All Building articles in 7 November 2008 – Page 5
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NewsYorkon achieves ISO 14001
Off-site specialist receives the internationally recognised green standard
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NewsCorus cuts 400 jobs as steel demand slides
Distribution workers axed after 'significant decline in demand' from construction and plant markets
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NewsPrivate housing orders halved
Total orders down 20% as housing slump partly offset by 37% rise in public work
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NewsGalliford Try issues profit warning
Shares fall 12% after announcement of new £50m writedown and deteriorating prospects for housebuilding arm
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CommentThe vision thing
“The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. The challenges that tomorrow will bring are the greatest of our lifetime.” So said Barack Obama as he became president-elect of the United States of America on Wednesday.
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CommentA no-brainer
So you want to build your project for less money, risk, stress, hassle and time? Well, there’s a simple way to do everyone a favour, says Peter Kilby
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NewsVOSA’s new parking space
The Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA) has taken up residence in Holder Mathias Architects’ £7.5m office building in Swansea, developed by Babcock & Brown in partnership with the Welsh assembly.
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CommentRomania: land of opportunity
Europe’s fastest growing economy is an excellent place to seek refuge from Britain’s wintery economy. So, here’s a quick guide to the legal landscape
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Comment
Lebanese labour
The first time I picked up Building magazine in Dubai, I was extremely impressed … until I came across this comment (Building Gulf supplement, October, page 32): “Unless you employ cheaper labourers from India, Asia and the Lebanon, you won’t be competitive in the marketplace.”
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Morgan Sindall and Rok the latest to slash jobs
Morgan Ashurst division expected to lose at least 30 staff. Rok redundancies reach 750
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NewsMorgan Sindall the latest to slash jobs
Morgan Ashurst division expected to lose at least 30 staff
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J Murphy on the up
Pre-tax profit at civil engineer J Murphy has almost doubled from £31m to £60m in the year to 31 December 2007
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Investment low-down
New investment in financial instruments used to take stakes in property has fallen by 38% in the last three months on the same period last year, to £1.03bn, according to the IPD.
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NewsTime for the industry to regenerate
There are obviously difficult times ahead, but the launch of the HCA brings with it an opportunity for the regeneration sector to evolve
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Two-thirds more land needed to meet housing target
9,000 extra plots required each year as housebuilders abandon flats in favour of traditional houses
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Mears to hit target
Social housing repair and maintenance group Mears said its 2008 forecasts are in line with expectations.
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CommentUAE legal series: A few peculiarities
A contract is a contract pretty much wherever you are, but in Dubai there are one or two little points to bear in mind before you sign one, says Elise Gillians
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CommentPut on a happy face
What’s the best way to keep cheerful through the downturn? A quick game of golf, a few fireworks and then a glass of bubbly back at the in-office bar sounds good to me
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Rackheath in line to be first eco-town
A new town proposed by a consortium of Norfolk councils has emerged as the frontrunner to be the first of the government’s eco-towns.