All Building articles in 2004 issue 34 – Page 2
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Name that tree
To the timber industry, the names of timber, wood, hardwood and softwood are fundamental.
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NewsA maer sleekit
Edinburgh council’s development company, EDI Group, has won planning permission for a mixed-use scheme containing offices, leisure and retail elements, all linked by a five-storey public arcade and square. The scheme, for a derelict goods yard next to Haymarket Station to the west of the city centre, is being designed ...
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Keep on trucking
This month’s market snapshot from Experian’s Business Strategies division shows that firms in most sectors are bowling along – and expect the good times to roll for the next three months
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Waitrose and Safeway sue Wates and Interserve
Two supermarket chains are suing major contractors over alleged defects at superstores.
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NewsWaitrose and Safeway sue Wates and Interserve
Two supermarket chains are suing major contractors over alleged defects at superstores.
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Tolson III: The Reckoning
Tune into the latest episode of our real-life renovation saga, where our hero and his family finally take possession and live happily ever after – apart from the snagging
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CommentSix ways to handle risk
Do you deal with the terrifying business of building with the help of an umbrella, an ostrich, your small intestines, your muscles, a snowboard or a mushroom?
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Six in race for ice station Halley
Six multidisciplinary teams have made the shortlist of a competition to design a scientific research station in Antarctica. The Halley VI competition, which was run by the British Antarctic Survey and the RIBA, attracted 86 entries. The architects on the shortlist are: Lifschutz DavidsonHugh Broughton ArchitectsFrancis Design–BMT Nigel Gee and ...
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CommentGarvis Snook’s path to power
As you may know, the chief executive of Rok turned his contractor from a £7m minnow into a £100m tiger shark in four years. What you may not know about is his 15-year struggle to get the chance to do it.
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FeaturesThe industry that time forgot
In the third of five monthly articles in association with ConstructionSkills, Building looks at how construction recruitment and training is being dragged into the 21st century.
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Local lowdown: South coast
The south coast continues to attract people looking for a dose of the good life. Robert Smith of Hays Montrose reports on some of the projects in the pipeline
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FeaturesDear Chris, we wish you were here...
Chris Eubank is charming, eccentric and unpredictable. He is also part of City Partnership, the consortium mounting a last-ditch bid to save Brighton’s grade I-listed West Pier from demolition. We went to discover what the story was – and was just a little surprised at what he found
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CABE slams PFI hospital
CABE has criticised the design of another major PFI hospital project, just two weeks after it slated plans for the £1bn Royal London.
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News… but T Clarke is bullish over offices
M&E contractor T Clarke has predicted a resurgence in the London office market by next year despite a 50% fall in its profit for the first half of 2004.
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NewsBroker’s notes: The tears and the triumphs …
Share prices are like the Olympics, aren’t they, dear reader? Now bear with me on this one … It’s because both are full of highs and lows.
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NewsBovis plans joint ventures with General Property Trust
Contractor discusses European retail jobs with the Australian developer after its merger with parent Lend Lease
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NewsBovis plans joint ventures with General Property Trust
Contractor discusses European retail jobs with the Australian developer after its merger with parent Lend Lease
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NewsICE: Flood defences would not have saved Boscastle
Engineering body says only feasible defence for devastated Cornish village would be wider river channel
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No better offer
The claimant successfully sued the defendant for an accident at work to his thumb, and obtained judgment in the sum of £40,854. This sum included damages and interest up to the date of judgment, which was 16 February 2004. The defendant had made a payment into court of £40,000 in ...
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