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Foster + Partners makes loss of £15m after writedown
Foster + Partners made a loss of £15m in 2008 following a goodwill writedown of £15.5m.
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Profit rises 45% at Bullivant
Pre-tax profit at UK piling contractor Roger Bullivant has increased 45% from £2.3m to £3.4m, but the company warned that the credit crunch had started to take its toll.
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Atkins expects Middle Eastern expansion to boost results
Atkins has said results for the six months to 30 September will be in line with expectations on the back of strong growth in the Middle East.
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CommentPayback time
The government’s housing rescue package is too little too late, says Michael Gove, and it has left the public to pick up the tab for past mistakes
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CommentBuilding buys a pint … for The Edukators
Chosen watering hole: Five & Lime, Guildford Ambience: Bohemian student cocktail bar Topics: BSF, bonding and the blues. Drinks drunk: 4 pints of San Miguel lager, 2 pints San Miguel shandy, 2 glasses of white wine
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FeaturesFlatpack schools: St Agnes primary school, Manchester
No need for wishful thinking: using solid timber panels as a construction material will bring speed and sustainability to the government’s school building programme. Stephen Kennett looks at a down-to-earth solution
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CommentTime and space
This week’s report from construction’s hidden world tracks down Sunand Prasad and Jarvis Cocker on route to the Arctic, takes the air in Dubai and uncovers a strange transformation in Edinburgh
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NewsElephant trumpets 260 flats
London & Quadrant Group has appointed Durkan to build a regeneration project worth £34m at the Aylesbury estate, near Elephant and Castle, south London.
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BPF issues planning manifesto
Councillors who deal with planning applications should be forced to undergo training in land economics, the property industry will say in proposals to be outlined next week.
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£400m Slough project
English Partnerships has submitted a planning application for a £400m project to provide 1,500 homes and more than 34,000m2 of office space in the centre of Slough.
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£8.4m win for Lovell
Dudley council has contracted refurbishment specialist Lovell to carry out an £8.4m, three-year housing improvement scheme to install new kitchens and bathrooms.
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Social flats for Enfield
Enfield council has granted planning permission to a social housing scheme run by Christian Action Housing Association for 27 flats on Green Lanes, London, designed by Archadia.
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Planning applications: August 2008
The number of residential planning applications was down by 35% on July
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NewsFire rated floors and doors
Finnforest’s SoundBar System, a hybrid timber and screed floor system, has been awarded robust detail status.
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Foam insulation
Eurothane Silver, a rigid PIR foam insulation board for use in warm flat roofs, is now available with rebated and tongue-and-groove details to reduce cold bridging and improve airtightness.
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Lighting control
Hager has added a new light-sensitive occupancy sensor to its Klik OS range that it says provides significant energy savings for simple on/off lighting control solutions and can help designers comply with Part L of the Building Regulations.
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Recycled insulation: Styrofoam
Dow Building Solutions is making its Styrofoam insulation products available for the first time in the UK, supporting the ratings for new housing under the Code for Sustainable Homes.
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NewsHome ventilation: new heat recovery system
Ventilation company Vortice has launched a new heat recovery system specifically developed with the Code for Sustainable Homes in mind.
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Heating controllers
Landlords can ensure tenants take action to service their heating systems with the Honeywell ST9100S and ST9400S heating controllers, thereby helping them comply with regulation 36 of the Gas Regulations 1998, which requires gas appliances to be checked for safety every 12 months.
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Cavity barriers
Z-Led has launched a single barrier that combines acoustic, fire and damp protection in line with all relevant Building Regulations