All Building articles in 2004 issue 11 – Page 2
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FeaturesDanger money
There has been a spate of bomb attacks on British employees in Iraq, and the costs of protection is going through the roof. With the situation rapidly deteriorating, we uncover the harsh reality of working life in the shadow of the gun …
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News
David Curry
The sight of pensioners rebelling against council tax hikes has unsettled the government and prompted a search for alternatives. So who will end up paying?
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NewsContractors declare success in shift to support services
Amec and Alfred McAlpine announce profit increases thanks to move away from traditional construction
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Costain turnaround is complete
Contractor Costain will be in a position to offer a dividend to its shareholders next year for the first time since the 1990s.
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FeaturesHere the twister comes
The Thames Barrier, designed to be raised once every five years, is being raised 10 times a year. We will know when we are drowning because there will be a programme about it on television, and it will be repeated three times … Building presents this week's extracts from CABE/RIBA's ...
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News
Civil service dispersal 'could cut terror threat in London'
Author of report on regeneration says moving civil servants out of capital could reduce risk around Whitehall
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Carillion is Sunday Times' most responsible contractor
Carillion is the leading firm in the construction sector to make a positive impact on society, according to The Sunday Times.
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Complaint over conflict of interests sparks CABE probe
Government investigates architectural watchdog after allegations from a South Kensington resident
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Comment
Mediation is a busted flush
It has become received wisdom that mediation is always the best way to resolve a dispute. This is false, and it's getting falser – as some judges have realised
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News
A message from Broker
I'm away on holiday this week, dear readers, so you'll just have to follow your own hunches until I get back. Garçon, encore du Chateau d'Yquem, s'il vous plait!
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News
ISG founding director bows out
Contractor ISG's founding director Ivan Millar is to retire at the end of June. He will continue at the firm on a part-time basis for up to two years
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Comment
One step beyond …
A new resolution process has gone where adjudication feared to tread – into the imbroglios of international disputes
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News'A few thousand' firms will join quality mark before next election
The government intends to sign up "a few thousand" firms to the quality mark by the next general election, says construction minister Nigel Griffiths.
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NewsRok plans to become Britain's local builder
Rok chief executive Garvis Snook said this week that he planned to treble the number of its regional outlets in the next three to five years.
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FeaturesBasra stories
On the anniversary of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Mark Leftly visited UK firms working in the south of the country. He discovered that everyday life for contractors involves death threats, spiralling security costs, kidnapping, shortages of power and water – and a great deal of raw sewage
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News
Basra stories
On the anniversary of Operation Iraqi Freedom, we visited UK firms working in the south of the country and discovered that everyday life for contractors involves death threats, spiralling security costs, kidnapping, shortages of power and water – and a great deal of raw sewage
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NewsBarker threatens shoddy housebuilders with OFT
Housing review offers streamlined planning in return for improved customer standards and land tax
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Comment
On swallowing the bait
A cheque arrives in final settlement of your claim. Trouble is, it's missing a nought on the end. Should you rip it up – or cash it and pursue the balance?
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FeaturesArup's giant foaming Chinese puzzle box
Beijing's 2008 Olympic swimming stadium looks like a artifact from a dream: a giant box of glowing blue bubbles in which 17,000 people are concealed. Once you recover from the shock of seeing it, you start to wonder how anyone could possibly work out how to build it.
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Franklin + Andrews loses another key player
The head of property at QS and project management firm Franklin + Andrews is to leave the company at the end of next month.
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