All ɫTV articles in 29 October 2010 – Page 4

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    CityWatch: In the hot seat

    2010-10-29T00:00:00Z

    You have to wonder whether some housebuilding bosses haven’t begun putting out feelers to headhunters

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    CIC chief warns of ‘double dip’

    2010-10-29T00:00:00Z

    The chief executive of the Construction Industry Council has warned that the sector faces a “significant double dip” next year, despite the recent spike in output

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    New finance chief for T Clarke

    2010-10-29T00:00:00Z

    Mechanical and electrical contractor T Clarke has appointed Martin Walton as its group finance director

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    Fibre cement cladding

    2010-10-29T00:00:00Z

    More than 60m2 of Natura Plus fibre cement cladding from Marley Eternit has been used on a domestic property in Highbury, north London.The ruby and ivory colour scheme was chosen to create a link with the Arsenal Football Club’s nearby Highbury stadium, which has white-painted masonry walls with distinctive red ...

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    CBRE revenue up

    2010-10-29T00:00:00Z

    Jones Lang LaSalle and CBRE, the world’s largest commercial property service firms, reported strong turnover growth in the third quarter of 2010.

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    Bullet-proof facades

    2010-10-29T00:00:00Z

    Schüco has developed a range of blast and bullet-resistant windows, doors and facades. Virtually indistinguishable from its standard products, the Enhanced range enables architects and specifiers to meet high technical specifications for security without affecting aesthetics.

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    British Land deal kickstarts construction of Cheesegrater

    2010-10-29T00:00:00Z

    British Land has signed a deal with Canada’s Oxford Properties to begin construction of the 47-storey Cheesegrater in the City of London

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    Laboratory of Molecular Biology: Master of science

    2010-10-29T00:00:00Z

    The Medical Research Council’s new chromosome-shaped lab in Cambridge is an example of how attention to detail and planning can deliver complex buildings on time and to budget

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    Big contract haul for Galliford Try

    2010-10-29T00:00:00Z

    Galliford Try has won a place on Yorkshire Water’s £330m framework this week, as well as four contracts worth a total of £23.2m.

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    Interserve wins bids

    2010-10-29T00:00:00Z

    Interserve has won three schools contracts worth a total of £42m: £23m of improvements for Farnley Park High School in Leeds, £11m of extensions on the Nottinghamshire Construction Framework, and an £8m contract to increase the capacity of four schools for Coventry council.

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    Berkeley to fund more homes for private rent

    2010-10-29T00:00:00Z

    Berkeley Group is setting up a second fund to build homes for private rent next year, chairman Tony Pidgley has announced

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    The watchdog with balls, but no bite

    2010-10-29T00:00:00Z

    All in all, it was time for Cabe to go

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    Waste PFIs axed

    2010-10-29T00:00:00Z

    Defra has halted funding for seven waste PFI projects that the government says are no longer needed to meet EU landfill diversion targets

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    Dan Labbad: Aussie Rules

    2010-10-29T00:00:00Z

    The arrival of Bovis Lend Lease’s new boss sparked rumours about the company’s future. Now, after a long silence, Labbad reveals his plans for one of the UK’s best known contractors.

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    The grim reality of life as an architect

    2010-10-29T00:00:00Z

    Watch programmes like Grand Designs and you’d think architecture was a glamorous, highly paid and creative profession. Rot, says Susanna Clapham

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    Don't bring back arbitration

    2010-10-29T00:00:00Z

    Earlier this month Tony Bingham called for arbitration to be restored to its pedestal in construction contracts, but it was ripe for toppling

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    Latest construction appointments

    2010-10-29T00:00:00Z

    Morgan Sindall has appointed Paul Butcher as the new special works manager for Suffolk and Essex.

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    There is another way

    2010-10-29T00:00:00Z

    I read with interest the article by Malcolm Taylor in ɫTV (22 October, page 33). His dissatisfaction with the RICS expresses the feelings of many of its QS members.

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    Aluminium mesh cladding

    2010-10-29T00:00:00Z

    James & Taylor, the Surrey-based cladding specialist, has provided 2,400m2 of Eyetech expanded aluminium mesh in a clear anodised finish for the extension to the Excel exhibition centre in east London. Designed by Grimshaw Architects, the extension provides an additional 32,000m2 of floor space and will be used as a ...

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    Standing seam aluminium cladding

    2010-10-29T00:00:00Z

    About 5,000m2 of Kalzip’s aluminium standing seam cladding, including 1,000m2 of Kalzip XT profile sheets, have been installed on the City of Bristol College’s new South Bristol Skills Academy.