All Building articles in 11 May 2012 – Page 2
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CommentWhen your ‘best’ is put to the test
Best endeavours clauses sound fair enough until the contractor finds that sticking to them could leave it out of pocket
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Bring suppliers into the BIM fold
Product suppliers need to create the libraries of information that are needed for the final BIM model
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NewsBuilding envelope solutions
Tata Steel has provided building envelope solutions for two commercial units at Hawarden business park in Flintshire
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CommentBuilding buys a pint … for T&B
Spirits are already fairly high when Building arrives to meet T&B in central London. It’s the first night of the play-offs for the Championship football league with the eventual winner taking a spot in the Premiership. This is a big deal for Andy and Nigel, both sworn West Ham fans.“We’re ...
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CommentHansom: Capital gains
The pricey apartments at the Shard have many USPs, but are transport links really the clincher? Meanwhile Sweett is sour over lifts and work of a kind begins at Blackfriars One, but don’t get too excited
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CommentLOGIC contracts: Solving the puzzle
A new contract from the oil and gas industry is set to become more common in the building sector as offshore work increases - but many of its provisions will be familiar
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FeaturesWakefield council offices: A model of modesty
Cartwright Pickard’s considered, pragmatic design has allowed Wakefield’s council offices to come in at under half the price of some other recent civic buildings. Could this be a template for more hubristic architects to follow, asks Ike Ijeh
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FeaturesInterview with Dr Diana Montgomery, CPA: Welcome to our world
Dr Diana Montgomery has only been working in construction for four weeks and already she’s preparing to take on the government and the industry’s vested interests. In her first interview, the new chief executive of the CPA sets out her stall to Emily Wright
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Curtain walling
Kawneer’s curtain walling was used on an office block in Manchester to revitalise the site
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Thermally efficient envelope
Celotex GA4000 PIR insulation was specified for a new office building at Watermead business park in Leicestershire
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Fully glazed partitioning system
SAS International has launched a new fully glazed partitioning system
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Are they really keen on green?
We need clarity on precisely how the assessors, providers and installers will work together to deliver the Green Deal.
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Scrapping tax is an improvement
I for one am very relieved that the government appears to be doing a swift U-turn on the introduction of the “conservatory tax”.
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NewsMicro-perforated tiles
Micro-perforated metal tiles from Armstrong Ceilings have been specified for the offices of Birmingham council’s new workplace at 10 Woodcock Street
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FeaturesThe tracker: Staying put
Construction activity stayed static last month, with increases in the non-residential and civil engineering sector indices failing to lift them from negative territory, according to Experian Economics
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CommentYou were warned
The double-dip is upon us so what can government, and companies themselves, do to help in this hour of need?
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NewsISG is front-runner for £20m City Tower job
Contractor tipped for Great Portland Estates’ City Tower re-fit
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NewsGovernment holds back key 2012 construction report
Ministers urged to publish ODA chair’s critique of Olympic marketing rules for non-sponsors
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NewsDream job for Arup in Seoul
Engineering services firm plays centrol role in South Korean commercial development