All Building articles in 2005 issue 18 – Page 3
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Construction capacity review to be published this month
The results of the delayed government review into the capacity of the construction sector will finally be unveiled on 17 May.
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Clients call for more off-site
Construction needs to increase its use of off-site construction methods to compensate for its skills shortage, clients warned at the client convention. Off-site manufacture was recommended by Sir Michael Latham and Sir John Egan in their reviews as a way of increasing efficiency. But take-up of the method has been ...
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FeaturesBuilding’s gold winners
In an Olympic bid-themed awards ceremony at the Grosvenor House Hotel last Tuesday night, the construction industry celebrated its many triumphs with 19 trophies being presented to the best in the business …
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Fear of delays at Ground Zero as boss quits
The resignation of a top official at New York’s Ground Zero on Monday is likely to cause further delays to the landmark project, which has been plagued by setbacks.
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Comment
Wigs and muddy boots
Reading Tony Bingham’s article (22 April, page 58) regarding the quandary of a judge faced with the equally compelling opinions of two opposing experts, I was reminded of my very earliest lessons in arbitration.
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Public sector work boosts first quarter output
The government’s investment in schools and hospitals provided a good start to the year for the construction industry
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Comment
Welcome to castle Bolkestein
The proposed European Union services directive, or Bolkestein’s monster, as it’s known, could produce a playing field with so many bumps that standards suffer
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Blunkett tipped to take over housing and regeneration
Industry reacts favourably to Whitehall speculation that former home secretary could head new ministry
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CommentWonders & blunders
Tony Whitehead of Defence Estates salutes the functional, effective Walsall Art Gallery but finds the Sainsbury Wing spineless
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Crest wins battle as Heron walks away from takeover
Property tycoon Gerald Ronson concedes defeat – for now – in £480m bid to buy Crest Nicholson
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CommentCDM: An audit
The Health and Safety Executive has just recommended changes to the CDM regulations. So the first question we should ask is: will they do any good?
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Features‘If our neighbours have people around for a dinner party we go out – I would rather sleep on a friend’s floor for the night’
A block of flats in the Greenwich Millennium Village is at the centre of a bitter dispute about noise transmission. Although the building originally passed an acoustic test, the residents claim the problem is so bad they cannot sleep.
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What’s your angle?
Surface Architects’ design for a £660,000 graduate centre for Queen Mary, University of London kinks around a classical lock-keeper’s cottage. The building’s first-floor seminar room looks out over the Regent’s Canal and the new Mile End Park. It was built by Chartered Construction with Mitchell-Horton as structural engineer, TGA Consulting ...
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Willmott Dixon arm Inspace to float on AIM
Contractor Willmott Dixon is set to float its support services arm Inspace on the alternative investment market later this month, valuing the business at about £85m.
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Wembley test to pit England against old rivals
The client behind Wembley stadium is planning to test the finished ground by organising matches with England’s greatest football rivals: Germany and Argentina. Wembley National Stadium Limited is understood to have begun talks with the Argentinian and German football associations.
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CITB to advertise in women’s changing rooms
Training body CITB-ConstructionSkills has launched a 12-month campaign to recruit more women into the industry by advertising in women’s clothing stores.
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Feilden death ‘tragic accident'
The inquest into the death of architect Richard Feilden has ruled that it was caused by a “tragic accident”.
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CommentOpen Mike: Read all about it
There’s a new book out on environmental liabilities, which eco-officials, imaginative activists and eagle-eyed lawyers cannot wait to throw at construction firms …
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FeaturesThe £6.5bn men
Every year these 10 men greenlight more than 18,000 projects worth north of £6bn. Katie Puckett got them together to find out what impresses and depresses them about construction firms, and on pages 58-59 we list the top 100 clients in the UK
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