All Building articles in 2007 issue 43
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NewsEnvironment Agency to use online carbon calculator for future projects
Client develops new publicly available online tool with consultant Jacobs for contractors to use on schemes
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NewsGutted warehouse did not have sprinklers
Sprinklers had not been installed in the burnt-out Warwickshire warehouse where four firemen are feared to have died
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NewsErinaceous appoints new interim chief executive
Troubled consultant takes on Tim Redburn in a bid to save company
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Builder wins appeal over tax delay
Judges overturn High Court ruling saying mistake by local tax office went 'beyond an administrative mistake'
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NewsSkanska proft up 40%
Third quarter results in the UK reveal increase in profit to £8.8m and 50% jump in turnover to £340m
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NewsDeaths of self-employed builders double in five years
New figures reveal that the annual number of fatalities involving self-employed construction workers has risen to 27
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NewsGovernment climbdown on energy certificates
Web exclusive: Six –month delay emerges in rollout of performance certificates for public and commercial buildings
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NewsBrown to impose apprenticeship targets on councils
Prime minister says he will impose legal duty on councils to boost apprenticeship numbers
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NewsGiant tidal power station plans revealed
E.on UK and Lunar Energy submit plans for a major tidal plant off Pembrokeshire coast
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Comment
John F Hunt Demolition Ltd vs ASME Engineering Ltd
This was a preliminary issues hearing relating to a main contract dated 30 June 2002, whereby Kier (Whitehall Place) Ltd (“Whitehall”) engaged Kier Build Ltd (“Build”) to design and construct commercial office premises at Whitehall Place, London. The contract incorporated the JCT Standard Form of Building Contract with Contractor’s Design ...
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NewsEnergy demand in Code causes concern
Online poll shows worries amongst professionals on hitting Code for Sustainable Homes standard
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Legal spat over 78-week delay on luxury home
Partner Projects is being sued for £200k after work on five-bed house and pool missed deadlines
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Britannia Contracting Services sues developer
Liquidators for building company go to court over £100k outstanding payment
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NewsCABE call to bring cemeteries back to life
Design watchdog says cemeteries need to be designed for the living not the dead
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NewsSkanska to build Heron Tower
Contractor was favourite to construct Gerald Ronson's 46-storey Heron Tower
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NewsTaylor Wimpey's reports reservations slowdown
Housebuilder warns that poor market conditions have dented its reservations rates
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How to survive… being 'too old' in the workplace
You feel 16, you might even look 21, but the cruel hard truth is that if you’re over 40 you’re old… in the eyes of colleagues and employers at any rate. So how do you overcome this ever-increasing hurdle? Do you sink or swim? Just follow our 10-point plan to ...
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NewsRMJM unveils exhibition for renewal of London site
Architect puts forward five designs to regenerate an inner London public space
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NewsCall for more out of town supermarkets
Competition Commission says planning system should make supermarket development easier