All Building articles in 2005 issue 04 – Page 3
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Comment
Dispelling the myth
I have been employed in the construction industry for over 30 years. The majority of this time has been spent in the role of planning and co-ordination and I now spend a proportion of my time involved with time-related disputes.
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News
School’s sports day
Fundamental Architectural Inclusion, an organisation based in east London, has teamed up with a pupil from a school in the borough of Newham to draw up designs for an Olympic aquatic centre.
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News
HVCA threatens to quit CORGI
A leading industry trade association has threatened to pull out of CORGI, the gas safety body, after accusing it of acting beyond its authority
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Commercial sector shows signs of recovery
The RICS this week said the commercial property market had started to show the strongest signs of recovery in more than four years.
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News
Fears over sustainability codes
The government could water down its new code for sustainable buildings, a leading sustainability expert has claimed
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News
RICS to issue e-tendering code of practice
The RICS is set to issue a code of practice for electronic tendering in a bid to address the industry’s poor take-up of the method.
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CommentChilling thoughts
The M&E engineer on a north London shopping centre paid out £1.25m after tenants complained about the draught. Then it tried to sue the architect …
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NewsIn the quay of C
St James Group has released images of its plans for Grosvenor Dock in west London.
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Comment
In brow-mopping mode
Clients and lawyers breathed a sigh of relief when the House of Lords overturned a decision that put in doubt the confidentiality of legal advice
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NewsDetectives probe police charity boss’ home extension
Former head of police charity in North Yorkshire arrested as detectives examine local builder’s paperwork
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NewsA better class of brute
A building for the University of Westminster has opened its doors to students.
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Comment
Three reasons to go Belgian
Mark Jackson’s letter (7 January, page 30) raises a number of interesting points on Rudi Klein’s excellent article on single-project insurance (26 November, page 51). However, his final remark, “Rather than being Belgian, let’s be French!”, would have serious drawbacks.
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Features
Cherry wins battle for Country
Alan Cherry, the chairman of Countryside Properties, was this week poised to take the company private after rival shareholder Rock Pacific agreed to support his improved £222m offer for the firm.
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NewsGovernment backs down over local planning powers
Housebuilders claim victory in row over planning guidance, as ODPM launches two initiatives for homeownership 11
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FeaturesA pain in the back pocket
Want to protect your cement workers from a nasty form of dermatitis? Well, now you can, with the launch of the European chromium VI directive. But where it stops itching the sector’s collective skin, it’ll start hurting pretty badly elsewhere …
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News
BBC architect to revamp north bank of the Thames
Ken Livingstone invites MacCormac Jamieson Prichard to draw up plans for 2 km promenade to rival South Bank
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News
Freedom of Information Act set to expose bid rigging
Clients and contractors may be obliged to divulge tendering data that could leave them open to legal challenges
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Amec share issue raises £95m for investment
Amec made a surprise share issue last week to raise £95m for investment in public–private partnership work and for expansion in the oil and gas sectors.
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