All Building articles in 5 June 2009 – Page 6
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Industry 'out of intensive care unit' as rate of decline slows
The recession in the construction industry eased in May, according to data from the Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply
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Zaha, queen of the desert: Cairo's Stone Towers
Zaha Hadid has won a competition to design a 525,000m2 development in Cairo known as the Stone Towers
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Comment
A cable to the sun
In reply to Hugh Bantin’s query about wind energy (8 May, page 32), yes, it is fickle and average output is about 30% of maximum
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McCarthy buys site
Retirement housebuilder McCarthy & Stone has bought a development site in Whitby for 22 houses
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Features
In control: building inspectors
Forget Britain’s Got Talent, last week a Channel 4 documentary finally gave the unsung world of building control its moment in the limelight. Emily Wright finds out what the inspectors involved, and the rest of the industry, thought of it...
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Market forecast: Hamiltons' Smithfield office building
Hamiltons’ £90m office next to Smithfield market in the City of London has been given the go-ahead by the City Corporation
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GB Building director quits to join risk consultancy
Jason Farnell has left his job as commercial director of GB Building Solutions to become a partner in risk management consultancy CR Management
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Small builders unfair
A third of the 171 cases brought under the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations have involved small domestic builders, according to the Office of Fair Trading.
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Camden BSF shortlist
Teams led by BAM and Bouygues have been shortlisted for the £250m Camden Building Schools for the Future programme
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William Verry boss lines up senior role at Leadbitter
John Gibson is advising contractor on plan to take over £80m Oaklands college job in St Albans
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Employers' body warns Unite not to encourage further strikes
An employers’ group has written to the Unite union warning it not to encourage further wildcat strikes on construction sites
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Comment
Wonders & blunders
Martin Playford revisits two grand schemes from the seventies, one a gleaming symbol of the might of the City, the other a sad leftover from a best-forgotten motorway project
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Fatality rate predicted to be lowest since records began
Preliminary Health and Safety Executive figures indicate 25% drop in construction death rate
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Because we care
A £15m health and well-being centre in Hull designed by HLM Architects has been given the green light
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Buyers back away from HBOS social housing sell-off
Bank’s hopes of disposing of stakes in Apollo and Keepmoat hindered by £1.2bn price paid in 2007
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Features
Automated design: checking the regs
So you’ve squeezed every last minute and penny out of the construction process. But what about all the frustrating to-ing and fro-ing with the drawings? Stephen Kennett meets a man who thinks he has an answer to that
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Comment
The disaster area
Open mike: The latest data from purchasing managers confirms that construction has been one of the worst afflicted areas of the UK economy. Roy Ayliffe peers into the gloom for signs of hope
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Features
Exploding church, invisible architect: Iglesia de Santa Monica
Spanish firm Vicens + Ramos is a reclusive practice, but this iconic/iconoclastic church in Madrid is hard to miss
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Davis Langdon to take plunge in Saudi Arabia
Davis Langdon is to open an office in Saudi Arabia to boost market share in the country
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Crossrail designers appointed
Scott Wilson has been appointed to design Farringdon Crossrail station