All articles by Alex Smith – Page 14
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Peter Dixon stays on as chair of Housing Corporation
Housing agency extends Dixon's contract for further two years or until merger with English Partnerships is complete
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Carillion JV seals £200m Canadian hospital deal
Third hospital project in Canada sees Carillion working on acute care hospital in Ontario.
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Local planners approve 2012 Olympic Park
ODA's planning applications will now go to the GLA for further approval
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RMJM's £23m Sheffield study space - Images
The Information Commons at Sheffield University will officially open next month
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Balfour Beatty profit stung by £103m Metronet write-down
Contractor reports £56m interim loss despite strong performance across rest of business
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It’s the heat!
A London council is checking up on the energy use of its residents thanks to a nifty web map from Ordnance Survey that details every building. Alex Smith takes a look at his own four walls
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Lovell seals £36m Islington housing project
Housing development in north London will feature 136 mixed tenure apartments
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Streetlife
A construction website in Belarus reports on an important document on UK street design and now Alex Smith is using it in a squabble with his local council. Talk about a global village …
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ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV regulations minister proposes tougher enforcement
New proposal would give buildilng control powers to prosecute two years after breach of regulations
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Rock Manual launched for coastal engineers
The latest edition of the coastal defence 'bible' includes updates on environmental and sustainability concerns
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Taylor Wimpey weathers US housing storm
Newly merged housebuilder reports large writedown in the US but says integration will result in £100m cost savings
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House prices growth stalls in July
Interest rate rises hit house prices as annual inflation drops below 10%
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HSE issues boiler warning after scalding deaths
Housing Associations are urged to check hot water systems after two fatalities in social housing properties
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Housing on floodplains not ruled out
Yvette Cooper says developments on floodplains would be subject to an assessment by the Environment Agency
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Tony Douglas quits BAA for Laing O’Rourke
Surprise move sees Tony Douglas take up post of chief operating officer at Terminal 5 builder
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Fellow travellers
The construction industry has gone cycling mad this year, with events like Cycle to Cannes and the Olympic velodrome designs being released.
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Ken Livingstone slams the HSE's 'barmy bureaucrats’
Mayor says ‘over cautious’ planning advise on gasometers could jeopardise 16,000 new London homes
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Hopkins wins Olympic velopark – images
Architect-lead consortium wins design competition for 2012 velodrome and related facilities
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Web watch — Ecomarket sweep
Fear not specifiers, says Alex Smith. To help meet the barrage of sustainable standards that has been published recently, there is an assortment of green product resources on the internet
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Keller appoints Roy Franklin as director
The geologist by training will take up his fourth directorship on July 19