All Building articles in 8 August 2008 – Page 2
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News
Hill selects UK vice president of business development
Toby Hunt will focus on business development for Hill and its subsidiary Knowles and Shreeves
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Regeneration areas hit hardest by property slump
Returns were 2.6% lower in regeneration areas in compared to the general market according to new survey
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Life Cycle Costing - Introducing BS ISO 15686-5:2008
BSI British Standards' conference offers guidance on the new international standard for life cycle costing,
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Demolition date set for Tinsley cooling towers
Work will start on new biomass power plant after cooling towers are cleared on August 24
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Construction in recession for two more years
Higher materials prices contribute to construction bodies' gloomy outlook
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Delhi plans 10 new metro stations for 2010
Pell Frischmann works with architect John McAslan + Partners to build 10 new Delhi metro stations
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Developer selected for Peterborough pPod eco-homes
Housing association Gentoo and housebuilder Morris Homes to build UK's second major zero carbon housing development
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Raynsford accuses Brown of ‘frantic search’ for policy ideas
Former housing minister Nick Raynsford says prime minister should avoid populist decision making
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A tottering tower of blunders
Take your pick as to the worst blunder here. Angle grinding on driveway, lack of PPE and guard rail, tower supported by timber offcuts....
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Rok to close commercial property arm
Contractor reduces exposure to sector as it reports 22% interim profit rise
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Balfour Beatty ties up £100m PPP deal in Singapore
New deal inline with contractor’s strategy to expand PPP businesses in selected geographic markets
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Falling housing sales prompt sellers to drop prices
First time buyers have become endangered species says RICS as number of sales fall to lowest level for 30 years
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Exhibitor of the week: Itho Ventilation Limited
Holland's ventilation market leader tells show attendees how its products can help engineers meet Code for Sustainable Homes standards
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Benefit cuts do not make single parents get jobs, says study
But welfare claimants think penalty is reasonable
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Standard start for planning will not work
But study says the idea could have merit at local level
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Features
First impressions: Projects by Hadid and Metropolitan Architects
Another ‘First Impression’ panellist, this time Michelle Sweeney, graduate from the School of Architecture at the University of Manchester, comments on five new schemes
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Low earners 'unrealistic' about house buying prospects
Study finds few people on low incomes apply for social housing
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Everton insists Kirkby stadium could still go ahead
Government calls for a public inquiry into the £400m project