All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 601
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Take a biff at bias
New legislation offers hope to victims of workplace discrimination
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Archive TitlesBHA on a roll with Swiss Re Project
Burke Hunter Adams is acting as QS on the fit-out of the top floor of Norman Foster’s Swiss Re Tower for hedge fund manager Cardinal Asset Management.
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Archive TitlesBBC QS Currie & Brown bolsters pre-tax profits and workforce
With a turnover of £42.8m last year and high-profile projects, the company continues to go from strength to strength
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Pat on the back
I received an issue of QS News today – a good publication, I am sure it will be welcomed by the profession as it appears to be what quantity surveyors have been asking for in recent years.
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Tories pledge to end stamp duty on average homes
More than half a million homebuyers would be exempted from stamp duty every year under proposals launched by the Conservative party on 21 April.If elected, the Tories will raise the stamp duty threshold from £120,000 to £250,000. Party leader Michael Howard said this would particularly benefit first-time buyers and free ...
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YMCA and Home Office to make failed asylum seekers work for their homes
Charity YMCA is to run a government pilot to make failed asylum seekers work in exchange for accommodation
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The pensions debate that’s not getting any younger
When the Department of Social Security took on employment policy and was renamed the Department for Work and Pensions, I remember thinking it wasn’t the most appealing of rebrands. Work, something most of us would rather not have to do. Pensions, something most of us would rather not even think ...
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Archive Titles“I decided to set up an anti-management consulting group”
Now that he is about to retire, senior partner Colin Wyatt looks back on an unconventional 37-year career with Gardiner & Theobald, which he says reflects the changing role of the QS
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Archive TitlesAnothe fine mess
Solving the problems that push troubled families to the brink of social exclusion can be surprisingly simple. Victoria Madine explains how a pilot scheme is helping them unscramble their issues. Illustration by Brett Ryder
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GLA wins control of annual housing budget
London mayor Ken Livingstone is set to triumph in a long-running struggle with the ODPM and win control of the capital’s £1.1bn annual housing budget if Labour is re-elected.
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Newcastle ALMO attempts to ban National Front march
Event takes place despite Your Homes Newcastle’s appeals to police and council’s concerns
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Archive TitlesHaley Somerset director Diviani to quit after nine-year stint at firm
Mark Diviani departs the £7.8m turnover firm in the wake of joint founder David Somerset’s exit
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ODPM admits ignorance over sums spent on housing renewal
The government has admitted that it has no idea how much money it spends on housing renewal in the most deprived areas of England and is planning to commission research to find out.Housing Today understands that the ODPM only has evidence from before 2001 of how much of its £50bn ...
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Legal update: new adjudication deadline ruling
The construction industry’s adjudication scheme is much admired, but parts of its dispute-resolving machinery have been showing signs of working loose for some time.
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Archive TitlesHills International beats UK rivals to win a slice of £500m Dubai pie
Abu Dhabi office to provide claims management services for second phase of Dubai International Airport
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Archive TitlesTweed’s £5m maritime-themed office building in Felixstowe has been designed to reflect the local industry
Tweeds has been appointed as QS on this £5m new headquarters building in Felixstowe for joint clients China Shipping Agency and Johnson Stevens Agencies. The project, designed by architect Colwyn Foulkes, will sit on a 1.7 acre site just outside the town’s port complex. The maritime-themed office building will provide ...
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Circle 33 and Willmott link up
Circle 33’s private development arm has formed a joint venture with social housebuilder Willmott Dixon to build affordable homes in the South-east.
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£30m Acton Housing deal hailed as first of its kind
Housing association’s loan uses future Housing Corporation grants as security
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Archive TitlesBids invited for London’s 2012 Olympic dream
Project management firms such as Bechtel, Fluor Daniel, Bovis Lend Lease and Mace are expected to bid to oversee the construction needed if London wins the 2012 Olympics.
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ALMOs will manage more homes than transfer landlords by 2006
Units under arm’s-length management will pass 1 million mark by December next year