All Building articles in 2007 Issue 34
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RICS sets dates for eTendering breakfast seminars
Free seminars in December and January offer ways to manage tenders online
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Norway opens eco-prison
Solar panels installed and food produced on site in new facility near Oslo
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NewsNail-biting stuff
The man standing on this timber scaffolding was the person who erected it, yes or no?
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NewsSeven shortlisted for Olympic handball venue
ODA is expected to announce the designer for the 2012 handball arena by the end of the year
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Norwest Holst sues Danieli Davy Distington over steel job payments
Writ relates to work done by Norwest Holst on the Corus Scunthorpe Steel Plant
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Roxan sues Finlay Breton for £134,000 over Bournemouth build
Writ says Roxan overpaid sub-contractor Finlay Breton for work on 55 new flats on south coast
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NewsHelter Skelter takes Multiplex into a U-turn
Wembley contractor is set to land the £500m contract to build London's tallest tower
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NewsLifschutz Davidson Sandilands wins planning for South Bank tower
The 43-storey development by Coin Street Community Builders was reduced in height by the architect following local objections
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NewsBalfour Beatty buys Cowlin for £52m
Balfour Beatty extends presence in South West and Wales by snapping up 170-year-old regional contractor
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NewsAudit office to probe Metronet collapse
Parliamentary spending watchdog to investigate Tube PPP in the wake of administration of consortium
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NewsVivid interior for Gordon Ramsey's TV restaurant - image
Vivid Interiors completes fit out for F Word studio in under four weeks
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NewsLeadbitter secures two sports contracts worth £46m
Contractor will work on sports complexes in Uxbridge and Harlow
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NewsWhy construction needs a safety officer
With construction deaths running at a five-year high Ian Gibb argues that the industry must start employing dedicated safety officers
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NewsHenry Boot profit jumps 62%
Increase in value of investment properties accounted for over half of the £22m interim profit
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Comment
A snag in the process
The claimant, Thomas Vale, sought a declaration that a withholding notice was invalid. The contract was a JCT Standard Form of Building Contract with Contractor’s Design 1998 edition incorporating amendments 1-5 and further amendments set out in the employer’s requirements. The works comprised the construction of 24 apartments. A dispute ...
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NewsBitten by a tiddler
A run in with BT reminds Building's legal blogger why people go to court to resolve even the teeniest of disputes
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NewsTaiwan falls for Tudor England
Lewis & Hickey designs for the Royal Mount development in Taipei will feature 50 Tudor-style mansions
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Government to assess second Thames barrier
Study launched into new £20bn barrier, amid fears that the existing system is not enough to hold back future floods
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NewsDemolition company fined £50,000 after site death
Collapse of the Caledonia Mill in Leith resulted in the death of Gideon Irvine in August 2004
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NewsCut council tax to boost renewables, says think tank
New Local Government Network says council tax rebates and more relaxed planning laws would encourage take up of microgeneration