All Building articles in 26 February 2010 – Page 4
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News
WYG boss: Debt deal has made 'huge difference'
Paul Hamer credits restructured balance sheet with success in bidding for work
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News
Cold comfort – safety advice in the ice
Guides are available on safety issues arising from this winter's extreme cold weather
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New health and safety advice service launched by Barbour
'Ask Barbour' offers expert written answers to specialist professionals – and Building readers get one question free
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Orchard Village gets go-ahead for phase two
Havering estate regeneration by Circle Anglia receives HCA funding and planning approval for second phase of 555-home scheme
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Cyril Sweett announces two new appointments
Firm hires director of transport and new group marketing director
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Arabtec halts work on Nakheel scheme 'until paid'
UAE's largest contractor downs tools on £400m scheme for state-owned developer, alleging overdue payment
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UK's first corporate manslaughter trial under new act adjourned
Prosecution of Geotechnical Holdings and director Peter Eaton delayed because of defendant's ill health
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Dubai Mall evacuated as shark tank springs a leak
Shoppers panic as aquarium containing 400 sharks cracks in Emaar's mall
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Afghan charity challenges students to build dog shelter
Nottingham construction students design collection box to re-house abandoned and mistreated street dogs
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House prices suffer first fall for 10 months
Nationwide says snow is partly to blame for February's 1% price fall
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Baqus warns half-year results will not meet expectations
Trading update from listed QS blames postponement of projects affected by funding issues
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Manchester firm fined £24,000 over scaffolding collapse
Court told that failure to tie scaffolding to building put public at risk
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Carillion seals deal on £600m hospital PPP
Southmead hospital will target a BREEAM 'excellent' rating and low carbon footprint
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Coventry names Balfour Beatty for £250m street lighting PPP
City council appoints contractor as preferred bidder on 25-year installation and maintenance contract
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Stairway to heaven
John Mayne of T&B discovered this mysterious escape route propped on the top a three-storey flight of stairs. “Not by us!” he adds quickly.
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Comment
Wrong time for an overhaul
Over the past few decades our system for regulating the supply of land and what can or cannot be built on it has become labyrinthine
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Comment
Offering the world
While I read with interest your interview with Mr Shapps, the shadow housing minister (5 February, page 28), your choice of headline was unfortunate for a professional journal
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News
The man from Rio
Alexandre Techima, the infrastructure manager of Rio de Janeiro’s 2016 Olympics programme, is the latest speaker to confirm his attendance at Building’s Global Infrastructure Forum in May.
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Comment
Mangled by the machinery: notice provisions
Generally speaking, the courts are understanding if a party makes a smallish mistake with its notice provisions. But don’t rely on it
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Features
The two-year rush hour: London’s Park Plaza hotel
Park Plaza has built a 1,000-bedroom hotel and conference centre in the middle of one of London’s noisiest roundabouts. But it was delivering the project in just 24 months that kept the construction team suitably stressed