All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 437
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Archive TitlesGo figure
So which is cheaper for housebuilding - modern methods of construction or traditional build? Anyone hoping that old chestnut would be finally cracked by the National Audit Office report into the matter is in for a let-down. As Josephine Smit found out, it depends on whose calculator you're using
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Archive TitlesWelcome to fabulous Las Vegas UK
Tony Blair says super casinos will help regenerate the areas they're in - giving them ‘the chance to put themselves on a proper modern footing'. Damian Aspinall agrees with him, whereas Steven Bate dismisses the idea as ludicrous. Here, Jon Ladd doubts the pilot scheme will prove much either way
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Archive TitlesWhat's up dock?
Well, shops, a school, a GP surgery, a community centre and 1300 low-rise homes, that's what. And they've been there ever since the 1980s when developer Bellway ignored all sensible advice and built the now thriving Hull community on a derelict docklands site. Photographs David Levene
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DL dominates dual top slots
Urban Splash makes its debut in the project manager league table with a single contract win while, while QS and client rankings remain mostly unchanged
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Futuregazing … on development viability
New government policies coming into place are adding costs to housebuilding and could slash residual values by 40%, experts are predicting.
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Archive TitlesDesign codes: the verdict
Design codes are all about delivering faster planning permission - that, at least, is the theory. But how do they work in practice? Two architects give their answer
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Archive TitlesCity office job finish date uncertain
The Aldermanbury Square project in London could finish two months late due to continued uncertainty surrounding its cladding supply line.
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Housing markets in the core cities
Central to the Core Cities' role as drivers of regional economic growth is housing and over the next four pages we offer a snapshot of how the housing market is faring in these areas, comparing each against the other and against national figures
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RICS encouraged by Chancellor's PFI plans but will push for further reform
Badke to team up with Cabinet arm to educate PFI clients, consultants and consortia
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Archive TitlesCutting the cake
A penny on a pint of beer. Higher road tax on those gas-guzzling 4x4s.
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Two-stage bids rise
Low-risk two-stage bidding is now commonplace on larger building projects according to a quarterly economic report by EC Harris,
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Archive TitlesAn unpublished Australian has his say
Peter M Cox, president of the Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors, wrote to the Guardian after it published a damning critique of QSs. They didn't print his letter, so we have instead
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Archive TitlesBucknall Austin poised to strike new global alliance
Firm in talks to fill Gardiner & Theobald's shoes as partner of Rider Hunt and Levett & Bailey
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Archive TitlesHeard it all before
Liked your article (Olympics to gain from new efficient logistics centre, QS News, 24 March)...
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Archive TitlesEC Harris prepares for the second fence on Aintree redevelopment
EC Harris has unveiled phase two of the development of Aintree racecourse. The firm's Liverpool office is project manager and planning supervisor on the £30m job, which is due to last two years. The scheme includes two five-tier grandstands.
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Archive TitlesGleeds gets go ahead for research centre
Sheppard Robson has got planning permission for a 7,800m2 Tropical and Infectious Diseases centre for the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine.
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Archive TitlesThe final account
Construction's last word on medal winners, Italian subcontractors, online fun and trend setting
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White Young Green buys Tweeds for £11m
Listed consultant acquires QS and project manager