All Building articles in 2004 issue 31 – Page 2
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FeaturesToo hot to handle
Climate change will make London as hot as Marseille by 2080, which means designers will have to radically rethink how they ventilate schools, hospitals, offices and homes to prevent people from melting altogether.
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NewsGlass giants
Highbridge business park, the joint venture between developers Highbridge Properties and the Ashall Group, has completed 16,400 m2 of office space at Cobalt Park, Newcastle upon Tyne. The buildings (Cobalt 1, 2 and 3) are 4087 m2, 9522 m2 and 2800 m2. The first two are designed by Ryder HKS ...
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Comment
A fair point
I was reading the article “Beauty is but skin deep …” (18 June, pages 26-28) and noticed that you show a photograph of the Saga headquarters in Folkestone, Kent, to illustrate the leaky windows that it has been cursed with. I would just like to point out that the photograph ...
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News
Farrell expands role in Manchester regeneration
Architect increases profile by winning 74 ha masterplan for 3000 home pathfinder scheme
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NewsPink elephant turns green
The Elephant & Castle Regeneration Project considers using alternative energy on £1.5bn Southwark regeneration project.
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Comment
Divorced from reality
When Whitehall split responsibility for construction between departments, it was obvious things would get messy – but then the industry has always been misunderstood
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Comment
Dear Tony ...
I think the “answer on a postcard” to Tony Bingham’s question of how to gather evidence of site disruptions at the time they occur (16 July, page 52) is to keep a site diary. A well-kept and detailed diary is invaluable to anyone having to prepare or determine claims for ...
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Comment
… or, perhaps, Dear Diary
The answer has to be site diaries maintained by all supervisory staff from trade supervisor upwards. There should be an item in the bill for them, their content specified in the spec and, for programmes using the Society of Construction Law protocol, a withholding of a percentage of the account ...
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Comment
Czech list
The Czech Republic has updated its laws on public procurement to bring them into line with European rules – but there are one or two things you ought to know
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Comment
Take cover
Horbury Building Systems Limited had erected ceilings within in a cinema complex. The ceiling to one of the cinemas collapsed, and the whole complex had been closed for several weeks. Clause 4.1 of the insurance policy said that Hampden Insurance would indemnify Horbury Building Systems “in respect of … ...
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News
Former mandarin to conduct RICS inquiry
The RICS has asked a former senior Whitehall official to chair a review of how the organisation operates.Sir Bryan Carsberg, formerly director-general of the Office of Fair Trading, is to be appointed next month.He will examine whether the RICS is carrying out properly its responsibility for regulating chartered surveyors.The review, ...
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Industry underwhelmed by first meeting of CIPER
Construction leaders have expressed disappointment about the first meeting of the CIPER.
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FeaturesCost model: Distribution centres
The distribution centre sector is buzzing at the moment, as businesses rush to outsource their goods-handling to logistics firms, and supermarkets adopt just-in-time delivery systems. Here we look at the key issues in affecting distribution centres – and, more importantly, breaks down how much one would cost
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Comment
It’s just cement to be
With the introduction of the European Landfill Directive, the UK’s remediation industry must face the fact that it has to find an alternative to a dig-and-dump strategy for contaminated land (16 July, page 14).
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NewsIndustry calls for government cash to tackle safety failings
Construction Confederation boss says HSE needs more inspectors to blitz sites and target cowboy builders
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CommentThe Butler test
Adjudicators, like prime ministers, rely on expert evidence to come to decisions. But what if they’re given duff information that reinforces their own bias?
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NewsBroker’s notes: The Jarvis chainsaw massacre
So summer is with us at last, dear reader. You’ll be relieved to know I’ve managed to wean myself off my workaholism with the help of therapeutic visits to Ascot, Wimbledon, the British Open, the cricket and the polo, and nothing but the very occasional bottle of Bolly to keep ...
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Inland Revenue launches self-employment blitz
The Inland Revenue is to send letters to 13,000 contractors and 44,000 subcontractors warning them not to classify their workers as self-employed if they are not.
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