All Building articles in 05 September 2008 – Page 8
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Comment
Late response in adjudication
The CaseWilliam Verry Ltd (“Verry”) engaged CJP Builders Ltd (“CJP”) under a subcontract to undertake brickwork, blockwork and stonework. The subcontract was based upon an order issued by Verry incorporating DOM/2 terms and conditions and other "Sub-Contract Documents". CJP submitted an interim application for payment. It was not paid and ...
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Survey exposes ignorance about site waste regulations
Only 40% of contractors understand what they are meant to do with site waste despite the introduction of swingeing new regulations, backed up with unlimited fines, in April.
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Styles&Wood profit drops 54%
Pre-tax profit at retail fit-out specialist Styles & Wood plunged by 54% in the first half of the year.
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Superagency boss won’t commit to 2016 target
Chair of Homes and Communities Agency close to admitting defeat on plan to build 2 million homes
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Features
'London doesn't have to beat Beijing, nor should it try. you have to be pragmatic and get 80% there': Countdown to 2012, David Higgins, chief executive of the Olympic Delivery Authority
David Higgins has to deliver the 2012 Olympics with a fraction of the money that China had to spend. Oh, and he has to regenerate a swath of east London at the same time. To kick off our countdown to the Games, Sarah Richardson asked him how he’s planning to ...
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Where we’re at … the 2012 London Olympics
This is the space – an area as vast as Hyde Park – that has been cleared to make way for the Olympic park.
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On your marks: Countdown to 2012, London's Olympic stadium
No false starts here. Construction at London’s 80,000-seater Olympic stadium has got off faster than Usain Bolt (well, almost). Martin Spring watches the sprint towards that now famous deadline
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Cost update: September 2008
The downturn’s effects become evident as inflation escalates for consumer, input, output and materials prices, says Peter Fordham of Davis Langdon
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A history lesson: Countdown to 2012, London's 1908 Olympics
When London staged the Olympics 100 years ago, the delivery authority was a bunch of clubbable aristos, the developer was a Hungarian folk dancer and the athletes had to book themselves into local hotels. Nick Jones tells us what we have to learn from that approach
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Mayor Johnson announces environment adviser for capital
Former TfL woman must deliver 60% carbon emissions cut by 2025
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Green factors tumble off tenants' wish list
'Difficult conditions' wipe out office sustainability gains
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ALMO tenants suffer more anti social behaviour
But Housing Corporation study finds they are happier with with the way their landlords tackle the problem
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Shocking stuff
Thanks to Elise Phoenix of Spectrum Acoustic Consultants for this picture, which she took in the Maldives.
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Meet the house made of pallets
Ingenious homes built from shipping pallets could rehouse disaster victims and refugees
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Why the government's housing bail out won't make a big impact
There's not much new money in Gordon Brown's housing package, but our columnist has a contentious idea for raising more cash
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100th 100 hour organisation for CIBSE
TfL, the BBC, Natural History Museum all take part in carbon clean up campaign