All Building articles in 2004 issue 27
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Regulation wear
This was an appeal against a decision that an employer did not have a duty to an employee under the Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992 Regulations 7 (1). The employer was a lorry driver collecting milk from farms. He had been supplied with steel capped safety boots, which ...
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NewsRecord sail
The Little Britain Challenge Cup, sponsored by Building, has received a record 230 entries in only 16 days. No more will be accepted now. The event, held in Cowes on the Isle of Wight, starts on 9 September. More than £100,000 was collected last year for the nominated charities and ...
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Lend Lease replies
Your feature article "Down Under" (2 July, pages 24-27) demands a response, if only to put your readers' minds at rest that Bovis Lend Lease is not for sale.
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NewsPringle to be next RIBA leader
Architect Jack Pringle, who has long campaigned to improve the standing of the profession within the PFI process, is to be the next RIBA president.
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FeaturesKing Richard the last?
Rogers, Foster, Farrell, Hopkins, Grimshaw … The long reigns of these signature architects are coming to an end. We look at what will happen when they go
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Just the job
Gordon Headley explains why, after a career as an oil engineer, he became Wilson Bowden's HR director
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NewsParadise island
Hopkins Architects has come up with designs for the proposed regeneration of the Nottingham's Eastside area. The focus will be on a stretch of the Nottingham canal. The site, named The Island, will be packed with bars, restaurants and homes, and is planned to begin next year. The development ...
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Howdy partner
I sympathise with the views expressed by Oliver Raymond (Letters, 2 July, page 32) regarding unscrupulous main contractors who, under the guise of partnering, still persist in going to the open market in an effort to drive down cost.However, I can provide a simple answer. Seek out ...
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Housing market set for soft landing
Housebuilders Bovis Homes and Redrow have said growth in the housing market is slowing as a result of the Bank of England's recent interest rate rises.
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Lawyers, guns and money
No matter how strange foreign cultures may be, almost all are governed by the same legal principles as English law – which is good news for us all
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NewsMoD refurbishment puts generals in open-plan offices
Grade I-listed headquarters in Whitehall reopens after radical interior makeover funded by PFI consortium
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FeaturesFriendly yet hostel
MacCormac Jamieson Prichard may just have achieved a near-impossible feat: to design ultra-high-density single-person housing next to a noisy railway, and actually make it liveable. We went to meet the residents at Friendship House.
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NewsFormer Laing stalwart Stone takes top job at Gleeson
Experienced commercial director starts work at Gleeson after departure from Laing O'Rourke last June
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NewsGrimshaw the latest firm to unveil plans for succession
Sir Nicholas set to become chairman for life and external ambassador, as Goldschmied ponders life after RRP
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NewsFair and square
Nottingham architect Letts Wheeler has beaten a strong field to win a RIBA competition to redesign the Market Square in Northampton. Its design saw off efforts from rivals Panter Hudspith, Ash Sakula, Snell Associates and John McAslan + Partners. Letts Wheeler also won out over an entry from Northampton's favourite ...
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Green light for Thurrock experiment
Broad stretches of the Thames estuary that are now closed to the public could be opened up in a radical approach to urban regeneration that emphasises community involvement
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NewsEscape to the town
This design by architect Cole Thompson is one of three shortlisted for the second round of the eScape design competition. The initiative, run by Design for Homes, challenges architects to come up with townhouses using a menu of preselected build components. In all, 641 practices are registered to enter ...
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Don't, don't you want me
The JCT appears to have rejected the idea of incorporating the SCL delay and disruption supplement into its contracts – which has provoked a bit of a debate …