All Building articles in 2005 issue 32 – Page 3
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News
Logistics training for jobless to go nationwide
A programme to train unemployed workers in construction logistics and find them work in the sector is set to be extended across the country after a successful pilot scheme in Greater Manchester.
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FeaturesHow to get into an impossible position
The Inland Revenue is determined to launch a new tax regime next April, even though there’s an excellent chance that nobody will be able to comply with it. Sarah Richardson reports from the surreal world of Whitehall.
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FeaturesThe man who kidnapped Gehry
Brighton developer Josh Arghiros is the kind of man who knows what he wants and sets out to get it. And if what he wants happens to be the world’s most famous architect, well … He tells George Hay what happened next.
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Land quality tests piloted in Thames Gateway
Developer Land Securities has been working with the National House Building Council on a certificate of land quality that could shave three months off projects in the Thames Gateway.
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Features
Focus on the regions
The North and South-west regions enjoyed a surge in activity and orders this quarter – which is more than you could say of the North-west or the East and West Midlands …
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CommentFair, but harsh
If you spend money defending yourself against an unfounded charge, you ought to get your money back from whoever brought that charge. Well, you’d think so …
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Features
Local lowdown: North east
Some fantastic schemes in the North-east are looking for people to deliver them. Robert Smith of Hays Construction & Property reports on this booming market
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NewsDubai plans real Jurassic Park
Architect Furneaux Stewart and the Natural History Museum have teamed up to design a real-life version of Jurassic Park in Dubai.
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Comment
Don’t panic, but …
Everyone knows we’re not building enough houses, but have ministers really got their heads round the scale of the problem? The sums do not make pretty reading
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CommentA sure-fire disaster
The government’s track record of commissioning IT projects is dismal: the Passport Office, the Child Protection Agency and the NHS have all been involved in notable disasters.
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Comment
Sorry, David
Having read the article regarding the proposed hotel at Brooklands racing circuit (29 July, page 9), I’m not sure David Coulthard would be thrilled to be described as a “former Formula 1 driver”, as he was racing in Hungary for Red Bull last Sunday, and has just re-signed with the ...
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News
CPA survey reveals weak second
Construction output growth was weak in the second quarter of 2005 and “critically dependent” on government work, the Construction Products Association said this week.
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Tornado prompts research into cost of climate change
The Association of British Insurers is to undertake further work into the economic effects of climate change in the aftermath of the Birmingham tornado.
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NewsA Cambridge education
Cambridge University has opened its £9.5m Faculty of Education building on the grounds of Homerton College. As designed by Building Design Partnership, the building revolves around a central street or social hub. On one side stands a curvy library supported on laminated timber arches and clad in timber boarding, while ...
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News
Ethnic minority firms get helping hand in Burnley
Pathfinder asks bidders to spend 50% of budget with local suppliers and help those run by ethnic minorities
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NewsUrban Splash hosts first Building readers’ visit
Readers from across the industry take a tour of Moho, the landmark Manchester modular housing scheme
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Comment
How to build an Olympic Games
If London is to host an Olympics without white elephants or black holes, the procurement routes must be chosen with great care. These are the contenders
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News
Brown called to CIS crisis talks
The Construction Confederation has written to chancellor Gordon Brown to request an urgent meeting to discuss the CIS tax scheme.
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