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CommentQSs in the crossfire
The collapse of the commercial sector and doubts over public spending have left cost consultants facing a bitter battle for work, with fees plummeting and staff casualties expected to be high. Olivia Boyd reports on how QSs are fighting the downturn
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CommentThings that go bump in the night
If you’re a fancy finance boy thinking of taking a jump – well, go right ahead. For the rest of us, says Greg Verhoef, the game is survival and that means preparing the ground for a soft landing
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FeaturesWebmaster review: Eric Kuhne Associates website
Website civicarts.com shows off all the architect’s latest projects, including the giant Kuwaiti City of Silk
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Positive action
All of us here at Inbuilt are enthusiastic about the UK Green Building Council’s report on Low Carbon Existing Homes which was published this week.
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CommentRaising the bar
It is no surprise to see that a scheme masterminded by Countryside Properties under the chairmanship of Alan Cherry has won the Stirling prize.
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Painting a bleak picture
The HSE recently found that a high number of professional home refurbishment projects in London were unsafe. But this hides a big problem: exposure to lead dust and fumes arising from something as simple as redecorating your own living room (if you live in a pre-1960s home).
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All they survey
I worked for many years in the engineering insurance industry as an engineer surveyor carrying out statutory inspections of lifting equipment. During the course of my job I visited many building sites each week to inspect cranes and other mobile lifting equipment. Although I am now retired, I know that ...
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CommentHow to score a bull’s-eye
The government is way off target on its schools building programme. So what, precisely, would the Tories do if they were in charge? Michael Gove takes aim
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CommentBuilding buys a pint … for Verry Construction
The Stirling prize is clearly not what it used to be for Verry Construction. Two days after it was announced that Feilden Clegg Bradley had won UK architecture’s top prize for a housing scheme in Cambridge, the team at Verry is reminiscing fondly about last year’s award.
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FeaturesSpotlight: Utilities
As a recent NFB survey has found, connecting your site to gas, water and electricity can be a real headache for contractors. Brian Moone and Bob Hollingsworth explain the form
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CommentWhat is to be done?
Do you remember the joke doing the rounds in the last recession? What do you say to an architect? “Big Mac and fries, please.”
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CommentOut with the old
As the autumn trees are changing, we turn over a new leaf, with a different housing minister, some original vocabulary, a fresh-look logo and the option to go for tapas
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FeaturesBuilding's 2008 Poker Kings tournament: three of a kind
Building’s 2008 charity poker tournament ended in a dramatic contest between the final trio of players
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Government urged to abandon greenfield eco-towns
Sustainable communities development should be shifted towards extensions of existing conurbations
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NewsOne we made earlier
Modular contractor Spaceover has developed the UK’s first prefabricated two-storey family homes at its £10m Newhall development in Harlow, Essex.
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McBains Cooper goes global
Consultant McBains Cooper has launched a global division after opening two offices in South America.
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Problem contracts reduce Styles & Wood’s profit to nil
Ivan McKeever, chief executive of retail fit-out specialist Styles & Wood, has said the group will break even in 2008 as a result of margin shortfalls on projects completed last year.
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Pay plummets for Barratt bosses after difficult year
Barratt bosses have waived their performance bonuses in 2008 after a tough 12 months for the housebuilder.
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ODA may use Lehman offices
Journalists could end up using the former Canary Wharf offices of Lehman Brothers as a press centre during the 2012 Olympic Games, it is understood.