All Ӱ articles in 2005 issue 45 – Page 4
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Brighton rocks
This £265m masterplan by Wilkinson Eyre for Brighton Marina is to go before planning officials at Brighton and Hove council today.
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NFB launches new body
The National Federation of Builders has launched a subsidiary aimed at small and medium-sized housebuilders.
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Blair and Prescott lead tributes to George Brumwell
Former general secretary of UCATT and chair of the CSCS card scheme dies suddenly in hospital aged 66
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Industry ‘ill-prepared’ for big freeze as Britain faces worst winter in decades
Met Office warns sector over severe project delays and increased site accidents; Multiplex says weather may stall Wembley stadium even further
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Bellway sets up shared ownership homes trust
Bellway has become the first private housebuilder to set up a trust to deliver shared ownership housing.
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‘It’s important to look to yourself and what you believe in’
HLM’s Chris Liddle has put his house on the line to save his architectural business. Twice.
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Carillion eyes Mowlem as the sell-off begins
Former subsidiary Daubney buys part of division for £1m, as two key directors go on gardening leave
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Comment
The view looking back
Six years after the urban taskforce brought forth its seminal report, we can begin to see what it got right and wrong – and what it should do next time …
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CABE backs Royal Arsenal
CABE has backed Allies and Morrison’s masterplan for the controversial Royal Arsenal scheme in Woolwich, south-east London.
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Comment
An economic argument
You are trying to have it both ways: our industry moaning about energy price rises while pressing the government to make us more “sustainable”.
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Arad goes red
Architect Ron Arad Associates has won planning permission for the National Design Museum in Israel.
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Appointments
ContractorSouth-east contractor Diamond Build has employed six apprentices. Stephen Boniface is taking an Advanced Modern Apprenticeship in ICT, Scott Lovell, Ferdi Ahmet and Dean Keys are apprentice carpenters and joiners, Mark Lawrence is an apprentice plumber and Bruno Peixoto and Mukarramma Mason-Williamson are undertaking apprenticeships in painting and decorating.ConsultantsInternational quantity ...
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A ‘true friend’ to all sides of the industry
The sad news that George Brumwell had died suddenly this week prompted the same response in everyone – shock and sadness, of course, and an overwhelming expression of what a genuine and likeable man he was.
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Comment
After the endgame
In the leader column in today’s issue of Ӱ (28 October) you say: “Without a doubt energy is the most important problem we face as an industry and a society.” None of your readers, unless they had some kind of axe to grind, could disagree with the points you make. ...
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Urban Splash’s annual pre-tax profit hits £5m
Property developer Urban Splash this week said pre-tax profit at the company had risen from £4.7m to £5m on a like-for-like basis in the 12 months to 31 March.
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T5 bonus win puts pay deals at risk
The main pay deal governing the engineering sector is under threat after steelworkers on Heathrow Terminal 5 won their long struggle to secure a £1-an-hour bonus.
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Emcor loses £5m battle over Edinburgh Royal Infirmary
Electrical specialist Emcor Drake & Scull has lost a £5m legal claim against Balfour Beatty over work carried out on the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.
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‘400 sets of regulations’
Who will set definitive sustainability targets? Nobody really knows because there are many different rules – one imposed by the Ӱ Regulations and the rest by local planners. The result is likely to be widespread confusion.
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Gleeds aims for £100m fees
Quantity surveyor Gleeds is aiming to break the £100m barrier in fee turnover by 2009.