All Building articles in 2005 issue 37 – Page 2
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CommentReviewing the review
Michael Latham offers a behind-the-scenes guide to the review of the Construction Act – and ponders whether it will make a real difference to payment terms
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CommentThe pursuit of youth
This week Building unveils its first ever Graduate Advisory Board to inform the industry of the pertinent issues that are facing young people working across the sector.
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FeaturesWhere’s our people power?
Ask anyone in construction what the biggest problem they face is and there is just one answer: the skills shortage. As Britain prepares to host the Olympics in 2012, the industry is facing its toughest test yet, with 150,000 jobs being created, many of which will be in construction.
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FeaturesOn the ocean wave
This year’s Little Britain regatta in the Isle of Wight was another roaring success – especially for joint race winners Amey and Languard Investments. And with a Moulin Rouge-themed evening and gala dinner with charity auction, the event certainly wasn’t all about the sailing … Your correspondent was there enjoying ...
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What’s in a name?
The respondent had built up a funeral directors business under the name of “Richard T Adlem Funeral Director”. In 1993 the respondent sold the business to a Mr Beckwith, who continued to use the name “Richard T Adlem Funeral Director”. In 2000 Mr Beckwith sold the business and goodwill to ...
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NewsMersey magic
Liverpool is expecting to have a £130m development on its Princes Dock waterfront in time for the city’s European Capital of Culture celebrations in 2008.
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A logistical twist
There is far too much carbon dioxide-emitting traffic on the road, and the government is trying to address the issues through initiatives such as EcoHomes. But one is tempted to think that the authors of such systems have never been outside the Home Counties. Certainly, they do not appear to ...
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NewsThe way to Leeds
DLG Architects has secured planning permission for this £100m mixed-use scheme in Leeds city centre.
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FeaturesMy kind of place
To whet your appetite for London’s Open House weekend, we asked nine architectural luminaries to pick the building they’d choose to visit … and offer a selection of delectable alternatives.
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Local jobs for local people
In the 12 August issue of Building there is an article entitled “Ethnic minority firm gets helping hand in Burnley” (page 18 - see related articles). The implication of this article – the same implication as contained in a separate recent article in Building about social enterprises – is that ...
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It’s okay for some
The national outlook over the next two years may look flat, but some regions are about to experience a boom – particularly in the East Midlands and Wales, says Experian Business Strategies
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Mayor to turn London green
Mayor Ken Livingstone has promised that the update of the London plan will include tougher eco-standards.
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FeaturesThe Graduates
How do you get young people to join construction? Once they’re in, how do you keep them? Well, we could ask these guys. These 10 professionals from every corner of the industry are Building’s new Graduate Advisory Panel, and they’ll be sharing their views on recruitment, skills and more in ...
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Four years later
I write as the author of the DTI/Bovis Lend Lease report on the Mid City Place project in London, which was referred to in your article “Driving us crazy”, (2 September - see related articles). Although it is pleasing to see that Mid City Place still being held up as ...
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An eye to the future
I would like to point out that the South Bank Centre is not seeking to increase the rent for the BA London Eye from £65,000 to £2.5m as stated in your issue of 2 September (page 15 - see related articles). The South Bank Centre and Bromley council, which has ...
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CommentOwn goal in extra time
Rather like referees, contract administrators aren’t infallible. So what can you do if one of them wrongly awards your contractor an extension of time?
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NewsIcy elegance
This is architect Metropolitan Workshop’s entry in an international competition for a footbridge in Drammen, Norway.
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ODPM man to drive eastern housing supply
The government has parachuted in its most senior planning reform official to oversee efforts to increase housing in the east of England.
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