All Building articles in 19 March 2010 – Page 4
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Hansom: Dog eat dog
The law of the jungle rules this week, whether you are competing for the affections of a French firm, or in a talent-contest-style selection process – or just acting like a guerrilla
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McGuckin promoted to Turner & Townsend managing director
Steve McGuckin has been promoted to managing director of Turner & Townsend UK, replacing Bill Woolgar, who will retire on 6 April
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How the defence went up in smoke
Here’s a case where the employer claimed his withholding notices had been burned in a lightning strike and stolen. How was an adjudicator to deal with such matters?
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How do I… manage my litigation costs?
Litigation is an expensive business, but there are steps you can take to reduce the final bill
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Cost model update: Small projects
In this latest update, Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon reviews the capital costs of primary schools, social housing and small industrial buildings
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OFT withdraws support for housebuilder code of conduct
Competition body is ‘no longer part of equation’ because of £15,000 cap on dispute resolution
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Man City plans stadium revamp to outstrip Old Trafford
Manchester City plans to expand its 48,000-seat stadium to be at least as big as Manchester United’s as part of a redevelopment of the area by the club’s owners
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RICS rethinks plans to quit CIC
The RICS has done a u-turn on plans to leave the Construction Industry Council
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StructureTone wins deal to finish troubled Shell Centre
US fit-out contractor bags £10m contract in wake of ISG’s acrimonious departure from £62m project
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Too much capital
Good to see proposed infrastructure projects (“High-speed rail network proposals revealed”, 11 March, building.co.uk), but I notice that the emphasis is on improving transport to and from London. There are high-speed rail networks to and from London already in existence
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Features
Double crossing: Heneghan Peng’s Olympic bridge
Heneghan Peng’s 54m-wide central bridge at the Olympic park, which was lowered into place last week, has been ingeniously designed to form two narrower walkways after the Games have finished. Stephen Kennett explains how it all works
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Costain hit by pipe damage on Bradford BSF
Costain and Ferrovial are being forced to carry out major repair work on their £400m Bradford Building Schools for the Future project after heating pipes at four schools under construction were damaged by bad weather
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Bovis rejigs Cardiff project team
Bovis Lend Lease has drafted a senior project manager from its Greenwich Peninsula development to complete its St Davids 2 scheme in Cardiff
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Caution urged as ‘mini boom’ doubles London fit-out pipeline
The pipeline of fit-out work in central London has more than doubled in the past year, according to Metropolis Property Research
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The true cost of installing a boiler
Some people have asked why I said the cost of replacing a boiler was likely to be nearer £5,000 than the £1,367 you suggested (22 January, page 24) or the retail cost of about £750
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Building's bloomer
I read with interest your article on the BBC’s attack on UK construction (5 March, page 9)
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Broadcasting to the Beeb
The BBC has criticised construction firms for “wasting resources and duplicating effort” (5 March, page 9), yet in the past 18 months we have seen more than 300 organisations from across the industry commit themselves to halving construction waste sent to landfill by 2012
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Morrell: Industry needs more workload to become low carbon
The construction industry requires a rise in its workload if it is to achieve its carbon reduction commitments for 2020 and beyond