All Building articles in 2004 issue 42 – Page 2
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CommentProblem, solved
Andrew Hemsley - Wrong contract rates are a classic construction conundrum, to which the courts have provided a beautifully simple answer. So everyone should learn it
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FeaturesThe paradox twins
George Hay talks to Bob Allies and Graham Morrison, the men behind the ‘unfashionable’ architectural practice that’s all the rage with Britain’s biggest clients.
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No need to rush
It is most refreshing to read a thoroughly independent and objective analysis of construction management. Ashley Pigott is correct in saying it is for the professional client that builds regularly, and by definition, knows what he wants and does not change his mind (8 October, page 56).Who then advises clients, ...
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NewsMCG to review safety policy
The Major Contractors Group is planning to review its safety objectives over the next six months.
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FeaturesLocal lowdown: Kent and Surrey
As town-centre regeneration creates job opportunities in Kent and Surrey, Robert Smith of Hays Montrose looks at some of the major projects in the region
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Sharewatch: Jarvis’ showdown
There were some early fireworks last week as the board of Jarvis faced an angry crowd of shareholders at its annual general meeting.
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Can I interest you in insurance?
Antoinette Jucker - Next year, draconian regulations are going to be imposed on any firm that so much as thinks about arranging insurance. Here’s how the system will work
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HSE to stage mock manslaughter trials
The Health and Safety Executive plans to hold a series of mock court trials next year to shock construction directors into realising what will happens if they are prosecuted for safety lapses, writes Tom Broughton.The move comes as the TUC is stepping up pressure on the government to press ahead ...
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NewsNavy grey
Princess Anne this week opened the multimillion-pound navy fleet headquarters in Portsmouth, designed by Midlands-based architect Pick Everard. The Henry Leach Building provides the commander-in-chief and his staff with a desk 20 m from the water’s edge at Whale Island. The external elevations alludes to the historic structures in and ...
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Time to go …
Jon Rouse The question hanging over much of northern England is: how bad does a neighbourhood have to be before the only thing that can improve it is a bulldozer?
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Hackney residents need not fear
Further to your article on 8 October (page 18), entitled “John Laing quits troubled Hackney estate scheme”, while John Laing has withdrawn from the regeneration scheme in Haggerston West & Kingsland, the council and London & Quadrant remain firmly committed to the project. The reason for leaving the scheme that ...
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High-density housing ‘must have two family rooms’
The London Housing Federation has published a report on high-density affordable housing that calls for at least two “family rooms” to be provided for a five-person dwelling.
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Industry leaders fail to trust or inspire staff
A government report has found that Construction’s leaders fail to inspire their staff – possibly because they do not trust them, writes Sarah Richardson.
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Shifting earth
This was an appeal by Mowlem against an arbitrator’s award. Mowlem was main contractor on a development of retail premises and had subcontracted the earthworks and associated design and construction of retaining walls to PHI. PHI’s work essentially entailed construction of terracing to form suitably level areas which could when ...
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CommentDon’t panic
The housing market. It’s a national obsession. Doubly so if you work in the construction industry and your memory stretches back to the early 1990s, the big crash and the grisly business of cutting people out of the wreckage of their homes and jobs.
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Don’t twist my words
Open mike: Ashley Pigott’s attack on construction management’s drew on statements made at the Fraser inquiry into Holyrood. Here, the man who made them explains what he meant …
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… designers need more guidance
Mr Allan is correct; there can be no implication that he had failed to comply with the CDM regulations, as he was found not guilty. The question of what amounts to “adequate information” that designers must include with their design still remains as a knotty problem. Perhaps the professional ...
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CommentSafety deposit
Tony Bingham - The use of trust funds to protect against client insolvency is a very good idea. So why did parliament reject the idea 10 years ago? And is it ready to reconsider?
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The wrong kind of demand
Nick Lane is right to sound a warning (3 September, page 52) about using winding-up petitions to make debtors cough up. However, his explanation of what the recipient of a statutory demand needs to do is not quite correct as far as a company is concerned. Before issuing a statutory ...
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