All Building articles in 2005 issue 24 – Page 2
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NewsBalfour Beatty wins five-year extension to water contract
The £100m contract win means Balfour Beatty’s utilities arm has won £900m of work in six months.
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Sir Martin Laing: "We always wanted to sell"
Laing board considered selling Laing for five years before sale to Ray O'Rourke because of low profit margins.
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Rogue security groups prey on firms in North-west
Victims reveal nightmare scenario of intimidation and violence as ‘security’ firms threaten reign of terror on sites.
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Part L changes set to make chimneys a thing of the past
Flue and chimney sector under threat as energy regs make it more expensive to put chimneys on new homes.
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CommentWho’s suing whom
Legal wrangles at the High Court over valuable land in trendy Borough Market, a south London restaurant that never served a meal and an IT agreement that crashed. Plus our Brussels update
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NewsThe shining
Architect RMJM’s Falkirk Wheel, the world’s first and only rotating boat lift, has just been fitted with dramatic lighting by SSUK.
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CommentSecond-chance saloon
The DTI’s consultation on reforming the Construction Act could clarify grey areas on adjudication that cloud the original intentions – but only if the industry responds in time
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FeaturesNo regrets
Nobody knows better than Sir Martin Laing, former chairman of Laing, how a wafer-thin margin can turn into a catastrophic loss. He tells us about how a contract used to be a gentlemen’s agreement and why he wasn’t to blame for that £1 sale.
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Products sector praised
The construction products industry is improving its productivity faster than the manufacturing sector as a whole, a government-backed study will reveal next week.
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Comment
A pragmatist writes
Ann Minogue’s recent article “You know it makes sense” (27 May, page 47) listed the wholly unilateral benefits of the new British Property Federation form of consultancy agreement compared with the forms of the Association of Consulting Engineers, the RIBA and the RICS.
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Comment
Missing: One ombudsman
When I took up the tenancy of a flat from a Berkshire housing association I gave them a snag list of various items including health and safety breaches.
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Lancashire mill towns are the new New York
Low-cost loft living, public squares and high-profile schemes for the fashion industry and sport could be coming to the mill towns of East Lancashire.
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CommentIdeal for multiple injuries
It’s hard to introduce a new defence in the middle of a trial, but in adjudication – being a quick first-aid for two parties in a punch-up – it’s the very opposite
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Raynsford pledges to heal rifts
Former construction minister Nick Raynsford has pledged to bridge the divisions within the construction sector following his appointment as deputy chairman of the Construction Industry Council last Wednesday
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CommentA hard way to make a living
It defies logic really. We’ve had 12 years of sustained growth, PFI contracts are going begging and any client you talk to says there aren’t enough good contractors to go round.
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