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Kier profit on track at £51m
Kier has said its full-year results for the year to 30 June 2009 will meet market expectations, thanks to contract wins in education and health
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CommentBuilding buys a pint … for Collado Collins
At the end of the evening there are only two of us standing. In several inches of sand in the boisterous balloon-filled basement of a Soho bar. “I think it’s time to go,” says Jonathan wisely
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CommentAngry old men
The Prince of Wales loses another friend, the Shard team unwind to a bunch of gnarled old punks and a senior architect has reason to feel aggrieved/flattered after a judge draws an unlikely comparison
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FeaturesCheap and tasty: 2009 Housing Design Awards winners
This year’s Housing Design Awards are a tribute to affordable family homes that radiate local character, such as this modern take on the traditional Devon terrace
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NewsFruitless: Make's Cherry Orchard faces planning refusal
Croydon council officials frown on architect’s application for Menta's £500m Cherry Orchard Road regeneration scheme
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NewsGovernment’s bid to boost mortgages ‘is not working’
Committee of MPs hits out at policy ‘failure’ on flagship housing market revival scheme
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HCA to crack down on environmental standard cheats
The Homes and Communities Agency will force builders to go back and improve new homes if they don’t meet the environmental standards claimed
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NewsMcCarthy & Stone plans £500m land buying spree
Retirement housebuilder McCarthy & Stone plans to buy a site a week as part of a land-buying drive
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New chairs for RDAs
The South East regional development agency has hired Rob Douglas and the North West RDA has hired Robert Hough
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Housing for the elderly
Proposals for housing to help the ageing population will be made by a group of experts assembled by the government
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Comment
It’s just not tennis
I read your articles about the dispute between the All England Lawn Tennis Club and Building Design Partnership (BDP) with a deep sigh of frustration (26 June, page 10)
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Will we never learn?
A few years ago now I recall a Building front page very similar to that of 26 June
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Brace! Brace!
I was sad to read the views of Steven Morgan at BAA. I suspect there will be a lot of claims specialists and lawyers rubbing their hands at his belief in “the bracing effects of competition”
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It’s simple, really
I am writing in regard to your “two steps backwards” letter (26 June, page 33)
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The perfect contract
It was interesting to read the letters in response to Tony Bingham’s article (3 July, page 28)
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Let’s have a heated debate
I would like to bring to your attention the worrying practice of organisations that fill the CDM co-ordinator (CDMC) role on projects at fee levels that cannot facilitate the proper delivery of the CDMC function
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CommentDon’t listen to the media
In the recent programme Property Snakes and Ladders (Channel 4, 9 June) presenter and property developer Sarah Beeny recommends replacing the use of tested and certificated fire doors by ordinary doors painted with intumescent paint
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Sounding out
Your recent articles on school acoustics (10 June, building.co.uk) really caught my eye
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CommentBe careful what you wish for: Supplemental agreements
The dire economy is prompting many parties to alter their contracts with supplemental agreements. But if you’re not careful, they may be worse than nothing
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CommentWealth and safety: Risk shifting on Terminal 5
Steven Morgan, the former admiral who runs BAA’s procurement, wants to shift all risk to his contractors and consultants. That’s fine and good, but there are costs …