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CommentFight fire with sprinklers
I object to some of the comments made by Paul Timmins regarding the Local Government Association’s call for sprinklers to be fitted to all new buildings (16 November, page 36).
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High standard
The criticism of the new RIBA Standard Agreement 2007 by Ian Yule (23 November, page 59) is inaccurate and self-serving.
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Competition comment
The quote in your article “Choose Wisely” (16 November, page 72) was inaccurate – we had won the RIBA’s Brooks Road Low Rise housing competition run for Newham council.
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£25m Sweett war chest
Consultant Cyril Sweett has built up a £25m acquisitions war chest, Dean Webster, the chief executive, revealed this week.
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Greater London Authority attacks ‘mad’ housing bill clause
Developers and councils may be able to use a a clause in the Housing and Regeneration Bill to avoid building social rented housing on their sites, according to Ken Livingstone’s Greater London Authority.
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Housing growth areas
The government is to spend £732m on housing growth areas outside the Thames Gateway and designated “growth points” between 2008 and 2011.
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Vaux brewery offer
Urban Regeneration Company Sunderland Arc has made an offer to buy the controversial former Vaux Brewery site in the city from Tesco.
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Swan refurbishment
Swan Housing Group has been selected by Newham council to deliver a £55m PFI project to refurbish 1,400 houses in Forest Gate, east London.
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Ask in Manchester
Commercial development firm Ask Developments has secured a £20.5m deal to develop the 20-acre site of the Central Spine scheme in central Manchester.
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Help from Lloyds
LIoyds TSB has appointed Andrew Moorfield as managing director of housebuilding and building materials to lead a team that helps businesses with their financial needs.
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Homes in York
Planning permission has been granted for 154 homes in York designed by John Thompson and Partners.
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CommentA no brainer
Less than 10% of construction firms train apprentices and only eight of the 63 largest companies offer regular employment to an apprentice through ConstructionSkills.
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NewsEdens Edge
Grimshaw this week revealed the design for the £70m dome known as The Edge at the Eden Project in Cornwall.
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Government reveals plans for giant prisons
The government plans to build three giant “Titan” prisons by 2014, it said in a report published on Wednesday.
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NewsMedical campus gets the all clear
Plans for a biomedical campus in Cambridge have been given the green light.
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Two in race for Tate Modern
Mace and Balfour Beatty are understood to be vying for the role of construction manager on Herzog & de Meuron’s extension to Tate Modern.
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MPs given ultimatum on R&D
A single government body must co-ordinate industry R&D, research bodies have warned in the latest BERR select committee hearing into construction.
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Erinaceous review imminent
Beleaguered property group Erinaceous insisted this week that it would present the results of its strategic review before Christmas.
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Super-lab at St Pancras
A £500m “super-laboratory” in central London has been given the go-ahead by the government.