More news – Page 3301
-
CommentWrong side of the tracks
Regarding the description of the Divis flats in Belfast (1 November, page 40), I would like to record that “building blunder” is not the key factor leading to it being (rightly) labelled as “ramshackle”.
-
Comment
Fight fire with fire
The Local Government Association has called for an urgent review of building regulations, following the deaths of four fire-fighters in Warwickshire and wants to see sprinklers fitted to all new buildings.
-
-
News
40 years of Foster
Foster + Partners is more than an architectural practice, it is a global institution. As it celebrates its 40th anniversary, it can boast 1,000 staff working on projects in 25 countries. Wherever in the world it is working, the name Foster carries with it a reputation gained from countless projects, ...
-
NewsDavis Langdon Mackenzie relocates to Aurora
Consultant takes residence in award winning Glasgow building
-
NewsResidential markets under pressure: risk or opportunity?
Mortgages may be increasingly rejected, but housing demand will fuel supply - the trick is to be innovative
-
NewsMace to build Shard for fixed price
Construction manager to beat Laing O’Rourke to £350m landmark tower at London Bridge
-
NewsHope he remembered the handbrake
Finding a novel - and rather unsafe - use for a Volkswagen van
-
FeaturesImproving internal performance
Morgan Ashurst finds ways to improve SHE including the reduction of waste
-
FeaturesWind turbine for primary school
Miller included a wind turbine, PVCu-free cabling and rainwater harvesting on Middlestone Moor school
-
FeaturesSustainable Dalby visitor centre
Miller construction builds fully recyclable timber building in North Yorkshire
-
NewsKey housing Bill to be published
Housing and Regeneration Bill is expected to be published tomorrow
-
News
Buildings may undergo Cabe-style security review
Home Office report says provision for terrorist-proof measures could be made part of a design review
-
NewsMultiplex buys Aylesbury shopping centre
Australian contractor will start work on increasing retail space at Friars Square in summer 2008
-
NewsConstruction accused of having the ODA by the 'Olympic rings'
Austin Mitchell MP responds to government admission that £2.7bn Olympic contingency fund was likely to be spent
-
NewsGovernment accused of mismanaging Thames Gateway
Public Accounts select committee says project will remain a series of disjointed projects unless DCLG steps up efforts
-
NewsGalliford Try buys Kendall Cross for £9.3m
Contractor acquires North Eastern affordable housing contractor with turnover of £23.3m
-
NewsRound the bend
Perry Philipp writes: “I saw this guy in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey. A few seconds later a car came along, missing the sandbag propping him up by inches.”