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A night in the limelight
The Building Awards on 22 April was quite a party, and nobody had more to celebrate than Contractor of the Year Wates, top chief executive John McDonough and Tim Byles of Partnerships for Schools
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FeaturesEarthship: Sustainable building with 900 spare tyres
David Matthews wanted to build his own Earthship – a radically sustainable home built of recycled materials – and live in it forever. Trouble was, he didn’t have a clue how to go about it. So Building sent him on a three-day course to find out
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FeaturesElection 2010: Dear prime minister...
Sarah Richardson collects the industry’s messages to the new occupant of Number 10 and we reveal the final choices of our panel of floating voters
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Leadbitter will refocus to combat public sector cuts
Turnover rises to £337m as contractor plans to target mid-range hotel, food retail and affordable housing
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Aldar reveals £55m first quarter loss as UAE slump continues
Abu Dhabi developer Aldar Properties posted a £55m loss for the first quarter of the year in results that were worse than analysts’ forecasts.
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Rok issues profit warning after poor maintenance performance
Rok has issued a profit warning on the back of a weak performance by its maintenance and improvements division.
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Careless talk
I read with interest your recent article about how the growth of the UK economy is being hindered by a shrinking construction industry, (“Construction decline holds back UK economy”, 23 April, building.co.uk) but I think that it gives the wrong – and worrying – message to our industry.
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No love for Gove
Did I imagine it or did Michael Gove, a columnist for Building magazine, have a go at the building industry on TV after the final leaders’ debate?
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CommentUnhappy as Larry
I am an American who has been following the British 2010 election campaign closely on the internet. My biggest shock was finding out just how far left British politics has become.
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Gang-related
In the light of your article “Labour cagey over gangmaster laws”, I wanted set out the Labour party’s position with regard to licensing labour providers in the construction industry.
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Foresight, not short sight
The only organisation that merits the description “short-sighted” is the Association for the Conservation of Energy, in its response to our view on the introduction of new Building Standards in Scotland later this year a move estimated by the Scottish government itself to add up to £8k on to the ...
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A question of values
We read about the sports hall at Dunraven school in Lambeth (26 March,) with surprise at how much someone is prepared to pay for a sports hall and amazement that you were heralding it as good value.
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Young and foolish
It is no surprise that Libeskind’s core following are students and children who understandably mistake glitz for quality (Daniel Libeskind’s Grand Canal Square theatre in Dublin, 28 April).
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CommentWill the QSs leave the RICS?
Drama in Westminster is not confined to the politicians. In the corner of Parliament Square where the RICS resides, tension between the institution’s management and its QS members is at snapping point.
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Smokin': Geneva HQ
Japan Tobacco International has unveiled plans for an international headquarters in Geneva
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£150m Viñoly scheme in balance
The fate of Rafael Viñoly and Bennetts Associates’ plans for the £150m redevelopment of Oxford university’s Radcliffe Observatory Quarter will be decided by a council of professors at the end of May.
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Crest Nicholson appoints bank to sound out suitors
Crest Nicholson was this week expected to appoint Morgan Stanley to act as adviser on a potential sale
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Lancsville collapse hits £28m Croydon tower
The collapse of Lancsville Construction has delayed a £28m Croydon tower by 18 months
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Foster and Zaha miss out on £120m Guy’s cancer centre
Architects Zaha Hadid, Foster + Partners and Will Alsop have been knocked out of the race for a £120m job to design and build a 12,500m2 cancer centre for Guy’s and St Thomas’ hospital in London