All Building articles in 2004 issue 47 – Page 3
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FeaturesWhose deal is it?
When it comes to training and skills, the industry has bet the house on the success of CSCS cards. Now a report has revealed that the scheme is hobbled by arguments over who controls it and whether it is working.
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CommentGlory days
Our building sites are bloodless descendants of the sites of the roaring 50s, when men were men, lavatories were buckets and passers-by were fair game
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Comment
Learning curve
Two brief points in connection with your article on my “re-education” (12 November, page 44).
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NewsWales wins triple crown
The Wales Millennium Centre facing Cardiff Bay will be officially opened this Sunday by the Queen, Prince Philip and Prince Charles. The £106m performing arts centre is the first to be built in Wales for more than 50 years and is the UK’s final lottery-funded Millennium Project. The design by ...
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NewsRegeneration taskforce created
Leading industry figures have set up an infrastructure taskforce to advise the government on its housing regeneration programmes.
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Construction must pay for training too, says government
The government this week warned that it would only provide money for an overhaul of the industry’s training system if construction leaders chipped in as well.
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NewsO’Rourke poaches ex-BDP chief executive
Laing O’Rourke has made a surprise appointment from architect Building Design Partnership to bolster its senior management team,
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NewsSharewatch: A change of league
After much speculation, Amec last week hung up its boots in the construction sector and started this week as a quoted support services company.
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HSE calls for harsher safety fines
The HSE has asked for tougher penalties for safety breaches to cut accident rates in construction
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NewsIcon for Brighton
Architect Allies and Morrison will shortly be submitting a planning application on behalf of developer Beetham for a 42-storey residential tower in New England Square, adjacent to Brighton station.
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Comment
Why bother?
In response to your recent editorial about encouraging young women into the construction industry I must ask, why?
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Boost for Paddington PFI
The head of Westminster council has given his backing to the troubled £800m PFI hospital planned for Paddington in west London.
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NewsStudent body
This campus for South East Essex College of Arts and Technology, designed by architect KSS, is now open to students.
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FeaturesMr Holt & Mr Black
The chap on the left is the grand wizard who created Mears, the firm that never stops growing. The one on the right has six months to learn how to cast the same spell.
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Queen’s speech heralds corporate manslaughter bill
Government announces bill that could result in prison for directors – but not in this session of parliament
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Sloan quits fast-growing contractor Benson
The managing director of private contractor Benson has left six years after he led a management buy-in at the firm.
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CommentLet’s be Belgian
Our system of project insurance wastes about £1bn a year, and invariably leads to the courts. Why can’t we have project-based insurance, as they do on the Continent?
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Iraqi officials try to attract more British contractors
Iraqi officials stepped up the drive to attract British firms to the region with a high-profile procurement conference this week, amid fears that security risks are deterring bids for contracts.
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Comment
Apprenticeships are thriving
May I congratulate your magazine for focusing on, over the past few issues, the immensely important topic of vocational training.
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