Donald has become the living symbol of New York real estate. But now he’s busy buying up the rest of the world as well, including Britain. Emily Wright asked him about his dreams
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CommentMy digital life: Nathan Doughty
This Texan loves to spend time on news websites, satire websites, video editing websites, library websites, meeting websites, blogging websites. And his job? Something to do with websites …
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HSE demands safety overhaul
The chair of the Health and Safety Executive has said construction needs to overhaul its attitude to safety after new figures showed more fatal injuries occurred in construction this year than in any other industry group
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NewsFears grow over Dubai market as projects hit delays
Three schemes by state-owned developer are behind schedule as reports of a slowdown gather pace
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CommentThe latest death toll
On 28 March 2006, Lord Hunt, the then health and safety minister, made what many hoped would be a seminal speech in the struggle to make British sites safer.
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NewsCredit crunch spreads to medium-sized housebuilders
£254m-turnover David McLean is pushed under by £100m debts, joining £131m-turnover Taggart
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Wobbly contractor syndrome: paying subcontractors directly
Our third article on the legal implications of the downturn looks at what happens when a main contractor risks going bust and a client wants to pay its subbies directly