All Building articles in 10 June 2011 – Page 3
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Comment
Learning the hard way
Question marks remain over whether the government’s new Education Funding Agency – and construction strategy – will be a success
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Features
River trip: Zaha Hadid's Riverside Transport Museum
Far from the Olympic aquatics centre, the first of Zaha Hadid’s big UK projects is complete. Building reviews her dramatic and somewhat psychedelic transport museum in Glasgow
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Comment
ONS statistics: Open your eyes
Everyone has been quick to blame the ONS for inaccurate output statistics, says Alastair Stewart. But what about the industry’s responsibility to provide the information?
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News
Fewer downpipes
Marley Alutec has added an aluminium box profile gutter and square 72mm Flush-fit downpipe to its Alutec Evolve range
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News
Doors to the dockyard
Three doors were supplied by GEZE UK for the entrance of No.1 Smithery at the Historic Dockyard in Chatham, Kent.
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Comment
NEC contracts: Love and understanding
NEC contracts call for mutual trust and co-operation, but what does this actually mean and how does it work in the sometimes cut-throat world of business?
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Features
The construction strategy: Together at last?
The government and the construction industry. It’s been a long, love-hate affair but the new construction strategy is an offer to try to work things out
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News
NHBC post completion guide
The NHBC Foundation has launched a guide to best practice for housebuilders to manage post-completion repairs
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News
Colour sockets
Hamilton Litestat has launched a series of new additions to its Hartland CFX range of coloured switch and socket plates.
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News
CityWatch: Government outsourcing: A tough nut to crack
It’s not easy to take over government services, but so far outsourcing companies have kept pace with the market
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News
Government planning changes provoke industry doubts
Presumption in favour of development contains tension between expediency and localism, say commentators
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News
British firms to consider working with Libyan rebels
British Expertise wants to build infratsucture
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News
BuildingTV: Kier boss reveals global strategy
Chief executive Paul Sheffield says Kier is looking beyond BRIC countries for future growth
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Comment
Wonders and blunders with James Denner
James Denner finds a long-admired museum in Italy lives up to all his expectations, but in Paris his view from the Eiffel Tower is ruined by a monstrosity amid the urban sprawl