All Building articles in 17 July 2009 – Page 4
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FeaturesThe law won: QSs join the legal profession
The legal profession is one of the few still prospering, which is why so many QSs are clamouring to enter it. But how easy is it to make the switch?
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Comment
It’s just not tennis
I read your articles about the dispute between the All England Lawn Tennis Club and Building Design Partnership (BDP) with a deep sigh of frustration (26 June, page 10)
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Comment
It’s simple, really
I am writing in regard to your “two steps backwards” letter (26 June, page 33)
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NewsThe tortoise and the Heron
On Thursday, Gerald Ronson, chief executive of Heron International, and Lee Polisano, president of architect Kohn Pedersen Fox, placed a tortoise shell in the foundations of the £242m Heron Tower in the City of London
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FeaturesFresh start: Wilkinson Eyre’s Guangzhou tower
The Guangzhou international finance centre may be Wilkinson Eyre’s first high-rise, but the practice says this means it will be bringing a ‘fresh look’ to its debut
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News
Housing for the elderly
Proposals for housing to help the ageing population will be made by a group of experts assembled by the government
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CommentDon’t listen to the media
In the recent programme Property Snakes and Ladders (Channel 4, 9 June) presenter and property developer Sarah Beeny recommends replacing the use of tested and certificated fire doors by ordinary doors painted with intumescent paint
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NewsPlanning permission to depend on training
New government scheme threatens developers with planning refusal unless they commit to using apprentices
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Comment
Let’s have a heated debate
I would like to bring to your attention the worrying practice of organisations that fill the CDM co-ordinator (CDMC) role on projects at fee levels that cannot facilitate the proper delivery of the CDMC function
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CommentThe wrecking crew
Oscar Wilde said a cynic is someone who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. Gus Alexander suspects that much the same is true of value engineers …
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NewsTower cranes register delayed until January
HSE voices data protection concerns as consultation reveals £3m administration cost
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Contractors dismiss need for gangmaster licences
Contractors are widely opposing recommendations in a government report on construction deaths that gangmaster licensing rules should be extended to include the industry
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Comment
The perfect contract
It was interesting to read the letters in response to Tony Bingham’s article (3 July, page 28)
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News
Is the Donaghy report into construction deaths the way forward?
Construction industry safety insiders Shaun Davis and John Spanswick give their views
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NewsCity watch: Ghost train
This week Jarvis wrote another episode of what one observer called “the longest-running soap opera in construction history”.Richard Entwistle, chief executive of the rail specialist, announced he would step down in September and the firm dropped £6.3m into the red after being hit by redundancy costs associated with losing 450 ...
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NewsFruitless: Make's Cherry Orchard faces planning refusal
Croydon council officials frown on architect’s application for Menta's £500m Cherry Orchard Road regeneration scheme
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HCA to crack down on environmental standard cheats
The Homes and Communities Agency will force builders to go back and improve new homes if they don’t meet the environmental standards claimed
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New chairs for RDAs
The South East regional development agency has hired Rob Douglas and the North West RDA has hired Robert Hough
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NewsMPs slam ‘catastrophic’ college programme
Mismanagement of LSC's £5bn building programme could cost hundreds of millions in compensation for affected colleges