All Building articles in 2004 issue 40 – Page 2
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CommentThat settles it
So, you’ve dispensed with the expensive lawyer and drawn up the final settlement yourself. Here’s how to make sure the agreement means what it says
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CommentTrouble in the nursery
The Latham payment review panel has failed to produce an ABC for squabbling subbies. Nanny government must decide when to step in, and when to keep clear
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The moment to mediate
The claimants Yorkshire Bank, had been involved in litigation with the defendants in respect of four coaches that the claimants had engaged RDM Asset Finance Limited to recover and sell. The claimants at trial had been successful in respect of only one of the coaches, but nonetheless recovered £65,000 together ...
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Welcome to Liverpool
National agency English Partnerships and regeneration company Liverpool Vision have unveiled plans to transform Lime Street Station in Liverpool to create a gateway to the city for visitors.
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A tragic legacy
Although it is possible to have sympathy with any small building contractors who are struggling to obtain employer’s liability insurance at the moment, the root cause of this problem is not any great rise in claims, or the compensation culture, as some employers organisations would attempt to suggest.
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CommentHe knew he was right
Construction management has failed several Arts Council projects and now the Scottish parliament. Of course, if those clients had just listened in the first place …
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FeaturesAn inside job
Breaking into the former NatWest HQ was the easy part. Ripping the heart out of it to create state-of-the-art offices while preserving the listed facade, banking hall and directors’ suites, and shifting 1000 lorry-loads of rubble without disturbing the heavyweight neighbour – well, that needed something like a plan … ...
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Three vie for Plymouth hospital
Contractors Amey, Imbregilo and Multiplex have pitched for the £240m Plymouth hospital PFI, allaying fears that the project would attract no tenders
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FeaturesMore haste, more speed
Ministers may have promised a bill for London’s superfast transport link Crossrail next spring, but boss Norman Haste is not leaving his £9bn project until then. We saw him in action at the Labour Party Conference
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FeaturesHappy hour
Times are good for quantity surveyors, with charge-out rates up by as much as 50% since 2002 and most sectors looking decidedly flush. We drink in Mirza & Nacey’s latest survey on how much a cost consultant costs
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The hired gun's guide
Working for an agency can boost your freelance earnings - as long as it also works for you. We look at how to get the best service
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CommentGreen grass roots
Since politicians clearly cannot be trusted to tackle climate change, it’s up to the lowly masses to make a difference – and that includes designers and engineers
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The future’s Orangery
This dining pavilion at The Children’s Hospital in Great Ormond Street, central London, has just been completed by architect SpacelabUK.
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NewsFresh-faced Londoner
Designed by GMW Architects, this redevelopment at London Bridge has transformed a grade II-listed Victorian building to provide 4850 m2 of modern offices.
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Waterman freezes payout
Waterman, the support services group, this week froze its annual dividend payout but said that an improving commercial sector would lead to increases in the future.
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Public spending growth is lowest in five years
Government spending in the third quarter of 2004 on schools and hospitals fell to its lowest level of growth in five years, research this week showed.
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John Laing quits troubled Hackney estate scheme
Housebuilder pulls out of £80m Haggerston West regeneration scheme citing ‘commercial reasons’ for decision
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Doon the water
Architects John Prevc and Frank Filskow, from the practice Make, have completed their masterplan proposals for the Edinburgh Waterfront development area.
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