All Building articles in 11 September 2009 – Page 4
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NewsTaiwan Scot Co vs Masters Golf Company: Penalty or estimate of loss
Our Fenwick Elliott expert analyses a case in which a party failed to decide the intention of a contractual rate of interest for late payment
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NewsEC Harris completes first UK Infiniti 'retail centre'
Japanese luxury carmaker arrives in the UK following successful European launch
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ChandlerKBS announces promotion
Consultant promotes two to associates at the Welsh and Belfast offices
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NewsThe Patchetts vs Swimming Pool & Allied Trades Association: Online misrepresentation
This case is a warning to all those who market their business on the internet and make statements on websites as to what the consumer can and cannot expect from the company.
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NewsNew government green adviser blames public for blocking energy measures
David MacKay says UK faces blackouts by 2016 if people continue to object to power generation facilities
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NewsGammon wins £150m Hong Kong campus contract
Balfour Beatty has 50% stake in Gammon which starts work on Centennial Campus this month
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NewsCapita project manager on ‘quietest building in the world’
Firm also designer on £11m Bristol University’s Centre for Nanoscience and Quantum Information
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NewsHe’s the king of the castle
Kevin Power snapped this steely-nerved handyman, from his home office in Youghal, Co Cork. Perhaps the man is some sort of lookout for the building
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NewsRICS launches construction insurance guidance
New guidance aimed at helping project managers, QSs and building surveyors
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Comment
Parry and riposte
I don’t know if Graham de Roy (7 August, page 29) is spoiling for a fight, but he seems to have taken a highly selective view of my article (24 July, page 48) on latent defects insurance (LDI)
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Comment
The other offsetting
I must disagree with Rachel Barnes’ piece (10 July, page 49) about architect–client agreement forms
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CommentSize does matter
After helpful research by Cabe found that new homes were too small, we may finally be able to re-address the poor design that has been carried out across the UK – and yes, by all of us
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Comment
Weighty matter
JT Emanuel (28 August, page 28) has only part of the story when he suggests the consultation over parts L and F of the Building Regulations is 800 pages
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CommentThank you, Sir Stuart Lipton
Lipton won the intellectual argument that good design wasn’t a luxury limited to an arts project backed by a patron with more money than sense
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CommentMany happy returns?
Cabe is 10, but it’s not all party hats and streamers. Emily Wright reports on the high-profile successes and failures of its first decade, and asks four industry figures whether it deserves a second
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CommentHansom: The high life
Despite the downturn, construction is enjoying the lifestyle of a Scottish beauty queen, from getting up late for meetings to noshing down salmon mousse and paddling in a lake of brandy
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FeaturesUnemployed graduates: We were promised jobs
But these three, like so many other construction graduates, have not found them in the industry. Building’s first annual survey of university leavers reveals just how grim things are
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NHS reports pre-election work glut
The value of schemes started under the Procure 21 health framework has almost doubled in the past year, according to exclusive figures from the Department of Health
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Join the Global Infrastructure Forum
Marta Gajencka (below left), the vice president of the European Investment bank that this week agreed to lend Crossrail £1bn, is to speak at Building’s Global Infrastructure Forum