All Building articles in 2005 issue 23 – Page 2
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News
Bumper entry for Little Britain
Only 50 places remain for the Little Britain Challenge Cup after 200 teams entered the regatta in six days.
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Coventry City may sue Laing ORourke over late stadium
Football club considers legal action after contractor admits £113m Ricoh Arena will be too late for season openers.
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Warings denies it is up for sale despite PWC document
Portsmouth contractor and Bristol firm Midas Group investigate mystery list of assets on headed paper.
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Lend Lease in £270m swoop for Crosby Homes
Bovis set to re-establish link with housing as Australian parent buys regeneration specialist from Berkeley Group.
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Features
Open-air surgery
Hopkins Architects’ design for a London hospital is a vivid demonstration of how design and healthcare can be combined to make a healing environment.
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Comment
Nice NEC does it
Ann Minogue (27 May, page 47) wrote: “At last, someone has produced a consultancy agreement that applies the same terms for each member of the team.”
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Features
Losing momentum
Construction output and prices will continue to rise in the coming months, but the forward momentum is set to slow, according to the latest research from Experian Business Strategies
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Features
Local lowdown: Midlands
Hays Construction & Property's Robert Smith reports on the Midlands job boom
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News
ODPM set to rethink housing targets in the South-east
Opinion polls indicate that most householders in the region reject higher building levels over the next 20 years
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Tsunami recovery work hit by Indonesian tax hike
British firms hampered on projects as government imposes 80% import duty on construction machinery
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Galloway on the warpath
The left-wing political party led by George Galloway MP is stepping up pressure on Tower Hamlets council in east London, where he was elected last month, to suspend plans over social housing
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Comment
Flexibility is your friend
Flexible working and construction aren’t natural stablemates. Job-sharing or part-time professionals are by and large an anathema, and paid leave for new fathers and mothers is often no more than the statutory minimum.
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News
Suppliers issue warning on ‘pay as you drive’ plan
Government plans to introduce a road pricing system will only cut traffic if accompanied by strong investment in infrastructure, construction suppliers have warned.
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Comment
It’s down to the developer
A half-baked rethink of the law is unlikely to increase project safety. Placing the burden of responsibility at clients’ doorsteps is a much more effective solution
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News
Warings denies it is up for sale despite PWC document
Portsmouth contractor and Bristol firm Midas Group investigate mystery list of assets on headed paper
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News
High Court judge to preside at TCC full time
The Technology and Construction Court is to get a full-time High Court judge in an attempt to deal with the complex and long-running disputes that arise in the industry.
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Prescott targets suppliers in drive to cut housing costs
Deputy prime minister indicates that bills for labour and plant are too high and need to be ‘sorted out’
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