All Building articles in 2003 issue 40

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  • News

    Workshop

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    A solar energy collector to turn next year's heatwave into hot water, sanitaryware to handle tough environments and a speedy plastering technique feature in this week's round-up of products, news and websites

  • Comment

    Is it safe?

    2003-10-10T00:00:00Z

    What do you do if you know you're going to win your claim, but can't convince the finance director to back you? Perhaps FATE will lend a hand …

  • Comment

    Radical thinking

    2003-10-10T00:00:00Z

    While I agree with most of Geoffrey Osborne's comments, (1 August, page 28), he must remember profit is not the only criterion for judging the success of a company.

  • News

    Positive thinking on PFI

    2003-10-10T00:00:00Z

    Unison and a TV programme are among those who have laid into PFI in recent weeks but contractors and the government have been quick to hit back - they say that PFIs are value for money and they say they can prove it.

  • Comment

    What's in a name?

    2003-10-10T00:00:00Z

    A number of people have used your letters page to advocate a name change for the QS.

  • Features

    Local lowdown

    2003-10-10T00:00:00Z

    The Celtic tiger economy has produced a boom in Ireland's residential sector. Robert Smith of Hays Montrose looks at the impact on salaries and benefits

  • Comment

    People in the know

    2003-10-10T00:00:00Z

    It was refreshing to see in the techmeisters article (26 September, page 74) that the work of technology specialists is beginning to be valued.

  • Comment

    The perfect hat trick

    2003-10-10T00:00:00Z

    For those in search of wide-brimmed headgear (5 September, page 35) take a tip from me.

  • Comment

    Hansom

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    This week we celebrate the charm of John Prescott, the generosity of Watkins Gray, the taste of Erisco Bauder and the television habits of Dennis Lenard's daughter

  • Comment

    Keep off the green

    2003-10-10T00:00:00Z

    One of your news stories (26 September, page 10) said that the Campaign to Protect Rural England claimed housebuilders were hoarding land in order to keep house prices high. We have made no such accusation.

  • Features

    Kunsthaus Graz: You sexy thing

    2003-10-10T00:00:00Z

    Graz is celebrating its status as Europe’s capital of culture with a dazzling architectural display – and a British contribution is stealing the show. We visited Kunsthaus Graz, a shocking, sensuous, biomorphic art gallery designed by Peter Cook and Colin Fournier – and still found time to sample the city’s ...

  • News

    Whitehall threatens industry with on-the-spot safety fines

    2003-10-10T00:00:00Z

    Government considers introduction of instant justice after pledging to invest £3m in roving reps scheme.

  • News

    Millennium villages face uncertain future

    2003-10-10T00:00:00Z

    The future of the government's millennium village programme was in doubt after it emerged that a review was being undertaken by regeneration quango English Partnerships

  • News

    The green lobby wants low energy, sustainable, recyclable ecohomes:

    2003-10-10T00:00:00Z

    is this what they have in mind?We report on the escalating demands of the environmental pressure groups

  • News

    DTI launches recruitment drive for quality mark

    2003-10-10T00:00:00Z

    The government has launched a regional drive to recruit members to its quality mark scheme, which aims to rid the industry of rogue traders.

  • Features

    Deoxyribonucleic lighting

    2003-10-10T00:00:00Z

    This astonishing concept of mirrors coiled into a DNA-type helix and floated in mid-air was intended to sex-up the Albert Hall's restaurant. But constructing it proved so complex that Arup was called in to check it could work.

  • Features

    In Person: Dennis Lenard

    2003-10-10T00:00:00Z

    Trust an antipodean to want to turn everything upside down. But the new chief executive of Constructing Excellence thinks that's what we have to do to change the industry's image – and he's starting with a fundamental review of his own organisation. We spoke to the man who thinks Australian.

  • News

    David Curry

    2003-10-10T00:00:00Z

    Left-wing think tanks are keen to make the government's housing policy as interventionist as possible. But tampering with inheritance tax would be political suicide

  • Comment

    Horses for courses

    2003-10-10T00:00:00Z

    Dominic Helps raises the issue of adjudicators seeking technical assistance ("Justice au naturel", 8 August, page 41).

  • Features

    Smile … things couldn't be worse

    2003-10-10T00:00:00Z

    After the slow death of the London office market and month after month of steadily worsening statistics, developers in the commercial sector are suddenly feeling a rush of confidence … We find out why