All Building articles in 2003 issue 37
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Secret squirrels
Confidentiality is not the preserve of film stars and BBC journalists – obligations of confidence are intrinsic to your common or garden construction contracts
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Comment
The yuppies will save us
Not so long ago, it seemed many UK cities would be better off as farmland. Now, thanks to retail therapy and loft living, we are seeing a great transformation
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Features
Work the room
Are you a wallflower at corporate bashes? Frances Kay, founder of business introductions agency Acumentoo, explains how to network effectively
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FeaturesThreat and response
Gangs of robbers, terrorists, politically motivated saboteurs … Contractors could be forgiven for thinking that their sites are under siege. But how can they fend off the enemy without blowing all their profit on security?
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NewsMuseum in the sand
Bovis Lend Lease has emerged as one of 15 bidders to oversee the building of the £220m Grand Egyptian Museum near the pyramids of Giza and Cairo. The appointment is expected to be as a project manager or construction manager. Bids are due in next month, and the project is ...
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Three vie for Liverpool scheme
Three contractors are bidding to oversee a £750m mixed-use scheme in the centre of Liverpool, which is scheduled to open before the city becomes the European capital of culture in 2008
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NewsHSE has warm words, but no money, for roving reps
Health and Safety Executive has no plans for national roll-out of successful worker safety advisers scheme.
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The heat is on
As the government plans to rein in energy emissions from buildings, a leaked document gives manufacturers and contractors an idea of just how stringent the Part L regulations are about to become
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Foster eyes Stirling Prize II
Lord Foster could pick up his second Stirling Prize, after he was put on the shortlist of six for this year's award.
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FeaturesDreaming of England
A project in Japan made a Spaniard and an Iranian the UK's hottest young architects. But for all their international pedigree, what husband-and-wife team Foreign Office really want is to design the London Olympic Games.
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Network Rail grills Jarvis on derailment at King's Cross
Network Rail has warned that Jarvis faces "repercussions" after the contractor admitted a maintenance oversight may have led to a train derailment on Tuesday.
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EC Harris shake-up heralds consultants' superleague
Consultants line up to embrace limited liability partnerships after EC Harris' move to raise more capital.
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Features
Come and get me, copper
Any British architect with an ounce of street cred wouldn't dream of cladding their building in anything else – not without getting their collar felt by the style police …
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CommentRubber chicken: Chickens, sheep and Cowes
Construction’s regatta in Cowes is a great opportunity to get sunstroke, eat raw meat and be tucked up in bed by 9pm with your landlady’s carrot cake
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NewsPart L draft calls for draconian rises in U-values – and energy-efficient kettles
Leaked proposals to overhaul energy provisions of the Building Regulations reveals swinging changes to combat global warming
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CPA makes fresh call to cut VAT on repairs
VAT on domestic repair, maintenance and improvement work ought to be reduced to 5%, according to a report commissioned by the Construction Products Association.
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NewsInsurer takes no risks with Broadcasting House
Construction insurer GE Frankona Re has appointed Risktec Solutions, a risk management consultant, to oversee projects in which it has an interest, including the BBC's Broadcasting House in London.