All Building articles in 11 July 2008 – Page 5
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NewsConstruction to take seat at CBI’s top table
Major Contractors Group to be disbanded as industry reorganises to maximise lobbying firepower
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Currie & Brown subsidiaries face £54m Welsh PFI claim
Dormant divisions of consultant that advised on troubled incinerator hit with claims of damages
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NewsStyles & Wood cuts 45 jobs and restructures board
New boss believes redundancies and bolstered management board will ‘keep business healthy’
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NewsAbout to fall on slough...
Thanks to Karl Greenfield of the Access Group for this poignant example of the struggle for meaningful human existence in John Betjeman’s “favourite” dormitory town
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FeaturesSpotlight on steel
Rocketing steel prices have affected a wide range of industries – not least construction, says Brian Moone. How far are availability problems implicated in the price rises, and will contractors’ lead times be affected?
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FeaturesSmoke on the water
Forty industry teams dodged the showers to compete in the 2008 Dragon Boat Challenge last week – raising more than £25,000 for charity.
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Report: Public sector ‘not the safety net people think it is’
Public sector construction work will not be enough to offset the decline in private sector spend over the next two years, research has revealed.
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Comment
The mystified mediator
I feel very sorry for disputants like Alan Danieli (27 June, page 39) caught up in the expensive, acrimonious and drawn out process of construction dispute resolution, especially at the smaller end of the market where legal costs can be so high in relation to the sums at issue.
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CommentOoh matron!
Despite the gloom, the industry has been Carrying On, thanks to some deliciously wobbly desserts and some naughty business in a public park
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NewsA lot more London
Another of the key sites in English Partnerships’ London Wide Initiative has gained planning permission.
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Comment
A warm industry welcome
Reading your article on apprenticeships (20 June, page 20) brought back memories of my introduction to the industry as a would-be apprentice carpenter in 1972.
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NewsUnilever House: high-flying steel
Unilever House in London is the winner of one of four 2008 Structural Steel Design Awards made by the British Constructional Steelwork Association and Corus.
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NewsHeating sensors
Radiant Control has introduced the Kanmor 084e discreet heating sensor, which it says is the first that can be hidden from view in plaster or plasterboard.
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NewsSkylon sculpture: fifties throwback
Powell & Moya’s 300ft Skylon sculpture, originally designed for the 1951 Festival of Britain, is to be resurrected by a team led by former RIBA president Jack Pringle and Atkins.
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Sharewatch: the week it really hit the fan
As the boss of one of the major housebuilders put it last week: “It’s shit out there and getting shittier by the day and there’s no sign of when the shit is going to lift.”
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Housing slump leads EP to lower housing targets
The government’s regeneration agency is to lower its housing targets in the light of the current housing slump.
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NewsMultiroom entertainment
Multiroom entertainment systems specialist Opus Technologies has launched the WCU600, a fully customisable touchscreen keypad that can be used to control its Opus 500 whole-house music and video system, as well as other smart home products.
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NewsHouse doctor: Smarten yourself up with intelligent homes
Intelligent homes are no longer the preserve of the wealthy or the technocratic. To prove it, Peter Caplehorn of Scott Brownrigg runs through the five steps to consider when installing home automation systems
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CommentDivided we fell
Open mike - Never agree to a bad plan in the hope that things will turn out for the best. Martin Bishop did, and now the RICS is more fragmented than it’s ever been