All Building articles in 2003 issue 27
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When a spade's not a spade
If a subcontractor delays your project, you may argue that they were 'nominated' rather than 'domestic'. Forget labels – it's the way they were appointed that counts
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FeaturesPrime time
The MoD's £1bn accommodation programme will create 45,000 bed spaces over the next 10 years. We look at the procurement of a key scheme, and finds out how technical fixes can make all the difference
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The price of success
I couldn't agree more with the column by John Smith (27 June, page 34).
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Do unto others …
If an adjudication doesn't go the claimant's way, he may decide to cry foul play. But he'd better make sure his own tactics are fair before he does
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No Wow now
St Paul's is a constant reminder that we no longer produce the kind of jaw-dropping buildings that characterise 17th-century London and modern Los Angeles
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Myopic surveyors
I read with some amusement GJ Davey's response to the RICS fees debate (20 June, page 37) stating that the proposal was hidden within the AGM literature.
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CommentMirror, mirror on the wall
You may think you're the fairest adjudicator of them all, but if an informed outsider thinks different, you could find yourself being cut down to size
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FeaturesMarching on the spot
The winner of Building's £1000 essay competition is Toni Mannell's thoughtful account of what isn't going to happen in the next 30 years.
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FeaturesIt makes you sick...
… to discover that many firms are turning a blind eye to the serious long-term health risks that their workers are being exposed to. We diagnose the problems.
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Job losses
The applicant, Mr Dunnachie, had been threatened and humiliated by his manager over a period of some months, such that he had become extremely distressed and was absent from work for at least three weeks owing to stress. Mr Dunnachie resigned and obtained a new position without a ...
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NewsHooray for Hoxton
Hackney council has granted planning permission for the redevelopment of 168 Pitfield Street in Hoxton, north-east London. Architect Stock Woolstencroft will design the scheme for Capital and Provident Regeneration. The £8m programme will include the renovation of the 1870s school that stands on the site. It will also provide 50 ...
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Prescott offers housebuilders silver and gold
Deputy prime minister John Prescott this week launched a quality benchmark for housing.
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Plugging the gaps
Wednesday’s skills white paper aims to nail the construction industry’s skills shortage once and for all – starting with a national forum to distribute training funds where you want them to go
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M&E firms shun young workers
M&E contractors are refusing to take on teenage apprentices because they are forbidden to work as many hours as adults under employment regulations introduced in April
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The real experts
Having had the unenviable experience of referring a final account dispute to a lawyer adjudicator when a quantity surveyor would clearly have been appropriate, I have to question the method of selection by adjudicator nominating bodies.
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What do you expect?
After reading your disturbing article on mental health in the construction industry it makes me wonder how the likes of John Prescott and Sir John Egan are going to recruit people for the industry (27 June, pages 38-43).