All ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV articles in 27 November 2009 – Page 6
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It’s no fun anymore
Having been a member of the RICS for more than 50 years, I read with interest your leader on 20 November (page 3)
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The amazing five-week apprenticeship (for cowboys)
Firms that offer fast-track plumbing and electrical courses for £5,000 a go create ‘tradesmen’ who are a menace to everyone they deal with. Sophie Griffiths posed as a trainee to find out what they promise – and what they actually deliver
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Viñoly touches down: Carrasco International Airport terminal
Rafael Viñoly, architect of the much-delayed visual arts centre in Colchester, has just completed an £80m terminal at Carrasco International Airport
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Hansom: Financial advisers
A City update, a pub in France during a football match, the RICS’ new service, even Amy Winehouse – it seems you can find business advice anywhere this week. Oh, except at a RIBA business advice event
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Sound advice
The Noise Abatement Society’s Love Your Ears campaign aims to raise awareness and protect children’s hearing from permanent damage through continued exposure to loud music on MP3 players. However, it should also echo with the construction industry, where BB93 verification is yet to become mandatory and schools still risk failing ...
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Fatal refurb: addressing refurbishment’s poor safety record
Refurbishment is an increasingly popular alternative to new build, but what can be done about its particularly poor safety record?
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Heavy metal: North Liverpool academy
Wates Construction has completed the £29.7m project
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Arup suffers 5% fall in profit and warns of tough year ahead
Arup has reported a 4.9% drop in pre-tax profit as a result of narrowing margins
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Capita Symonds profit up 3%
Profit at Capita Symonds edged up 3% in the year to 31 December 2008, with most of the top-line growth in the UK market
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Midlands contractor Anglo Holt’s turnover dips 27%
Medium-sized West Midlands-based contractor Anglo Holt has blamed the recession for a 27% drop in turnover for the year to 30 April 2009
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Latest construction appointments - 27 November 2009
Stonewest Group has appointed James Angus quantity surveyor, Dean Ellerton joinery workshop manager and Brian Hutchinson commercial manager
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Renew turnover down 19% as focus shifts to engineering
Chief executive plans to gain half of turnover from nuclear, rail, water and land remediation by 2012
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Tories promise £163bn green retrofit of 25 million homes
The Conservative party is set to offer loans of £6,500 to most of the UK’s 25 million households in order to make homes more energy efficient
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Grimshaw Architects profit halves to £1.7m
Pre-tax profit at Grimshaw Architects plunged by almost half in the year to 30 April 2009, the practice reported this week
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Mott MacDonald bags £960m Bahrain health island
Engineer to design infrastructure for 'international wellness facility'
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EON: government plans for carbon capture will not work
Chief executive of energy company warns that nothing will happen if coal power has only back-up role