All Building articles in 2001 issue 16
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Features
Letter from Moscow
Peter Titus - Contrary to what you've heard, Russia's capital is a great place to work. But bring your mittens
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Home improver
Birmingham council's David Thompson is passionate about giving people better places to live. Which is why he's handing over 92,000 homes to the private sector.
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Here's the hard part
Building's Client profile series returns with EasyEverything, the cybercafe that's planning to open 50 stores every year for the next three. The good news is, it's looking to partner. The bad news is, everything is easy except getting work for it.
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News
Industry shuns initiative to help minority groups
Contractors and consultants are refusing to provide financial support for an initiative to monitor the progress of women and ethnic minorities in construction.
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Features
Ground speed
Tesco wasn't prepared to queue for long to get its new Essex distribution centre, so Taywood proposed an unusual steel-fibre reinforced concrete floor that could be installed in a mere 25 days. Thomas Lane finds out how it worked.
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How long has it got?
Nick Schumann - clears up the confusion surrounding building life design. It's simple really …
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News
VAT plea over foot and mouth
The National Federation of Builders has called for VAT to be reduced to 5% on rural building and repair and maintenance work in the wake of the foot-and-mouth epidemic.
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Features
Foot and mouth: The forgotten victims
For weeks, our TV screens and newspapers have been filled with images of the havoc wreaked by foot and mouth on agriculture and tourism. But the effects of the disease on rural builders are no less devastating. Tom Broughton visited Carlisle, one of the worst-affected areas.
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Features
Five ways to keep your staff happy
Let clients dictate the pace of workEmployees don't like it one bit if their managers put the pressure on. They are much more likely to work hard and long hours if they know it is because of customer demand.Small freedomsThese can be as apparently insignificant as moving the desk, controlling ...
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NBA Quantum expands into USA
Aim-listed construction consultancy NBA Quantum has moved into the US market with the purchase of Washington-based DMS International for £1.28m.
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English Heritage slams McAslan tower
The developer of a £45m tower in south-east London has attacked a recommendation by English Heritage that the plan should be scrutinised by deputy prime minister John Prescott.
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Mixed use scheme, east London
Stock Woolstencroft has won provisional planning consent on this £12m mixed residential and commercial scheme in Wapping.
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Dear Robert
Robert Smith of Hays Montrose tackles your work problems. This week, teambuilding for architects and how to get a health and safety qualification
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Comment
Day of the triffids
Simon Tolson - Contamination doesn't just apply to toxic chemicals. It can apply to hazardous plants and weeds that have to be removed. Worse, the contractor can end up paying
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Comment
Looking on the dark side
Patrick Holmes - Stock market dives have sparked fears of recession. So, if the economy does turn down, who's going to lose out? And what can they do about it?
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News
Public prefer cowboys, survey says
A SURVEY commissioned by the National Federation of Builders shows that most homeowners would run the risk of using tax-dodging cowboy builders to save money.
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Features
The complete guide to underfloor heating
Underfloor heating has finally banished the dodgy reputation it gained in the 1960s for burned feet in the morning, being cold when the heat was needed in the evening, and massive electricity bills.
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CIB closure may lead to new conflict, warns Latham
Author of Latham Report calls for creation of new body to maintain partnering ethos in industry.