All Building articles in 19 November 2010 – Page 3
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News
HSE to lose extra inspectors
The Health and Safety Executive will not renew the contracts of the 24 temporary construction safety inspectors it recruited last year when their employment ends next June
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Comment
Domino effect
Regarding your article “Bovis asks suppliers about Rok exposure” (12 November, page 11), I for one can see nothing untoward in this move
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CommentPhilosopher’s dog dilemma
The odds are stacking up against development, with a lack of private funding, planning in chaos and a shift in power towards the nimbys, says Pascale Scheurer
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CommentDifficult jurisdictions: Libya
In the first of a series on difficult jurisdictions, Chris Hill turns the focus on Libya where the opportunities are on a par with its challenges
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News
A week in the death of Rok
8/11Rok put into administration. Its construction staff shut down sites. Mears, Leadbitter and Kinetics are among firms that express an interest in acquiring it. Rok’s administrator pledges to pay staff.9/11First customers express anxiety about Rok work, with Tesco Underwriting saying it was already passing any new claims work to other ...
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FeaturesView from on high: ISG's Darren Hill
Tough times these may be for specialists, but many have worked out survival strategies. Here, Darren Hill, UK manager of ISG, the UK’s top fit-out specialist, talks to David Rogers about his plans to stay on top.
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CommentHansom: Hue and cry
Modern classicism shows its colours (anything you like as long as it’s white), while those who should be blushing a beautiful shade of pink include Cabe, Jarvis, and, ahem, a few of our colleagues
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NewsCreditors demand probe into DEGW directors
Questions over whether DEGW kept creditors informed over worsening financial position
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CommentQuality control
Bingham and Walker pirouette around the truth (29 October, page 52), without coming to the point, in arguing the duty a QS owes to the client in valuing work in progress under a JCT contract. JCT makes it clear that only the architect is to judge if what is being ...
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NewsSpecialists: rebate demands ‘contagious’
The head of the Specialist Engineering Contractors Group has described the practice of large facilities management firms demanding discounts and rebates from their subcontractors as a “contagious disease”, as suppliers warn they will have to pass cost cuts down their supply chains, writes Daniel Thomas.
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NewscityWATCH: Caution
The City has been understanding of the many companies that had a look - and then recoiled - at failed contractor Rok last week. Even Mears, which was the first off the mark to salivate over Rok’s remains, but then perhaps wisely decided it didn’t fancy the prospect, managed to ...
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NewsPrince’s Foundation pursues Cabe’s role
Traditionalist body will offer design review services “notwithstanding the opinions of a London architectural elite”
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Comment
Future burdens ...
Regarding the loophole in the new Part L rules, this is a missed opportunity by the communities department to drive down the emissions of new-build homes
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CommentBuilding buys a pint … for Cluttons
Surveyors seem to have a predilection for rather shiny watering holes in west(ish) London when Building Buys a Pint. The Portman, which has removed most of its old wooden interior in favour of cream walls and rack upon rack of immaculate glassware, is no exception
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FeaturesThe tracker: Pause for breath
September saw a brief halt in the downward trend of construction activity, but continued small declines are expected between now and Christmas, says Experian Marketing Information Services
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FeaturesThe breaking of Rok
Commentators who remained unmoved by Rok’s dizzying rise must now be feeling vindicated, says Joey Gardiner. But was the contractor a victim of its own management strategy, or brought down by market jitters?
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CommentInnovation in blockwork: The Wi Beam
In an industry notoriously cautious of innovation, it’s quite something to meet a brickwork contractor who’s not only inventive but also prepared to see his inventions through
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NewsEnglish Heritage planning director axed in restructure
Steven Bee is being made redundant after seven years at EH after role is merged
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CommentWhy we should train architects on the job
Higher education is going to become increasingly inaccessible, so why don’t we create ways of training while working