More news – Page 3627
-
-
FeaturesWe've got your workers
Are construction’s ever more powerful labour agencies holding the industry to ransom?
-
FeaturesHow green is Building’s building?
By now, there should be an energy certification scheme in place for office buildings, but there isn’t. So Thomas Lane organised one for Ludgate House, the home of Building. Here’s what we found …
-
FeaturesEvery penny is counted
Tesco became Britain’s biggest retailer by cutting costs to the bone, and that applies as much to store refits as pineapples. Katie Puckett met the development director who makes sure none of its £1.8bn construction budget gets wasted
-
News
Interserves bag of contracts
Interserve announced this week that it has won £700m of contracts for the year to 30 June.
-
News
John Laing slips 5.5% after bad news on Chiltern Rail
Shares in John Laing fell 5.5% to 277.5p last Thursday after it said that results from its Chiltern Rail business would be disappointing.
-
News
Taylor Woodrow admits pressure on margins
Housebuilder Taylor Woodrow has said its margins are still under pressure despite signs of recovery in the UK housing market.
-
News
Completions increase at Bovis
Bovis Homes has reported an increase in completed homes for the first half of the year, boosted by what it described as “a steady housing market”.
-
CommentYou know your trouble, sun
As we know, the British are obsessed with the weather. So why are we unable to respond with any kind of style when it rises above 30 degrees for two days on the trot?
-
-
CommentTwo titans
Alan Sugar and Ray O’Rourke prepare to square up, Slough and a slag heap in Wales are voted areas of outstanding natural beauty and an energy quiz with a strong bias in favour of nuclear power
-
News
Housing stats - Top housing planning applications: June 2006
In this new monthly focus, the Olympic Delivery Authority emerges as the biggest housing client
-
Comment
Burning questions
After the long winter we have endured it might seem over the top to point out the dangers of excessive exposure to the sun. The fact remains, however, that it is fraught with danger
-
CommentWater on the brain
EU Watch - Large sections of Europe are experiencing droughts this summer but the union’s 25 environment ministers are talking about flooding. Jill Craig explains why
-
CommentAn ad mans dream
As a managing director, homeowner, father and global citizen, I applaud Building for its 99% Campaign, and pledge my support to it 100%. The key issue though is that buildings don’t cause carbon emissions, people do.
-
Comment
The fixed-price fix
Having read Colin Harding’s article on the curse of the virtual construction sector (16 June, page 29) I must congratulate him on telling it like it is.
-
CommentNot-so-green roofs
Your article on green roofs (30 June page 70) states that “roof systems based on sedum blankets no more than 30 mm thick are the most common specified in the UK”.
-
Comment
How refreshing
How good to see the reinvigorated Building, and to continue to have one serious and resourceful reference for everyone in construction. Congratulations and good wishes for the future!