All Building articles in 2005 issue 30 – Page 3
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CommentThe death penalty
In its next session, parliament will decide if the Corporate Manslaughter Bill becomes law. Some of its proposals should be amended before that happens …
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Contracts
Balfour picked for PFI hospitalContractor Balfour Beatty has been appointed preferred bidder for a £160m PFI hospital scheme in Glasgow for NHS Greater Glasgow. The contract was awarded through Balfour’s concession firm Canmore.GarsideLaycock’s £16m winMaintenance firm GarsideLaycock has been awarded a £16m four-year partnership deal for projects and maintenance on ...
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Draft contracts could hike up consultants’ insurance
Draft contract forms drawn up by the British Property Federation could lead to consultants being hit with insurance hikes, experts have warned.
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Unseen clause
ML Europe Property Ltd (“MLEP”) sought to appeal a decision of Mr Recorder Rees QC in the TCC in settlement of Hurst Stores & Interiors Ltd (“Hurst”) final account.MLEP had engaged Hurst to fit out the toilet locks of the London headquarters of Merrill Lynch. The contract envisaged a fixed ...
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Unseen clause
ML Europe Property Ltd (“MLEP”) sought to appeal a decision of Mr Recorder Rees QC in the TCC in settlement of Hurst Stores & Interiors Ltd (“Hurst”) final account.MLEP had engaged Hurst to fit out the toilet locks of the London headquarters of Merrill Lynch. The contract envisaged a fixed ...
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NewsQuay change
Cheshire-based architectural practice Calder Peel has released images of the first waterfront residential development in Runcorn, Cheshire.
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Fresh twist in Wembley case
The High Court battle between Multiplex and Cleveland Bridge over Wembley Stadium took a new twist this week when it emerged that Tony Caletka, a high-profile expert witness, has been appointed by Cleveland Bridge.
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OFT swoops on cartel suspects in East Midlands
Twenty-two construction companies raided amid suspicions of collusion in assembling tenders
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Police probe international CSCS card fraud ring
Detectives called in after package containing hundreds of counterfeit CSCS cards is found in Hertfordshire
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Fears grow that new Part L will lack key carbon clause
Green lobby suspects government will drop rule requiring householders to improve energy efficiency of homes
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Comment
CABE and its public
Why on earth don’t people check their facts? The Evening Standard journalist Mira Bar-Hillel (Letters, 15 July, page 34) gets the wrong end of the stick on at least three counts when she comments on CABE’s recent open design review.
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Developers under pressure from their own buyers
Report finds that early investors are offloading their flats in hope of making a quick return.
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Comment
Risky business
Melinda Parisotti’s idea for eliminating net contribution clauses (1 July, page 52) should, I suggest, be put in perspective.
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Demand for office space bucks trend
Demand for office space has risen, despite a downturn in the overall commercial property sector, an RICS report has revealed.The office market has suffered over recent quarters, but received a boost in the second quarter of this year. The RICS says this is because of strong demand in central London ...
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Broadcasting House
How the team behind the remodelled Broadcasting House in central London married old with new - without a single programme interuption.
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Brighton library is favourite to win Stirling prize
The Jubilee Library in Brighton has emerged as the bookies’ favourite to win this year’s Stirling prize after RIBA announced its shortlist this week.
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Quarter of housing grant bids from private sector
Almost a quarter of the bidders for Housing Corporation grant allocations for the 2006-08 affordable housing programme are not registered social landlords.
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FeaturesLive from the BBC...
Phase one of Broadcasting House’s biggest ever makeover is nearing completion – and it hasn’t interrupted a single live radio transmission.
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Comment
Nous les avons aussi
I am writing in response to your international salary guide (24 June, page 40).
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FeaturesAuntie’s new look
Just another repeat on the BBC? Not quite: MacCormac Jamieson Prichard’s extension is designed to echo Broadcasting House but it has enough dramatic twists to become an icon in its own right.
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