All Building articles in 9 April 2009 – Page 4
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News
Taylor Wimpey on verge of finishing refinance marathon
Housebuilder poised to complete £1.6bn deal as banks urge it to raise £350m to ease interest terms
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Comment
Sound education
Acoustics within schools remains widely overlooked, despite the introduction of BB93, the government standards for the acoustic design of schools. This needs to be addressed as a matter of urgency
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Tories to devolve planning power
The Conservative party this week pledged to hand regional planning power back to local councils if elected
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Unions warn of summer strikes if pay demands are not met
A dispute over pay and conditions could lead to strike action on major infrastructure projects, construction unions have warned
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Comment
Tell me why: Give reasons for your decisions
Here’s a warning to all you adjudicators out there: if you give your reasons for a decision, then you have to address all the issues. If you don’t, the whole thing may be thrown out
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Guilty plea over Wembley death
Concrete specialist PC Harrington has pleaded guilty to breaches of health and safety which led to the death of Patrick O’Sullivan at Wembley stadium in 2004
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Firms vie for Crossrail stations
WSP and a joint venture between Arup and Atkins are among the firms bidding to design the Tottenham Court Road and Farringdon Crossrail stations, bids for which were in this week
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McBains Cooper expands to defy the downturn
Consultant posts pre-tax profit of £1.4m despite investing £1m in expansion
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Comment
How to look good in public: Public Contracts Regulations
If you want to venture into public sector work without falling flat on your face, then you’d do well to have a few evenings in with the Public Contracts Regulations
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Comment
Don't just twiddle your thumbs: Colleges delays
If you have a project funded by the Learning and Skills Council, you’re probably wondering how best to handle the delay and uncertainty. What follows should help
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News
RBS forced towards takeover of collapsed Oakdene
‘Little choice’ for bank after housebuilder, which was put up for sale in January, attracts low bids
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Citywatch: The herd changes course
Last April the housing market fell off a cliff. This time around, there are signs that it could be the month when the mood in the City towards the construction sector lightens
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UK Green Building Council to work on new zero-carbon code
The UK Green Building Council is planning to set up joint working groups with the government to take forward plans to make all new non-residential buildings zero carbon by 2019
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Comment
Net Worth... buys a pint for Building
For once it wasn’t Building digging deep into the corporate pocket to stand a few rounds – it was the jolly folk at Net Worth, on the occasion of the debut of their construction and property networking club
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CLM brought in to oversee Olympic village
The organisation in charge of the construction of the Olympic venues has been brought in to oversee the building of the athletes’ village, which was originally run by developer Lend Lease
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Features
The tracker: Bottoming out?
The picture in February was still pretty bad, but most of the indicators, and almost all the regions, are showing a rise from January’s nadir, says Experian Business Strategies
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Pidgley: land market won't bottom out this year
Berkeley boss disagrees with Knight Frank prediction that values will stabilise in the summer
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Features
Second city first: Birmingham's building boom
It seems that Birmingham is on the cusp of a building boom. Dan Stewart took a stroll to find out