All articles by Alex Smith – Page 6
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NewsCanary Wharf builders sing the credit crunch blues
Construction workers turn to career in rock with financial meltdown ditty as site jobs thin out
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Olympic lorries made safer for cyclists
ODA gives delivery lorries special safety lenses to help drivers spot bicycles
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NewsTories rule out third runway for Heathrow
Instead, £20bn rail link from St Pancras to Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds would cut 60,000 flights a year
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NewsTreasury bails out Bradford & Bingley to stabilise economy
Nationalisation of mortgage business and sale to Santander will safeguard customers' savings
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NewsContract wins keep Jarvis profit on track
Rail contractor's £20m of new contracts balance out falling freight volumes
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NewsCall for cycle friendly street designs
Cycle to Cannes and the LCC call on designers to submit plans that could provide a catalyst for a more ‘civilised city’
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NewsCyclists unveil plan to drive London’s cars underground
Cycling lobby group to present underground multistorey car park proposal to Boris Johnson
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Rogue builders jailed for up to eight years
Cowboys frightened dozens of vulnerable people into paying thousands of pounds for unnecessary work
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NewsMiddle East growth keeps Atkins on track
Consultant says half-year results to end September will be in line with expectations
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NewsRIBA announces Manser Medal shortlist for home design
The five shortlisted architects include Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners and Fielden Clegg Bradley
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FeaturesBlood, sweat and fixed gears: Building’s cycling track day
When dozens of the industry’s most fanatical cyclists descended on a London velodrome for Building’s inaugural Track Day, an afternoon of frenetic racing ensued – stirring memories of a certain sporting extravaganza held in the stadium 60 years earlier …
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NewsBellway housing reservations down 45%
Housebuilder says it saw no signs of an improvement in the market in June and July
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NewsDemolition 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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NewsCostain wins £120m waste contract
Riverside Resource facility in Belvedere will provide enough power for 66,000 London homes
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NewsScientist invents construction panel made from chicken feathers
Hungry Filipino termites may have to look elsewhere if inventor finds partner to develop inedible composite panels
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FeaturesGIA: Is this the UK’s grooviest building surveyor?
The butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker – if they’re after second careers, they could do worse than apply to become building surveyors at GIA. Alex Smith talks to seven employees who all have wildly different backgrounds. Photography by Steve Schofield
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NewsTravis Perkins predicts weaker trading as profit falls
Building merchant's half-year profit falls 3.2% despite increasing market share in merchanting and retail
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NewsISG wins £26m Cheshire college project
Contractor will refurbish add new campus to Edwardian main hall of Sir John Deane's College in Northwich
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NewsIt's a Knockout… with added architects
Battersea Power Station and Peckham Library battled it out with other buildings in an architecturally themed comedy challenge
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NewsStirling Prize shortlist revealed
RIBA prize features buildings by Feilden Clegg Bradley, Denton Corker Marshall, Allies and Morrison, AHMM, Grimshaw and Zaha Hadid