All Building articles in 2004 issue 45 – Page 2
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Safety … mañana
Here’s a slightly disturbing picture I took in Spain recently of roofers working on a housing development.
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FeaturesA magical night
More than 700 guests attended the second Specialist Contractor Awards at London’s Park Lane Hilton, presented by magician Paul Zenon. Here’s some of the highlights …
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Regal, but not necessarily legal
With reference to your recent articles on professional organisations and their amalgamation into one body, I wonder if any of the present organisations have considered what the effect of the changes to the EU constitution might be.
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Features
It’s not me, it’s YOU
Framework deals are supposed to be a relationship for life, but many firms find the rings on their fingers are just a reminder of empty promises.
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CommentPrivate investigations
What are adjudicators supposed to do when two raw parties to a dispute turn up with a case but no evidence? Play the neutral or act as a licensed sleuth?
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NewsHunter’s trophy
Architect Hunter & Partners has been awarded a contract to design a £6.5m brownfield development, next to Caledonian Road underground station in north London.
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London housing slowdown
New figures from the Land Registry show a sharp fall in house price inflation in London in the third quarter of 2004.
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French lesson
Whether Gus Alexander is writing about the dome, the Cambridge Cattle Market Development or his experiences on small-scale building contracts, he seems to put my thoughts into words nearly every time.
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CommentA great leap forward
With its grand entrance, impressive atrium, relaxed restaurants and break-out spaces, Bexley Academy in south-east London is more blue-chip corporate headquarters than secondary school.
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Small, but perfectly formed
So, architect Alain Head has the solution to our housing problems (29 October, page 28).
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FeaturesThe re-education of Richard Feilden
Or what happened when the man whose ‘blood boiled’ at the mere sight of a PFI school decided to have a go at one himself. We write the end-of-project report, Richard Feilden‘s critical self-assessments provide the captions for the photographs
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Fatality rate overshadows HSE’s healthy living plan
HSE plan to improve occupational health could be blown off course by continued high death rates on site
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RICS rebel warns of exodus
RICS members will resign if complaints about its management continue to be ignored, says rebel QS Jeremy Hackett.
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Miller Group promotes two key executives
Developer and housebuilder Miller Group has made two key internal promotions as part of its continued expansion.
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Engineers face public shaming on safety
Engineering contractors who fail to address safety issues risk being publicly denounced by their own trade body.
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Plan for one-year school deals
The government intends to complete the procurement process for a typical secondary school in just over a year – roughly half the time needed for a typical hospital scheme.
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FeaturesSpecialist costs: Shopfitting
In this specialist market overview, Russell O’Hare of Gardiner & Theobald’s Retail Group looks at the procurement, design challenges and costs for shopfitting works, and Bill Fraser of the Pel Group talks about trends in retail
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Comment
The true cost
With reference to the adjudication survey on the Building website (29 October, page 15) and concern about the rise in adjudicator’s fees, it is commendable that someone is trying to get statistical information in order to better analyse the benefits or otherwise of adjudication.
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Contractors report increase in workload
Construction work increased during the third quarter of this year, despite a fall in government investment in the transport sector.The Construction Industry Trade Surveys, compiled by the Construction Confederation and the Construction Products Association, found that half of building contractors reported increased output compared with a year ago. Product manufacturers’ ...
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