All Building articles in 18 May 2012 – Page 2
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CommentTony Bingham: Disputes before payment date
Here’s a recent dispute over payment that was deemed to have crystallised even though the payment date had not been reached
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CommentDisputes before payment date
Here’s a recent dispute over payment that was deemed to have crystallised even though the payment date had not been reached
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CommentMy digital life … with Ben Marston
This associate director went off Socialcam when it dumped like a malevolently incontinent donkey all over his profile
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Stick with BREEAM for schools
The Department for Education appears to be in danger of throwing the baby out with the bath water
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CommentBuilding buys a pint ... for John Rowan & Partners
Welly wanging, the phenomenon of brands on Facebook and accountants’ football styles are discussed in a Mayfair setting
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FeaturesWhole-life carbon: Prestige offices
Using the example of a building in the City of London, Gareth Roberts of Sturgis Carbon Profiling explains how new European standards for whole-life carbon assessment can make big savings
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CommentSite investigations: Don't get stuck on shaky ground
A site purchased for development may already have a geotechnical and environmental report attached. But will it offer the developer enough protection?
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Improving existing housing stock first
There’s an irrational emphasis on improving energy efficiency of new-builds
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The Shard is an eyesore with no soul
It exemplifies modern engineering, but the Shard has nothing on the pyramids of Egypt
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FeaturesThe Mary Rose museum: Hidden treasure
The Mary Rose museum is ready for fit-out but to get to this point the contractor had to build around the ancient hull, keeping it at a constant temperature to allow restoration to be uninterrrupted. Thomas Lane found out how the team handled an historic gem
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CommentKept on their toes
Consultants are having to become more dynamic and flexible to take advantage of new opportunities
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Self-build can raise standards
A rise in self-build will mean larger housebuilders will have to respond and improve their standard of housing
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NewsMorrison under fire on £235m Leeds contract
Contractor forced into service improvement plan to tackle ‘failings’ in repairs and maintenance contract
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NewsDelay to £400m energy plant prompts planning review
Permission for waste-to-energy plant delayed when objections lead to ‘special parliamentary procedure’
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NewsPFI schools bidders will not be told budgets for work
Industry warns that unusual PFI strategy could result in short-term savings but not long-term value
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NewsBIG unveils designs for Seoul residential tower
Cross # Towers will form gateway to Yongsan International Business District
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NewsBiology centre uses own walls to control temperature
University of Warwick’s Centre for Mechanochemical Cell Biology includes phase change material that absorbs and re-distributes heat
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NewsContractors fall out over Olympic Broadcast Centre
Main contractor FCC Elliott facing £500,000 claim by design and engineering consultant Cundall over Olympic work
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NewsTriple glazing in offices increases carbon footprint
Exclusive whole life carbon research shows extra cost is not offset by emissions reductions