All ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ articles in 28 November 2008 – Page 6
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Taylor Wimpey shares surge on hope of lending deal
Shares rise 200% in two days amid speculation about equity deal with lenders
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Gulf and Asia boost profit at Hyder
Consultant posts solid half-year results on back of increased Middle East and Asia Pacific work
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Features
First Impressions: Projects by Chipperfield and Make
Another ’First Impression’ panellist, this time Tom Greenall postgraduate architecture student from the Royal College of Art comments on five schemes
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¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ Sustainability teams up with the Energy Saving Trust to discover whether sustainability has been affected by the current downturn
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Brown’s chance for redemption
As chancellor, Gordon Brown mismanaged our pensions for 10 years. Now he must back them up with the same guarantees that he extended to bank savings
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Forbidding Kingdom: working in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia is planning nearly £150bn of development and looks set to be one of the few refuges from the global financial crisis. But is that enough to make westerners want to work there?
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The recovery unit
The Homes and Communities Agency must invest in land and infrastructure in order to be in shape for an eventual upturn, says the former chief executive of the Housing Corporation
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Comment
Witholding payment
The CaseThere were a number of issues before the court. The first was whether or not the claimant's application for payment was valid and whether the engineer's certificate was valid. Second, the court was required to consider whether or not the failure to send the certificate to the correct party ...
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Comment
Rush to judgment
I was saddened to read your article concerning the fatality at the Bouygues UK site in Chelmsford (14 November, page 15), and would like to express sympathy from the GMB to friends and family of the victim.
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Comment
Hell hath no fury: public sector frameworks
Scorned bidders are increasingly refusing to take rejection lying down, which means wrongly tendered public frameworks may be set aside
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Engineering sector steels itself for ‘rocky ride’
City analysts say profit warning at White Young Green is a sign of things to come
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EC Harris: NHS will struggle to make efficiency savings
The Department of Health may struggle to make the efficiency savings set out in the pre-Budget report, according to research by EC Harris.
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Home and dry
This concept from Edinburgh architect Pohkit Goh was one of the winners in an RIBA/ Norwich Union competition to design floodproof homes for the future.
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My digital life: Dominic Papa
This architect roams the bandwidth seeking out news, ancient books, cartoons and inspiring photography. But there’s nothing quite like a real-life Jammie Dodger and a nice cup of tea
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Eastender: New development in east London
The mayor of London has approved a new 27-storey development in east London
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HCA may be lead developer, says Kerslake
Leaders of the housing and regeneration superagency being launched next week are considering turning it into a large-scale direct developer of homes during the housing downturn, it emerged this week.Â
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Government’s rescue efforts ‘will halve decline in output’
Construction Products Association cuts predicted fall from 4.6% to 2.4% after £3bn spending boost