All Building articles in 2003 issue 06
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Comment
A write off
Debeck was engaged by T&E for the installation of air-conditioning services as part of a pharmaceutical development in Basingstoke. The parties reached an oral agreement whereby Debeck agreed to undertake the installation of ductwork for £27,000 plus VAT. The work was carried out by Debeck but no payment was made ...
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Teachers are no slouches
I agree with Graham Holden's comments in last week's letters (7 February, page 35) that in general teachers are well remunerated for their work. My wife, a head teacher of a small country school, certainly earns far more than I do as a local government building surveyor.
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Comment
Rebranding without the spin
In his letter, Andrew Charlett (31 January, page 33) calls for a campaign by the Construction Industry Training Board or the Construction Industry Council to address the industry's poor image among graduates.
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Comment
Publicity is weighed, not read
I was dismayed to see the amount of publicity you gave to the racist British National Party (31 January, page 26). This serves absolutely no good purpose to either your magazine or the industry in general. Your sole reason, presumably, for interviewing him was because he is supposedly a ...
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Pier pressure
London architect Bennetts Associates and Brighton architect Lomax Cassidy & Edwards are to submit a rival bid to architect KSS and developer St Modwen's proposals for the restoration of Brighton's West Pier, part of which collapsed at the end of last year. The alternative rescue plan for the pier ...
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FeaturesPrescott's paradox
In his sustainable communities plan, the deputy PM showered south-east England with public money and gave permission for 200,000 more houses – and left many in the housing industry complaining bitterly of Stalinist tactics. How did he manage that?
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Ministry of silly sports
Why are we building one dual-use stadium that wouldn't be used for athletics, and considering a £300m athletics stadium that would only be used once?
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Features
Joined-up thinking
Student Javier Parsons tells us how he is giving Cyril Sweett a helping hand
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FeaturesMike Jeffries
How did a man with the reputation of being one the industry's shrewdest (and largest) operators let Atkins get into such a mess? And how will he clear it up?
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Comment
Standard issue
Thank you for mentioning the formation of the Modular Society in your Back Issues section (31 January, page 34).
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NewsMiller plans southern invasion
The housebuilding arm of Edinburgh-based contractor the Miller Group will respond to the government's £22bn communities plan by setting up a division in the south of England, writes Mark Leftly.
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Unlikely inspiration
Your legal columnist Tony Bingham tells us that he has recently been giving a helping hand to the Malta Arbitration Centre, acting as a minor judge in an effort to reduce the huge backlog of civil litigation cases.
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FeaturesGoodbye to grey
Rebranding is all very well, but for a sexy image to be convincing there's nothing like relocating to a funky new office building. We discovered a company that gave dullness the sack and employed neon colours, supergraphics and thousands of red tubes …
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Quality mark to get insurance incentive
Construction minister Brian Wilson has announced that builders who sign up to the quality mark scheme will receive a 20% discount on their insurance premiums.
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Four on the grid for Silverstone upgrade
Four contractors are vying for an £18m contract to redevelop part of the Silverstone Grand Prix track in Buckinghamshire.
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FeaturesGym’ll fix it
Faced with 3 m of snow each year, the patients of Japan’s Odate hospital had nowhere to exercise in winter. But then along came Shigeru Ban with a characteristically unconventional solution – a subterranean gymnasium under a dome of pure plywood.