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FeaturesTemporary catering facilities: Fast food in tricky situations
Peter Caplehorn of Scott Brownrigg explores the options for specifiers organising temporary catering facilites.
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Belfast is booming
All sectors of the construction industry performed strongly in April, but what really catches the eye is the surge in activity in Northern Ireland, according to Experian Business Strategies’ survey
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Midas reorganises for growth spurt
Privately owned construction group Midas has restructured and rebranded its business with the aim of increasing its turnover by 50% in the next three years.
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CommentGroovy times
We score some primo grass this week and, between bursts of coughing, drink enough booze to hospitalise ourselves before strapping on an axe and delivering a child. Alright. Yeah. Baby.
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FeaturesExperimenting with friends
Although launched nearly three years ago, Facebook has in recent weeks overtaken Friends Reunited and MySpace as the UK’s biggest social website. Mark Leftly spent a day investigating this latest alternative to work vital tool for networking …
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No mercy for architects
Tony Bingham may have been too hard on the clients who took their architect to the cleaners after he failed to carry out his fundamental duty of co-ordinating the works (25 May, pages 64-65).
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Rogue testing
The industry is going through a huge change in respect of envelope testing, with thermal imaging as the new kid on the block. I wish to warn your readers not to be too enthusiastic in using its practitioners.
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At the risk of banging on …
An average of 3 million UK households persistently suffer from noisy neighbours – a rise of 31% over the past five years, new research claims.
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An uncanny likeness
As an avid reader of Building I noticed a picture (18 May, page 60) captioned “Calatrava’s Tenerife opera house”.
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Developers face squeeze over green standards
Developers may have to accept lower margins, as they will probably be unable to pass on the higher cost of meeting environmental construction standards, says Savills.
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NewsThe rise and rise of Croydon
John Rowan and Partners (JRP) has begun work on a £27m residential scheme for Barratt Kent in Croydon, South London.
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NewsPfP beats housebuilders to Milton Keynes scheme
Social landlord Places for People picked over Crest and Urban Splash for 650-home scheme
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Cooper soothes anxieties over out-of-town developments
Yvette Cooper, the planning minister, told MPs this week that the government will ensure that its retail planning shake-up will not undermine the regeneration of city centres.
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NewsWestminster building collapses
Rubble and masonry spilled on to a Westminster street on Monday as a five-storey business centre collapsed.
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NewsSome flats above a shop
SMC Alsop’s design for this 27-storey mixed-use tower in Salford, Greater Manchester has received planning permission.
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Project punctuality improves
Construction firms have become more punctual and productive, but clients are less happy with them, and their environmental performance, a report claims.
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Tulloch flotation plan
Scottish housebuilder Tulloch has commissioned Close Brothers to carry out a review that may lead to a flotation on the London stock exchange.