All Building articles in 2001 issue 05
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Comment
Similar, but not the same
If an architect's drawings are used to obtain planning permission for a project and the architect, for whatever reason, then has no further involvement, can the project proceed without infringing its copyright?
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Tending towards safety
Despite the CDM regulations, site accidents are on the increase. Beyond CDM, there are several practical steps that can be taken at tender stage to instil a culture of safety on site.
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Primary objective
Work has started on this £2.4m extension to a primary school and nursery in Clapham, south London.
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London may need third stadium for Olympics
london may need a third major stadium in addition to Wembley and Picketts Lock if it is to bid for the Olympics Games, the British Olympic Association has warned.
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Labour urban policy shallow, say Tories
Shadow environment secretary attacks "disappointing" urban white paper and outlines Tory plans to scrap RDAs and foster regional identity in design.
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Just the job
Planning engineer Barry Lingham tells Marissa Charles how he helps British firms in Europe avoid contractual pitfalls.
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Raising some interest
Late payment has traditionally been a fault of construction's big boys. But new legislation means that smaller firms will have to make sure they pay their bills on time, or else incur the penalty.
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Suffolk house
Marshall House, a £160 000 private home completed recently, is based on the Suffolk vernacular.
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Features
Our lives in your hands
Construction is on alert as the site death toll rises and John Prescott's safety summit on 27 February approaches. In the first of a four-part series on the safety crisis, Building asks workers about their experiences on site.
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How the urban renaissance got lost in Yorkshire
Allerton Bywater was supposed to prove the Millennium Village format could work anywhere. Three years on, nothing's happened. Building asks what went wrong.
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Tender price forecast
How the indices are calculated Mechanical cost indexThe MCI is based on labour rates agreed by the mechanical industry’s wage body, the JCCHVDEI, and materials prices from the Office for National Statistics. Electrical cost indexThe ECI is compiled from materials data from the Office for National Statistics and labour ...
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Promoting design quality
Government design champions have promised to sponsor two construction projects to promote design quality in buildings.
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High flying Crest tipped as takeover target
Crest Nicholson was this week tight-lipped about its place in the wave of consolidation sweeping through the housebuilding industry.
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Red tape costs lives
First person - This government has done a huge amount for construction, but it needs to realise that bureaucracy does not stop accidents.
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Kvaerner and Costain to be prosecuted
Costain and Kvaerner are to be prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive for poor safety standards after four workers died on its Avonmouth Bridge project.
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Out of control
Adjudication was set up to provide a quick, effective way to sort disputes. In fact, it's proved all too effective – it's growing at an incredible rate, and turning site relationships into mangled wreckage.
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Construction is leading UK plc
The building and construction sector is bucking the trend of falling profitability in British industry, a survey has found.
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Quake mission considered
The government may send a team of construction experts to rebuild Bhuj, in India, following last week's earthquake. A DETR spokesman said it sent a team to Turkey after last year's earthquake and is "starting to look at it for India."