All Building articles in 2005 issue 16 – Page 3
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NewsHolyrood fiasco provokes overhaul at Davis Langdon
Senior partner Rob Smith says it is taking broader approach on schemes to avoid jobs going ‘haywire’
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NewsStrategic Forum issues ultimatum to CSCS owners
Construction body says it will step in unless unions and CITB-ConstructionSkills resolve dispute
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FeaturesCost model: Theatres
Davis Langdon looks at the design and value drivers, operational considerations, procurement issues and of course costs associated with theatre new-build and refurbishment
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Data: New-build completions in March
Completions are up in Scotland and the North but are dropping in London and Merseyside
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Features
The comment.
Franklin + Andrews managing director Andrew Williams looks back at how private procurement methods have fared under Labour, and considers what the future might bring
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Comment
She never saw it coming
The JCT contract for domestic work includes an adjudication clause, but not the adjudication rules. So does this make it an unfair contract clause?
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Comment
Clarity counts
An employee of BT Fleet Ltd had been injured in the company workshop while lifting a tyre onto a tyre-changing machine. A health and safety inspector named Mr McKenna visited the site and issued an improvement notice under section 21 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974. The ...
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CommentCinderella’s new deal
Repair and maintenance makes up half the industry’s output and yet is ignored by anyone who doesn’t do it, including lawyers. At least, they did up until last month
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CommentCome in for a chat …
Our CAD blogger files another report from the world of short-term contract employment – except that this time she finds herself temporarily between jobs
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FeaturesGoodbye, Mr Chapman
Sir Sydney Chapman, the only qualified architect in the House of Commons and the man behind the controversial Portcullis House project, retired from parliament last week after 30 years as a Conservative MP – but not before enjoying a final cuppa in the Commons tearoom
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Prefab factory planned for Cambridgeshire
A factory for manufacturing prefabricated housing units is being planned for Cambridgeshire to ease the housing crisis in the East of England.
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CAD technicians’ pay rise win
CAD technicians enjoyed the biggest pay rises in the construction industry last year, according to a salary survey of more than 6000 positions by Hays Construction & Property
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NewsRogers sets up lobby group of industry’s biggest hitters
New advisory group within Strategic Forum of ‘powerful leading businessmen’ to wield greater political influence
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PFI experts in conflict over how to tackle bid costs
RICS report sparks debate over whether government should pay back bid costs to shortlisted firms
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Comment
Bettering the best
A seasoned practitioner once told me that “the best thing that ever happened to the construction industry was the Construction Act”. Without question the act has improved matters, but some changes have become desirable.
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CommentBeat that!
Gillian Birkby writes in response to Building’s challenge to name the most disastrous project of all time. This Moroccan palace had problems with delays, disputes, deaths and torture
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NewsEast Bank job
Planning consent has been granted to Carey Jones Architects for this residential development in the East Bank area of Leeds city centre.
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Skills scholarship scheme to get under way this autumn
Students applying for courses in construction and the built environment will be offered scholarships under a £1m package funded CITB-ConstructionSkills and construction firms.
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