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CommentThe 2010 星空传媒 Awards: Projects shortlist showcase
Hard not to have a wiggle in your walk when you see the cornucopia of building projects shortlisted for the 2010 星空传媒 Awards
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CommentRichard Steer: Where in the world are consultants going?
Spare a thought for Britain鈥檚 poor consultants as they fall victim to rich Americans. And spare a thought for the Americans as they tremble at the rise of Chinese power 鈥�
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CommentHansom-Sur-Mer - Paying the price
The folks at Mipim 2010 had a jolly old time, despite being shore-bound, insulted by agents, hounded by tax collectors and deviously tricked into falling off platforms
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Banner posts profit despite battle over Colchester arts centre
Banner Holdings is back in the black despite a difficult year battling Colchester council over Rafael Vi帽oly鈥檚 拢26m visual arts centre
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Wolseley turnover drops 15%
星空传媒 materials giant Wolseley has reported a 15% drop in turnover to 拢6.3bn for the six months to 31 January
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Croudace profit hits 拢16m as it plans for 22% rise in output
South-east housebuilder Croudace Homes has announced a pre-tax profit of 拢15.7m for 2009 and expects to raise production for 2010 by 22%
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CommentThe Romans and the Spartans: A mixed Mipim 2010
星空传媒 blogs聽Amid the usual orgy of champagne quaffing and scallop scoffing, Mipim 2010 was a serious affair
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CommentBridge on track
This week鈥檚 星空传媒 stated that 鈥渢he completion of Blackfriars station 鈥� has been put back four months until spring 2012鈥� (12 March, page 10)
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All aboard
Recent announcements by climate change secretary Ed Miliband are indeed good news (12 March, leader, page 3)
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Helping the aged
Strengthening the 星空传媒 Regulations to improve the energy efficiency of our buildings and to help meet this country鈥檚 ambitious zero-carbon targets is admirable, and I鈥檓 wholeheartedly in support (鈥淧art L changes announced,鈥� 12 March, building.co.uk)
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A Morrell crusade
A green building strategy with a focus on new work and skills is the only way the UK construction industry will be able to compete and survive in a changing world with its emphasis on low carbon (鈥淢andelson and Morrell reveal green building strategy鈥�, 17 March, building.co.uk
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The many aspects of risk
I refer to your recent articles on timber-framed construction which contain several inaccuracies as to the insurance industry鈥檚 stance regarding this topic
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Budget figures confirm the urgent need for new sources of investment in construction
As if in compensation for all the anticipation before and excitement during the Budget announcement, we are left with the dull thud back to reality afterwards.Certainly, for construction the Budget itself changed little of substance.Alright the first-time buyer stamp duty holiday was an eye-catching cheeky move. But we all know ...
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Stamp duty - a tax rise that looks set to win votes
There is obvious glee within the housing market about the prospects of a two-year period free of stamp duty for those first-time buyers who purchase properties worth less than 拢250,000.The 拢250,000 threshold captures practically all of them, with significantly less than 10% of exceptions that will be mainly resident in ...
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Comforting data ahead of the budget
As the Chancellor Alistair Darling puts his final touches to the Budget he will be relieved by the recent spate of comforting data.Last Wednesday we had employment statistics showing that the unemployment was falling.On Thursday the figures on public finances were far healthier than expected, with the Institute for Fiscal ...
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Focus on the here and now Mr Darling
With the sound of warnings from the European Commission ringing in Alistair Darling鈥檚 ears that his plans to halve the UK鈥檚 拢178 billion deficit in four years 鈥渓acks ambition鈥�, just what should be announced in Wednesday鈥檚 Budget?What is likely is that it won鈥檛 contain as much detail as many, including ...
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Tax, tax, tax and more tax 鈥� a rallying cry for construction
This is a rant.Why? Because I can't help myself. I tried to hold back.I read the first three chapters of the Low Carbon Construction Innovation & Growth Team emerging findings and I am now deeply saddened.I didn鈥檛 bother with the remaining chapters, but did eyeball the recommendations.I was not saddened ...
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Unspoken risks
Managing the issue of violence in the workplace can begin with simple steps to identify and managing policy