All Building articles in 2005 issue 05 – Page 3
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NewsTreasury to draw up national infrastructure masterplan
Departments to consult industry over cost of national scheme for transport and utilities
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UCATT leader dismisses rumours of a super-union
Alan Ritchie denies claims that the construction union will join proposed T&G–Amicus merger
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Walking with dinosaurs
Plans have been unveiled to turn Exhibition Road in South Kensington, home of the Natural History Museum and the Science Museum, into a pedestrian-friendly area. Dixon Jones Architects plans to restrict traffic and remove kerbs and barriers from the road. The £35m scheme has the backing of London mayor Ken ...
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RICS offers help to cut rail costs
The RICS is offering to set up an independent body to collate costs for rail projects in a bid to create certainty for future major schemes.
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Comment
An expensive way to flip a coin
On why he is now advising some construction clients embroiled in complex cases to bypass the adjudication process and initiate court proceedings
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Comment
An expensive way to flip a coin
On why he is now advising some construction clients embroiled in complex cases to bypass the adjudication process and initiate court proceedings
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CITB suspends staff over financial reporting concerns
Assistant director Eddie Ruthven and two others held to account over income from health and safety tests
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FeaturesCherrys on top
After five turbulent months, the Cherry family’s attempts to buy Countryside Properties finally seem to be coming to fruition.
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Comment
Carry on screening
I’ve just completed my screen test – not for any starring role on the silver screen, but in many ways equally important. I am, of course, talking about the health and safety screen test that is required for the CSCS card registration scheme.
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St Gobain profits from buoyant UK repair market
St Gobain, one of the world’s biggest building materials companies, said that a strong repair and maintenance market in the UK helped to increase profitability last year.
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CommentHired gun takes a bullet
Here’s a story about an expert witness who, after giving evidence, is being pursued through the courts for £400,000 over an alleged breach of duty
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CommentHired gun takes a bullet
Here’s a story about an expert witness who, after giving evidence, is being pursued through the courts for £400,000 over an alleged breach of duty
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NewsHousebuilders welcome olive branch from Prescott
Delegates at Delivering Sustainable Communities Summit warm to less adversarial tone of voice
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Linden boss predicts more housebuilder mergers
The chief executive of private housebuilder Linden said this week that there will be more mergers among quoted companies.
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CommentWonders & blunders
David Armitage finds one capital city elevated by a small modern church, and another ruined by 1960s grey concrete
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Comment
Bring out the big guns
How excited many of us were when the New Labour government answered our long-held wish and created the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, bringing transport and land-use planning together at last and giving the construction industry a single body to talk to. Alas, as Sir Michael Latham ...
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Mowlem ‘gagged’ over Bath Spa
The Bath Spa story took another twist this week after Mowlem claimed that Bath and North-East Somerset council (Banes) was trying to prevent it from talking to the media.
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FeaturesBullish Barratt takes social housing by the horns
A packed order book and record profits put the company in a strong position, says boss David Pretty
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