All Building articles in 15 July 2011 – Page 4
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Compact operators
Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies has launched the Compact Operator for sliding doors
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Waste lamp collection
Recolight, the UK’s specialist WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) compliance scheme for lamps, has extended its range of collection options offered to businesses with smaller quantities of waste lamps
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City living: North Wharf Gardens, London
Farrells Architects’ mixed-use developement is part of the Paddington Basin regeneration scheme
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Fire-resistant cables
Cable manufacturer Nexans has introduced Alsecure Premium, its new range of CR1-C1 certified fire-resistant cables.
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Durham University’s Business School: Flexible studies
GSS Architecture has submitted a planning application for a £10m extension to Durham University’s Business School
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Building buys a pint ... for Robinson Low Francis
When QSs get together they talk about childhood games and haircuts
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Budget hotels glam up, scale down and do well
Hotels are beating the recession by embracing micro-development
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Brian Green on … output figures
Data suggests the industry is on the up – but is this sustainable?
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Features
Sustainability in Brazil: For the trees
Brazil is famous for sustainability: a lack of it. But a new wave of green legislation and client requirements is creating demand for skills local contractors don’t have - and UK specialists are first in line for the work. Luke McLeod-Roberts reports in the second of our special features on ...
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Rydon's Bob Bond: Safe pair of hands
Rydon boss Bob Bond finds being at the helm of a medium-sized company gives him the agility needed to steer a steady course through choppy waters. Even introducing an innovative investment model shouldn’t rock the boat
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Inbox: the blueprint
Readers are concerned with matters of design, arguing the case for crazy and silly shapes, suggesting that there are better nuclear plants on the way and voicing concerns over liability in the use of BIM
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Kier knocks Balfour off top spot
Contractor wins £178m of work in June, ending Balfour Beatty’s three-month run in first place
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Employment and parenthood: Bringing up baby
Tell a prospective employer that you’d like children or prefer to work part-time so you can look after your child and they’re likely to roll their eyes. So is it best not to mention it?
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Hackney Empire vs Aviva Insurance: The Empire strikes back
This is the tale of a theatre project, backed by Lord Sugar, that landed its client with a £3.2m headache. Now eight years on there’s a legal battle over a bond between the insurer and the theatre owner
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Procuring a design team: The art of not getting shafted
What’s the best way to choose a design team? Rigid scoring systems need to change if clients are to get the best balance between cost and quality
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Apportioning loss between a designer and a contractor
Where a designer and a contractor both contributed to a defect, the losses are normally split 20/80. But if the designer’s duties increase, so do its apportioned costs