All Building articles in 2003 issue 35 – Page 2
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Comment
Striking exception
Ann Minogue writes (1 August, page 43) that the new JCT major projects form does not give extensions of time for strikes.
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UK tops European league thanks to PFI, says report
Trade body calls British construction Europe's 'bright light', but warns of recession if public spending cuts go ahead.
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Comment
The end of innocence
Government, employers and insurance firms all assured us our pensions were in safe hands. Now our eyes have been opened, and it's time to go it alone
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NewsEco-friendly EastEnders
Architect and urban designer Stock Woolstencroft has completed Denmark Place, a green affordable housing scheme in Tower Hamlets, east London. The £4.5m scheme comprises 50 homes, a commercial unit and two communal gardens. The design combines stained timber windows, cedar boarding and timber decking with galvanized metal balconies and zinc ...
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Features
When walls have ears
When housebuilders were told they would have to test the acoustic insulation of homes to prove they complied with tough new regulations, they were so worried they decided to radically change the way homes were built instead
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Comment
The RICS has let us down
That RICS members have to turn to Building for news of a QS rebellion is proof of the extent to which our institution has let the profession down.
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Disclosure
The defendant hospital had applied for an order for inspection under CPR 31.4(2) in respect of a witness statement and an earlier expert report referred to in expert reports produced for a personal injury claim. The appellant, Mr Lucas, resisted this application on the basis that the documents were excluded ...
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No dinners for doggies
A warning to anyone who fancies amending a contract: if you aren't sure what you're doing, don't do it – the courts will penalise you if you mess it up
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NewsCostain decides working in Iraq is too risky … for now
Costain, the first contractor to state publicly that it would bid for contracts to rebuild Iraq, will not work in the country until the security situation has improved.
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NewsCarillion workers to strike over shift changes
Carillion is facing a series of one-day strikes on its M6 road contract after workers voted for industrial action following changes to their work patterns
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NewsGlam on the Cam
Architect Halpern has received planning consent for this 19-flat riverside development in Cambridge. The scheme includes 14 duplex apartments, as well as two one-bed flats and three rooftop penthouses. Double-height living spaces face the river, with the bedrooms at the rear facing a private garden. A full project team has ...
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Give the guy a break
You certainly took a poke at our new construction minister (11 July, page 11).
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NewsCool box
Architect and interior designer Red Box Design Group has designed Stella House, the headquarters for regional development agency One NorthEast at Newburn Riverside in Newcastle upon Tyne. Design features of the 5500 m2 building include mixed-mode cooling with natural ventilation, solar-shading and recovery of grey water from roof drainage. ...
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Ex-Miller Homes boss quits new job
The former Miller Homes boss who was arrested in connection with a fraud investigation at the company has resigned from his current job at a housing association.
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FeaturesIf I were in your boots …
In his latest management masterclass, Andrew Gay casts a beady eye over Mott MacDonald and tries to work out how a consultant with its talent can produce such mediocre results
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Comment
Two blokes go into a pub
As you'll know, a man who drinks alcohol puts a thief in his mouth to steal his brains. What you may not know is that it can also negotiate construction work
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Comment
Birmingham bull
Your article on Birmingham's Bull Ring (29 August, page 30) will upset many Brummies.
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NewsLevel best
A group of four sculptures, entitled Lock Level Line, has been installed at South Wharf Piazza in the West End Quay development, part of the regeneration of Paddington basin. Designed by artist Danny Lane, the four columns of steel and glass will move diagonally across the piazza, creating an internal ...
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World Trade Centre probe rules out faulty steel beams
Investigators working for the American government have ruled out design faults in the steel beams in New York's World Trade Centre as the cause of the twin towers' collapse on 11 September 2001.
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FeaturesFrom Birmingham to Basra
One minute he was a QS in Birmingham, the next he was dodging Scuds in Iraq. Territorial Army lance corporal Craig Barker spoke to us about food rations, Saddam's yacht and keeping cool.
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