All Building articles in 5 June 2009 – Page 7
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Viñoly has another go: Battersea Power Station
This is the latest incarnation of Rafael Viñoly’s proposals for Battersea Power Station in south-west London, which will include 3,700 homes and 1.5 million ft2 of office space
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Local Housing Companies stall amid public debt fears
All 14 trial joint ventures delayed, owing to market conditions and row over council balance sheets
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Comment
The third amendment
The Standing Joint Committee for The Standard Measurement of Building Works has prepared amendment three to the Seventh Edition, effective from 1 June.
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Forget all you think you know
The first signs of increased demand may now be appearing. But any recovery isn’t going to be a return to how things were before. Yolande Barnes predicts a brave new world for housebuilding
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The true aim of architecture
Robert Adam’s rant (22 May, page 24) about architects and how “they like to pretend they know best about what’s good for society ... “ reminded me of a talk Buckminster Fuller gave at the school of architecture at Bristol university in 1965
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Features
Council houses: return to a golden age?
It’s not a lot, but the government has made £100m available for councils to start building homes again. So is this the start of a glorious return to a golden age?
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Comment
Asking for the moon: Construction Act changes
The Specialist Engineering Contractors’ Group wants payment security on demand included in the new Construction Act. It should not – and will not – become law
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Electrical accessories
MK Electric, a maker of wiring devices and electrical accessories, has introduced a new range of multi-media devices designed to provide a complete solution for all residential television, radio and audio needs
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Neighbours: Lovell and Tarmac on reaching code level four or above
The house on the left aims to meet code level four, but next door they’ve got even loftier pretensions. Stephen Kennett reports on goings-on at a site in Nottingham
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Comment
Messing about near boats
I work for a charity called the Waterway Recovery Group (www.wrg.org.uk) which restores the derelict canals of England and Wales
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'Revolutionary' QS James Nisbet dies, aged 89
Industry figures gathered in Leatherhead, Surrey, on Monday for the funeral of James Nisbet, the “revolutionary” quantity surveyor who invented cost planning
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Shock as Cyril Sweett and Gleeds miss £800m deal
Top QSs refuse to rule out appealing OGC decision to leave them off project management framework
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Profit up 8% at May Gurney
Infrastructure services specialist May Gurney has restructured its business following a successful year in which turnover grew 8% to £470.3m
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Network Rail to retender £700m framework deal
Shake-up of design and engineering list comes amid increasing concerns over framework deals
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Balfour to create single £500m rail business
Balfour Beatty is planning to restructure its rail operations to create a £500m-turnover business
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NEM awarded £3.6m
New East Manchester has been awarded £3.6m by North West Development Agency to pay for the preparation of the 3.3ha Crossley Works site in Openshaw for future redevelopment.
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Cabe lambasting leads to 2012 media centre redesign
The design of the media centre for the Olympic Games has been overhauled after Cabe branded it “extremely weak”
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Latest construction appointments - 5 June 2009
Andrew Altman, the deputy mayor of Philadelphia, has been appointed chief executive of the 2012 legacy delivery company set up to ensure a lasting legacy for the Olympic park
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Wates dropped from £100m prison project
Wates has been dropped from a £100m prison scheme in Leicestershire as part of a Ministry of Justice drive to cut costs