All Building articles in 8 August 2008 – Page 6
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Home Office delays decision on prioritising visas for QSs
QSs must wait to find out if they will be dropped from a visa scheme to alleviate skills shortages
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Subbies feel the crunch
Specialist contractors experienced a “sharp decline” in enquiries and orders in the second quarter of this year, according to the National Specialist Contractors Council
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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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NewsPhoto 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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FeaturesCountry focus: France
President Nicolas Sarkozy’s honeymoon period may be at an end, but France is weathering the credit crisis relatively well and the construction industry is still a bastion of the economy, reports Patrick Leniston of EC Harris
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Shard firms try to finalise costs
Shard's PM Turner & Townsend criticises the budget of the entire £1.3bn London Bridge Quarter
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FeaturesWe were there – Construction’s Olympians tell their stories
Construction is full of people who’ve lived the Olympic dream. As the Beijing Games kick off, eight of them tell Emily Wright about their years of training for moments of glory. Photography Michael Clement
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FeaturesThe second coming – the Strategic Forum for Construction’s Nick Raynsford
As the Strategic Forum’s new chairman, Nick Raynsford is bent on getting the industry to comply with its targets, recently launched by his predecessor Mike Davies. But is the response likely to be any better than it was to Egan? Kate Wheal met them both to find out
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Slate-look clay roof tiles
Sandtoft has introduced the Rivius clay roof tile, which is manufactured to look like traditional slate.
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Cedar shingles
Western red cedar shingles from timber importer John Brash have been used on the roofs of holiday chalets at the Colomendy Centre, an education and activity centre in north Wales.
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NewsHouse doctor: Built-in sunshine
Fuel costs being what they are, housing design must make the most of sunlight to heat houses. Peter Caplehorn of Scott Brownrigg explains how to arrive at an integrated solution
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CommentBuilding buys a pint … for Modus
Chosen watering hole: The Greencoat Boy, Victoria. Ambience: Grimy but friendly – and mercifully air-conditioned – city boozer Topics: Love among the sandwiches, oestrogen in the water and the Frisbee family Drinks Drunk: 6 gin and tonics, 4 pints of Amstell, 3 pints of Heineken, 3 glasses of white wine
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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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CommentBridget Jones’ diatribe
The pressure to conform causes singleton Tarek Merlin untold grief at his friends’ dinner parties. It also happens to be the single greatest blight on the built environment
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NewsHere is the verdict on the BRE's super homes ...
Envelopes: Four houses on the BRE Innovation Park have made the first steps towards meeting the upper levels of the Code for Sustainable Homes. Stephen Kennett finds out what we can learn from these pioneers
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Breathable paint
Sandtex Trade has launched its Intergrasil range of exterior coatings, a traditionally formulated mineral-based masonry paint which comprises a potassium silicate mineral-based finish and two high-performance primers, to protect and stabilise the most vulnerable of exterior substrates and maintain surface breathability.
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Vinci turnover boost
Vinci has posted a 15% rise in turnover to €15.7bn (£12.4bn) for the first six months of 2008.
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NewsBeijing Olympics: The real stars of the show
More than 1.5 million visitors are expected to descend upon Beijing over the next month to see the athletes, and the grand architectural statements, of the 2008 Olympics
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NewsBeijing Olympics: Let the Games begin
Beijing carries out last-minute preparations for Olympic opening ceremony
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Barratt wins breathing space with refinancing deal
Barratt has announced that the refinancing package agreed with its banks has now been signed and come into effect.