All Building articles in 2001 issue 04
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Comment
Stand up for their rights
Consultants can fall foul of the Human Rights Act if they are deemed to have contravened one of its provisions while acting for a local authority or other public body. So it makes sense to watch your back.
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Features
Practice makes perfect
The development of software program Vircon could help busy sites avert time-wasting construction problems before work even starts.
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News
QSs line up for place on Railtrack supplier list
More than 40 firms compete for second-generation framework agreements worth £100m over five years.
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Features
Wish you were here
Newcastle's reinvigorated quayside isn't the North-east's only attraction. These massive regeneration schemes aim to lure industry and jobs back into the region.
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News
Housebuilders to sue over green-belt U-turn
Furious consortia head for High Court after Hertfordshire authority drops controversial 10 000-home scheme.
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Comment
Getting off the hook
If a designer makes a mistake, when does the obligation to correct it expire? After the relevant bit is built? After practical completion? After the final certificate? Or never …
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News
FaulknerBrowns wins stadium race
£95m Picketts Lock stadium can now go ahead for 2005 world championships, says UK Athletics chief David Moorcroft.
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News
McAlpine eyes target
Alfred McAlpine is likely to be the the next firm to get involved in the wave of consolidation in construction, according to City speculation.
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Persimmon sets out to dominate UK housebuilding
£537m bid for Beazer will create biggest housebuilder in UK – but job losses expected.
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Features
Dolce & Gabbana's new look is set in stone
Beverly Hills is the latest Dolce & Gabbana store to get a David Chipperfield makeover.
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Features
Eight new deals push HBG into top spot
Contracts worth £36.7m make HBG number one, but Bovis Lend Lease continues to lead annual table.
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News
Tube deal imminent, says Livingstone
Insiders say GLA has abandoned hopes of stopping PPP as mayor predicts agreement by mid-February.
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News
Skanska and Hochtief scoop CTRL deals
Skanska and a Hochtief/J Murphy joint venture have won two contracts worth a total of £235m on the second phase of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link.
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News
Councils urged to hand over money
SPECIALIST contractors are calling on local authorities to abandon retention payments for possible defects because they create cash flow problems.
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Comment
Power corrupts
First person - British construction is thankfully free of corruption, but as more power is put in the hands of fewer people, this may change.
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News
Firms primed for MOD contracts
Major players in the construction industry are gearing up for the first big regional prime contracts to be let by Defence Estates.