All Building articles in 2005 issue 07 – Page 3
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FeaturesWho is going to stop this happening?
Safety summit 2005: Four years ago, at the 2001 safety summit, the government challenged construction to face up to its appalling safety record. As the next summit convenes, the industry says it’s setting its house in order – and now wants the government to do the same.
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CommentStop having fun
In Scotland, parties can no longer indulge in games of ambushing courts with fresh evidence. An eminently sensible idea, and one that should apply to adjudication
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CommentNo quick fix
Reports that Lafarge may have supplied faulty cement raise a host of problems for suppliers and contractors that face legal claims – or want to pass them on
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A federal feud
Colin Harding (Letters, 11 February, page 39) is often blunt but always, in my opinion, right in his criticism of our industry’s federations and the plight in which we “small builders” constantly find ourselves.
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CommentFat-cat scapegoats
The public appetite for tougher corporate killing penalties is being fed by a private member’s bill – which excludes the government from its scope
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NewsThe height of fashion
Architect Squire and Partners has beaten off competition from Allies and Morrison and Make to design a headquarters and flagship store for Reiss clothing.
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FeaturesExplosive situations
Discovering old war rooms, tackling six-metre-thick concrete walls, blowing up buildings in the middle of London and racing against time … Well, at least this project wasn’t dull
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CommentJust not good enough
What verdict should the Health and Safety Executive pass on the construction industry at next week’s summit?
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Competition for York homes
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation is sponsoring a competition to design affordable suburban housing, which it hopes will provide inspiration for a development in York.
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Crane collapse kills two men
The Health and Saftey Executive has closed a Willmott Dixon school site in West Sussex where two construction workers were killed in a crane accident last Friday
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Hackney seeks contractor to repair Clissold
The London borough of Hackney has started to look for a contractor to carry out at least £5m of repairs on the troubled Clissold leisure centre.
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Comment
Show your clause
The claimant contractor sought to enforce the decision of an adjudicator made in its favour. The defendant refused to pay on the basis that the adjudicator did not have any jurisdiction to hear the dispute, because there was no construction contract incorporating adjudication provisions. The dispute related to work carried ...
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CommentA century of stasis
If Prescott really wants to make a difference to the housing market, then the bar for his £60,000 home challenge needs to be set as high as a similar scheme in 1905
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NewsReport pinpoints causes of Paris roof collapse
The collapse of one of the terminals at the Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris last May was caused by structural faults, said a commission appointed by the French government.
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Europe’s catwalk
Norman, Zaha, Daniel, Cesar and many more of world architecture’s signature brands are flocking to Italy to put their stamp on the design capital of Europe
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CABE slams Sunderland regeneration masterplan
CABE has criticised architect Howarth Litchfield Partnership’s design for a Sunderland regeneration scheme, claiming the proposals “lack character”.
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NewsName that bridge
Mayor Ken Livingstone’s London Development Agency has launched a competition today to name the footbridge in Wembley, which will link the national stadium to the town centre.
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NewsBoss of M&E firm stabbed in chest outside office
Barry Defalco, joint managing director of south London firm T Clarke, attacked by man as he went into work
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InteriorExterior boss quits within a year
Contractor InteriorExterior has lost its managing director less than a year after he took over the post from founding director Ivan Millar
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NewsGovernment must do better on safety, says minister
Health and safety minister to tell summit departments can be exemplary clients by hiring only safe contractors
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