All Building articles in 2005 issue 09 – Page 3
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John Redwood: How I saved the pound sterling
John Redwood single handedly saved the pound, according to the man himself in an interview with Building this week.
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NewsSniper threat may be hoax
Multiplex boss Noel Henderson said he thought a threat to blackmail the contractor out of million of pounds could be a hoax,
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Comment
Are you properly equipped?
The claimant Ball lost the sight in one eye when he suffered an accident using farming machinery owned by the defendant Street. Ball had hired Street for the use of his hay mowing and bailing machinery. On the day of the accident, Street was not present but had consented to ...
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NewsMultiplex pledges to finish Wembley a month early
Global boss says job will be done by Christmas, despite previous delays and death threats to operatives
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Comment
The dangers of freedom …
In your news columns on 11 February (page 11), you reiterated Rudi Klein’s views that the Freedom of Information Act enables contractors and subcontractors who lose out on public sector projects to discover the value of rival bids and find out what criteria were used to evaluate them.
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Comment
Courage under fire
Tony Bingham’s expert witness–hired gun analogy (4 February, page 50) struck a chord – appearing in the witness box under the interrogation of our learned friends seems to me akin to being under fire!
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NewsZaha’s French connection
Architect Zaha Hadid has designed this headquarters for shipping firm CMA CGM in the southern French city of Marseilles.
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CommentEurocontracts cometh?
The European commission has denied plans for a European civil code. But ‘improving the coherence of legal principles’ sounds rather similar
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CITB: Industry must have say in vocational education
CITB-ConstructionSkills has welcomed the government’s response to the Tomlinson report into secondary education, but insisted that the industry must be involved in drafting vocational training plans.
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NewsChina’s Chelsea
Architect Aedas has released images of its TG Harbour View complex in Shanghai.
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NewsCity responds cautiously to Taylor Woodrow results
Housebuilder reports 30% rise in pre-tax profit but analysts note ‘disappointing’ UK performance
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NewsJudge slams construction manager in landmark case
Industry experts react to £10m court ruling against Laing by defending beleaguered procurement method
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Comment
Carry on, Colin
Colin Harding – if it is any consolation, I think your articles are excellent and well justified (Letters, 11 February, page 39).
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Wolseley chief calls for modernised industry
Adrian Barden, managing director of Wolseley UK, this week called for the construction industry to modernise and become more innovative and efficient if it was to deliver the volume of houses called for in the Barker report.
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NewsA technical challenge: Multiplex still to find cable solution
Multiplex is currently working out how to execute one of the most critical operations on the Wembley national stadium project, to be carried out in May
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CommentWonders & blunders
An arts centre shows that the best plan can be no plan at all, says Iain Borden, but a London office block betrays no sign of life
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FeaturesWhat’s their big idea now?
Next week is the fifth anniversary of the London Eye hoisting its first passengers 130 m above the capital. Its designers David Marks and Julia Barfield talk about their battle to ensure the Eye’s future, their next height-defying design and why they are not millionaires … yet.
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CommentFurtive behaviour
Before you sign a home-cooked contract, ask yourself why your client-to-be felt the need to do it himself, when there are so many standard forms out there
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NewsGriffiths: Every death in construction is avoidable
Minister challenges industry to eliminate all site deaths as public sector is targeted with mandatory safety policy
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