All Building articles in 2004 issue 20
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CommentUp the workers
This is another everyday story of self-employment and rights and conditions at work. Redrow thought it had a contract and that was it. Wrong, wrong wrong!
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TV trial was the only way
I read with interest your article on the public image of housebuilders and the grillings they receive on consumer programmes such as Watchdog (16 April, page 42).
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FeaturesRise of the machines
It is the year 2004, and a 400-year-old firm in Sussex, England, has become mankind's last hope of resistance to the machine-made roof tile – but for how much longer?
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Features
Just the job
Solicitor Anthony Fine was among the first to specialise in PFI contracts. Here he tells us about the challenges it poses and his predictions for this evolving market
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A taxing issue
The defendant had a contract to remove about 425,000 tonnes of material from the site of a new warehouse and lorry park. The claimant sought to require the defendant to register for the aggregates levy pursuant to Section 24(2) of the Finance Act 2001 ("the Act"). The defendant maintained that ...
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Mirror image
He probably won't be frogmarched from his office sans jacket, but Kevin Hyde, Jarvis' chief executive, may be about to suffer a similar fate to that which befell the former Daily Mirror editor Piers Morgan last Friday: the prospect of being ousted by his company's investors (see news).
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Ignore the moaners
Mediation is here to stay, despite the occasional hiccup and the odd shot from Building columnists – but it is important to choose mediators who know what they're doing
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Instant home
Need affordable homes fast? How fast? Is three hours fast enough? What? You want fast and cheap? How cheap? Wait a minute, here, read this article
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FeaturesHomage to valencia
A small town at the foot of a Spanish citadel has embraced the modern with architect Paredes Pedrosa's congress centre. And in so doing, it has added to Valencia's illustrious architectural heritage
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Hey, it was just a question …
Your news feature (16 April 2004), entitled "The government is evolving the ideal eco-friendly home for the 21st century.
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NewsGriffiths urges industry leaders to improve safety
Construction minister 'gravely concerned' over audit office report warning of failure to meet accident targets
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FeaturesA grave responsibility
Graham Farrant's task is to create a profitable group that will advise individual clients and lobby for their collective interests. This is about as popular a job as undertaking – which is apt, given what happened to the last body.
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Getting into Harvard
The business press doesn't write about construction's management strategies, universities don't study them … Are they trying to tell us something?
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NewsUnions furious as Multiplex takes over Wembley safety
Stadium contractor accused of snub after it seizes control of inductions a week after memorial march
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NewsTheatre of the fantastic
Construction is due to start next month on a £7.3m extension to the Belgrade Theatre in Coventry designed by architect Stanton Williams. The work will improve the 1950s theatre by adding a 300-seater auditorium, rehearsal space and a foyer. A contractor is being chosen this week from a shortlist. The ...
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Terms of engagement
Only a lawyer would put an “offer and acceptance” in the same frame as adultery (Tony Bingham, 24 May, page 54). We in the industry have always known it’s about prostitution, and whether it’s legal is secondary …
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The system doesn't work
How about the Construction Industry Training Board assisting existing NVQ students a bit more?