All Building articles in 2003 issue 11
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Features
Labour agency set to import workers from Romania
The Home Office has agreed in principle to a proposal to import east Europeans to help solve the skills shortage.
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New bosses for Kier and Alfred McAlpine
Contractors' chief executives both scale back roles by becoming chairmen of the companies.
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Comment
Waiting for Woodrow
I refer to your financial news article in which Taylor Woodrow's chief executive, Iain Napier, indicates that the government should be listening to housebuilders in order to meet housebuilding targets (7 March, page 21).
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News
The spoils of war
Iraq’s reconstrucion following the current attacks could be the biggest rebuild operation since just after the Second World War. But who gets to win the infrastructure contracts – and will UK contractors get Short-changed?
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From sirens to serenity
This office block was designed for City & West End developments by Squire and Partners. Situated at 111 The Strand, central London, it lies between the bustle of the Strand and the seclusion of the Savoy Chapel and its gardens. The building has full-height glazing at the front and rear ...
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Comment
The road to recovery
The appellant, Mrs Lampert, had compromised proceedings brought against her and her husband in the Chancery Division for possession of a property over which the respondents had a charge. The Tomlin Order provided for a split of the proceeds of sale 50/50 between the respondents and the appellant in the ...
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Comment
A paradise for parasites
To shut out small firms, the Treasury made the PFI process so adversarial that it got captured by lawyers, who are now eating us out of schools and hospitals
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News
Tension mounts
After a year in which housebuilders were thrust into the spotlight amid rapidly rising house prices and profits, the looming prospect of war has cast an ever larger shadow over the sector. So what is it doing to protect itself?
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Features
We need vocal locals
Council planners generally put the interests of the community first, but if things don't work out that way, there's not a lot the community can do about it
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Comment
We need vocal locals
Council planners generally put the interests of the community first, but if things don't work out that way, there's not a lot the community can do about it
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Features
Local lowdown
This month, Robert Smith of Hays Montrose looks at the job market in Northern Ireland, where a glut of civils projects means that engineers are hot property
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Comment
Knowing the form
As a project manager associated with a £50m building project administered under option F of the ECC, I was fascinated (and at times a little horrified) by Rachel Barnes' recent article on the Society of Construction Law's Delay and Disruption Protocol (28 February, page 49).
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Comment
You're forgetting someone
Your editorial on the Congestion Charge (7 March, page 3) came as something of a surprise to the manufacturers and distributors in the construction industry.
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Comment
Health and efficiency
I refer to your article "Jarvis under pressure to halve rail profits" (28 February, page 10). It was disappointing to read such a misinformed piece in what is otherwise an excellent and respected trade publication.
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FeaturesDressed to thrill
Inspired by a wallet-busting designer frock, yet designed to be a bargain in itself, the exterior of Future Systems' Selfridges store in Birmingham is a sight to behold. We got the inside story on how this futuristic, shimmering, blue beehive was built.
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News
Laing shares set to soar despite loss
City analysts expect shares in support services group Laing to increase about 40% to more than 200p in the next 12 months, despite its reporting of a pre-tax loss of £18.6m this week.