All Editorial articles – Page 4
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NewsThe floating opera
Garsington Opera, which recently moved to Wormsley Park, Oxfordshire, gained planning permission for an auditorium last Wednesday
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CommentThe industry that played with fire
David Hayhow gives an insurer’s-eye view of the row over whether timber frame is a safe construction material. As you might expect, he has some fundamental concerns
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Galliford Try on track for expansion
Galliford Try has said its plan to double the size of its housebuilding arm within three years is on track.
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NewsThe new east enders
Glasgow council has approved planning for the first phase of the £300m athletes’ village for the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
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CommentDonkey work and urban planning
A Kenyan island with an unusual freight-transportation system has inspired Amanda Levete to think again about designing for cities without cars
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URS seals Scott Wilson deal
The acquisition of Scott Wilson by American consulting giant URS has been formally completed, propelling the US company into the top 10 of British engineers.
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Tradition be damned
Ah, the past, how it used to be (Inbox, The silent QSs, 10 September, page 22).
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CommentGreat crested newts!
As your recent article describes (27 August, page 36), the scale of the London Gateway Development - and the fact that the site lies at the heart of one of Europe’s most important estuary and wetland habitats - presents unique challenges
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Lloyds sells Crest stake
Lloyds has sold its 30% stake in housebuilder Crest Nicholson to US investment firm Varde for a reported £150m.
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NewsMiller ‘may move into consultancy’
Keith Miller, chief executive of Miller Group, has said its construction business will do more consultancy work in future and did not rule out buying a consultant
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FeaturesThe collapse of Connaught
The Sidmouth concrete specialist that morphed into a £600m social housing contractor was one of the greatest success stories of the past 30 years, and one of the landmarks of the industry. Andrew Hankinson reports on why it fell - and if the banks should have saved it
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The big squeeze
Connaught’s difficulties have highlighted what most of us who work in the social housing repairs sector are already aware of
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NewsBasingstoke fire
A partly built timber-frame building in Basingstoke was severely damaged after catching fire last Friday.
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FeaturesBack for seconds: David Nurser
David Nurser has a voracious appetite for risk-taking. First he set up the surveying firm CNP in a recession. And now he’s a year into his second venture, Paragon (more great timing)
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Airports get firms off the ground as workloads dive
Business barometer: Balfour’s Heathrow win takes it clear of its rivals in quiet August
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Carillion to aid its axed students
Carillion has found work placements for all but three of the students who were left in the lurch after the firm decided to cancel its sponsorship scheme
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FeaturesSenseless acts of beauty
Foreign Office’s art college in north Greenwich is a beguiling mix of randomness, order and commercial astuteness
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Fast-track schools trial to use academies framework
Fifteen qualified contractors hope list will be preferred route for future government spending
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Latest construction appointments: 17 September 2010
Consulting engineer Crofton has appointed Marcos DeCastro associate director and Ashley Rudd senior structural engineer.