All Building articles in 8 August 2008 – Page 4
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RIBA presidents represent UK in Beijing
President Sunand Prasad and past president Jack Pringle to speak at UKT&I seminar in Olympic city
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Unions demand minimum wage for apprentices
TUC highlights hourly rates as low as £1.50 and calls for £110 weekly minimum for all apprentices
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The World Architecture Festival - 22-24 October
The largest architectural awards programme is open to buildings completed between 1 January 2007 and 20 June 2008
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Modern buildings are 'skid marks' on London skyline, says Guy Ritchie
Film director and Mr Madonna gives modern architecture the thumbs-down
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Striking workers claim migrants took jobs
Construction workers in unofficial walkout at Plymouth power plant site over rumours of Polish replacements
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Chancellor rules out imminent move on stamp duty
Government tries to prevent housing market stalling as buyers hope for tax holiday
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London Underground names 12 contractors for £2.8bn framework programme
Carillion, Skanska, Taylor Woodrow, Costain and Balfour Beatty make the cut for Vendor Capital Programme but Bovis loses out
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100 years of Structural Engineering - until September
Exhibition celebrating the importance of engineering in creating some of the most iconic buildings of the past 100 year
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Scottish distillery to harness whisky waste in biomass plant
Diageo plans £65m biomass plant to reuse distillation waste at Scotland's largest distillery
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Mortgage squeeze hits Blackburn housing scheme
Final stage of £15m project put on hold because prospective homebuyers cannot borrow
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Lib Dems highlight 20% crash in auction house prices
Party says auction prices reflect true state of market and demands urgent stamp duty reform
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Selection of Crossrail design team hit by three-month delay
Framework appointments put back until the end of the year after client asks for more detailed bids
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Photo leads to crane driver sacking
Falcon Crane Hire has dismissed a crane driver for breaching safety rules in the week that a report about the fatal collapse of one of its machines was published
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Insurance law changes threaten nuclear build
The nuclear industry is in talks with the government to thrash out a solution to insurance problems that threaten to undermine plans to build at least eight new power stations by 2023
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‘Plundered with impunity’ - illegal timber in UK construction
According to Greenpeace, the world’s rainforests are being devastated by the trade in illegal timber – a trade the UK profits from more than almost any other country.
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The suspension (of sanity) bridge
Spotted in Barry, South Glamorgan last weekend by Martin Brook. A fine example of why any job that involves one man using four ladders simultaneously is generally frowned upon by the HSE.
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Steel roof tiles
Lightweight steel roof tiles from Decra have been used on two timber-frame modular housing projects for the Lincolnshire Rural Housing Association.
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Do the right thing
It’s just a coincidence, of course, but the opaque sky over Britain this week accurately reflects the overcast mood in much of the construction industry.
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Unleash the OGC
The government cannot afford to fail to implement the Construction Commitments through its supply chain, particularly after publicly signing up to them (25 July, page 9). And why on earth would it want to?
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Prime location
Readers have been invited on your website to suggest suitable locations for the siting of Jack Pringle’s Skylon.