All Building articles in 9 April 2009 – Page 3
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Interest rates held at 0.5%
Commentators believe banks are unlikely to pass on benefits to borrowers
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Hanson opens new factory despite 30% staff loss
Building products boss says despite downturn ‘pent-up demand for housing’ remains
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China unveils £80bn healthcare package
Decision to fund new clinic in each village by 2011 is first phase of 10-year plan to overhaul country’s unpopular health system
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Travis Perkins appoints new non-executive director
Philip Jansen, former Sodexo chief operating officer, joins building materials firm
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Dubai government to investigate labourers' quarters
Ministry of labour to look into BBC accusations of inhumane living conditions for site workers
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32% of architects are 'underemployed'
RIBA survey reveals fewer architects expect to cut staff than in February but warns of decline in work coming from abroad
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Building Awards: Davis Langdon wins consultant of the year
T&T is highly commended - Runners-up include Cyril Sweett, F+G, Franklin + Andrews, Tuffin Ferraby Taylor and RLB
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Balfour boss breaks through £1m pay barrier
Ian Tyler took home £1.04m in 2008 as boardroom pay rose 24% to £3.4m
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Aftershock: Rebuilding after an earthquake
Philip Esper, the RICS expert on disaster management, spoke to Building about preventing and repairing damage in earthquake zones
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Lord Best to head up Northern Ireland think tank on housing
Lord Richard Best is appointed chair of Commission on the Future for Housing in Northern Ireland
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Peter Mandelson appeals to Abu Dhabi funders
Business secretary meets sovereign wealth funds in his quest to attract investment to the UK
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ChandlerKBS wins Dragon 24 contract
Consultant cost manager on £6.7m Welsh public-private partnership to support local businesses
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Government approves RICS Code of Practice
Code updated to incorporate the provisions of the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002
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Look out below
Kevin Whitefield was gazing from the Gleeds office window when he spotted this useful notice intended, presumably, for off-course parachutists and unusually literate birds
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Comment
U, V - or W?
There was a definite mood of optimism at the Building Awards last Thursday. Lots of people had a real reason to celebrate, of course, but the mood change was caused by more than champagne
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Second to a symphony
As Foster + Partners’ UAE pavilion at the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai starts on site, this design from Singapore-based firm Design Act just missed out in the competition for the Singapore pavilion
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The pull of Mull
Moxon Architects has designed a £2.8m social housing scheme in Dervaig on the Isle of Mull in Scotland for North West Mull Community Woodland Company
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A touch of Klass
More than 1,200 guests were at the Grosvenor House hotel on Thursday night for the 15th Building Awards
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Comment
Impact: zero
Clive Soley’s assertion that Heathrow and London’s economy is under threat if a third runway is not built cannot go unchallenged (27 March, page 42)
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Lest we forget...
Do you know where the war memorials are in your area? Are they being well looked after or have you noticed that they are falling into disrepair? Have you tried to contact the relevant authority about maintenance?