More news – Page 3449
-
CommentGekko redux
Back in the eighties, Hollywood’s apotheosis of the cynical, sleazy financier had a real-life counterpart in the contractors who used new procurement systems to fleece hapless clients. And now they’re coming back …
-
-
FeaturesDoes the industry still need women in property?
The all-female networking club is celebrating its 20th birthday. But does it still need to exist in 2007? We get two opposing views
-
Features
Shining examples: PV and solar thermal examined
By the middle of the century the sun could provide 10% of the UK’s energy needs. In the first part of a series on renewable and low-carbon technologies, Alistair King assesses the two systems – photovoltaics and solar thermal – that will help us to meet that target
-
Comment
Flaming ridiculous
What a delightful irony it was to have an advert from those astute concrete people, depicting the Colindale fire, placed opposite an announcement for your zero-carbon conference (18 May, pages 50-51) – all that previously sequestered carbon being put back into the atmosphere!
-
CommentYesterdays man
Lord Lawson has long been a bucket on the tiller of sane attempts to steer the UK towards a smart, efficient, renewable low-carbon economy.
-
Comment
Bigger isn’t better …
I read with great interest your recent article on the possible formation of a trade body to work closely with the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) to deliver maintenance in the social housing sector (18 May, page 14).
-
Comment
… unless it’s your house
Richard Donnell (www.building.co.uk, 25 May) sensibly argues that the mix of new housing should be decided at the local level – top-down density or mix targets cannot possibly produce the right housing.
-
Comment
Divine intervention
I am a great admirer of Sir Michael Latham, but I refer you to my article “Shopfitters of the World Unite” (23 February, page 38).
-
-
News
Cyril Sweett plans acquisitions after AIM listing
Dean Webster, Cyril Sweett’s chief executive, said this week that the company’s proposed flotation on the alternative investment market (AIM) would put it on a “level playing field” with larger consultants in the fight for acquisitions.
-
News
Management buyout at Pegasus
Pegasus Retirement Homes has undergone a management buyout with Royal Bank of Scotland as equity partner.
-
News
DTI figures show healthy growth in new work output
The total output of the construction industry in the year to the first quarter of 2007 rose 2% on the previous year, according to DTI figures.
-
News
Snook’s Rok bands set to storm UK after £60m spending spree
Rok is restructuring into five regional divisions after spending almost £60m on acquisitions in the past year.
-
NewsSharewatch — Healthy performance despite OFT investigation
The construction sector enjoyed a stable performance last week despite the latest news of the inquiry into the industry by the Office of Fair Trading.
-
News
Britons more development-averse than North Americans
British people are five times more likely to oppose new housing schemes than their counterparts in the US, according to a survey.
-
NewsGood day at the office
A Georgian warehouse that is being refurbished as low-carbon offices is to be opened to the public during this year’s Architecture Week.
-
NewsThe Chinese rooms
This laboratory for the Chinese University in Hong Kong has been designed by architect RMJM.
-
CommentKing Richard
Introducing the all-conquering Lord Rogers of Riverside: Pritzker prize-winning architect, confidante to the rich and powerful and, of course, would-be sexologist
-
FeaturesThe shadow of suspicion
The Office of Fair Trading has reached the critical point of its probe into bid rigging in construction. Dan Stewart and Sarah Richardson look at what it has found, the effect on the industry – and how contractors are fighting back