All Editorial articles – Page 10

  • Comment

    Save our stability

    2010-06-04T00:00:00Z

    Preliminary statistics for the first quarter of 2010 show the number of Scottish construction firms becoming insolvent has doubled compared both with the last three months of 2009 and the same quarter last year

  • Geoff Cooper, chief executive of Travis Perkins
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    Travis Perkins predicts more merchant mergers

    2010-06-04T00:00:00Z

    Geoff Cooper, chief executive of Travis Perkins, has said there could be further consolidation in the building materials sector after his firm said it planned a £553m takeover bid for heating and plumbing specialist BSS, writes David Matthews

  • Comment

    Lack of meritocracy

    2010-06-04T00:00:00Z

    I read with interest your article about work picking up in the South-east, particularly in the London region (building.co.uk, 20 May), but when I look at the range of jobs advertised, they appear to apply to surveyors or RICS-qualified people.I am wondering when I am going to get a job ...

  • Comment

    Oh, grow up

    2010-06-04T00:00:00Z

    Paul Morrell’s article (28 May, page 28) suggests he will be saying sensible things to the ministers he is advising

  • Electronics firm Siemens has unveiled plans for a £30m conference and exhibition centre in London’s Docklands
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    The Siemens Pavilion: Going for green

    2010-06-04T00:00:00Z

    Electronics firm Siemens has unveiled plans for a £30m conference and exhibition centre in London’s Docklands, which should be ready for the 2012 Olympics

  • Tony Bingham
    Comment

    Simple game, tricky rules

    2010-06-04T00:00:00Z

    Here’s a conundrum for you: What happens if part of a contract is within an adjudicator’s jurisdiction and part is outside? And if a decision is made on all of it, is it enforceable?

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    HCA told to work up proposals for slimmed-down future

    2010-06-04T00:00:00Z

    The Homes and Communities Agency has been told to work up a series of options for how it might be slimmed down to aid a ministerial decision about its future over the summer.

  • Where would you site a machine gun to defend this secondary school?
    Comment

    Unfriendly fire

    2010-06-04T00:00:00Z

    I write in relation to Chris Ryan’s comments in Wonders & Blunders (28 May, page 32) on Thomas Deacon Academy, of which I am a director

  • ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV

    HBF raises fears of housebuilding hiatus

    2010-06-04T00:00:00Z

    The Home Builders Federation has warned that there could be a hiatus in housebuilding after South Oxfordshire council moved to scrap housing targets in line with government advice.

  • Chris Wise
    Comment

    What if everything we did was wrong?

    2010-06-04T00:00:00Z

    For example, we use much more material than we need to keep a building up, and we follow codes that make absurd demands on design. Fortunately, there’s a simple remedy

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    Features

    My digital life: Kevin P Flanagan

    2010-06-04T00:00:00Z

    What’s your most-played ITune?

  • Comment

    Crossrail solved

    2010-06-04T00:00:00Z

    Surely a small tax on the major users of Crossrail - the banks - would adequately fill the foreseen funding gap (building.co.uk, 28 May)

  • A government scheme to guarantee loans to first-time buyers has benefited former Communist housing developments as much as the new-build sector
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    Country focus: Romania

    2010-06-04T00:00:00Z

    The downturn hit Romania hard but it’s in a reasonable position to recover

  • Comment

    Contracts in writing

    2010-06-04T00:00:00Z

    Until now, a contract has had to be in writing for a dispute to be referred for adjudication…

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    Comment

    Hansom: Childminding

    2010-06-04T00:00:00Z

    This week government officials babysit their ministers, architects make sure we mind our p’s and q’s, multibillion-pound rail projects scream and shout - and ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV practises its keepie-uppies

  • Michael Gove
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    Government to halt BSF projects within weeks

    2010-06-04T00:00:00Z

    As pressure from contractors for clarity mounts, officials prepare formal announcement

  • Sarah Richardson
    Comment

    Should you be tempted by Brazil?

    2010-06-04T00:00:00Z

    Beach volleyball as the sun goes down, caipirinhas on demand and £360bn of government-assured infrastructure investment.

  • ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV

    Ex-Redrow boss moves to Gladedale

    2010-06-04T00:00:00Z

    Neil Fitzsimmons, the former boss of housebuilder Redrow, has become chief executive of Gladedale.

  • Commercial building
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    Lend Lease prepares UK boardroom shake-up

    2010-06-04T00:00:00Z

    Dan Labbad is to stamp his authority on Lend Lease’s UK business with a major management restructure

  • Wonder
    Comment

    Wonders & blunders with Maxwell Hutchinson

    2010-06-04T00:00:00Z

    Maxwell Hutchinson dreads the decline of a health centre in Islington, but is sickened by a trip down Farringdon Road