All Building articles in 01 March 2013 – Page 6
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CommentHospitals: Get better soon
Hospitals can transform a stressful situation into a positive experience or a nightmare. So if you want some civilised treatment, you should get ill in France
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CommentHere’s one I made earlier
If a project involves two separate but related disputes, is it fair for one of the parties to send the second adjudicator the first one’s decision?
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CommentRetention: DIY for law makers
Patton Group is just the latest contractor to collapse while owing millions of pounds in retentions. How hard could it possibly be for our MPs to build a ring-fence for these funds?
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CommentMy digital life … Michael Robinson
The head of building consultancy at Gerald Eve on forgetting his Blackberry, keeping in touch with relatives abroad, and what he’d do if he won the lottery
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NewsGlobal report makes business case for green building
World Green Building Council research asserts that ‘cost premium’ of eco-friendly construction is not as high as the industry assumes
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CommentLegal brief: Resident or non-resident?
Westfields Construction Limited vs Clive Lewis shows at what point the Court should assess whether or not a defendant occupies a property
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NewsRetail and real estate bosses latest to leave Davis Langdon
Exclusive: Departures mean half of Davis Langdon’s former equity partners have gone since Aecom takeover
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NewsCrossrail under pressure as fresh blacklist link emerges
Exclusive: Link between HR manager and The Consulting Association prompts renewed calls for investigation
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News3PM to project manage new Wellcome Trust facilities
Consultant will work on two facilities for charity’s Genome Campus
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NewsVéo Melawati: 3DReid grows in Malaysia
Architect reveals plans for luxury apartment, designed for Malaysian developer Sime Darby Property
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NewsHousing stats: New build sales and completions in January 2013
Completions have fallen in the first month of 2013 compared with December across all the regions
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CommentTackling Scots youth unemployment
Continued public infrastructure investment is crucially important as part of a successful youth employment strategy
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CommentSetting out our stall
The case for investment in green building solutions has never been stronger, let’s hope the government listens
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CommentImporting Passivhaus
Asking whether there is a place for Passivhaus in the UK is an odd question
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CommentHome-office reshuffle
The communities secretary’s proposal to relax planning rules around the conversion of office buildings into homes could have a number of implications for local infrastructure
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CommentHansom: Just the job
This working week, you may be asked to eat some smoked salmon, read thousands of pages on HS2, star in a Chinese sitcom, or listen to deafening drilling while trying to write your diary column
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CommentGreen for the future
Put the health of our environment first and it will stimulate the economy for years to come
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NewsEight of the latest healthcare products
A range of remedies for hospitals, surgeries and care homes, including hygienic vinyl flooring, ‘waveform’ curtain walling and modular building systems for straitened public sector budgets
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CommentNew model for education in sustainability
The time seems right for academia to realise that things are not working and it needs to change
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FeaturesThe HCA: 'It's time to deliver'
Does the appointment of new chief executive Andy Rose end a period of uncertainty for the HCA?