All Building articles in 2005 issue 40 – Page 3
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NewsKajima installs fresh team at PFI hospital
Contractor Kajima has brought in a fresh project team to work on the £30m PFI extension to the Sheffield Northern General Hospital after delays to the project, it emerged this week.
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PFIs to lose junk food revenue
Lawyers are warning that support services companies may be required to renegotiate the catering elements of PFI school contracts after the government announced plans to ban vending machines selling crisps and chocolate
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… but a fan gained
If the main problem faced by the industry is attracting young people (16 September), then the solution is right there on page 46.
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Early warning
Your article (26 August) on land designated for employment use being bought for affordable housing in London raises some interesting considerations.
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FeaturesDriving force
Five thousand workers lost their jobs in the tragic, well-publicised closure of MG Rover’s Longbridge factory. Now, there is a scheme to retrain them that could also help ease the construction industry’s skills crisis. A brilliant solution – so why won’t more firms jump on the bandwagon?
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Laing O’Rourke snaps up former Mowlem director
Laing O’Rourke has snapped up a former senior director of Mowlem to head its M&E arm Crown House, Building has learned.
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Treasury dismisses RIBA’s PFI design proposals
Richard Abadie, head of PFI at the Treasury, rejects calls to appoint design team before tendering to contractors
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MJ Gleeson fined over site traffic death
Contractor MJ Gleeson has been fined £50,000 after a quantity surveyor was run over and killed on one of its sites.
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Court prepares for flood of Olympics disputes
The judge in charge of the Technology and Construction Court has warned that the London 2012 Olympics would lead to a rise in construction-related disputes.
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Talks over CIS tax restarted
The Construction Confederation is in talks with HM Revenue & Customs over softening the impact of the CIS tax scheme in April after resigning itself to the launch.
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FeaturesThe defeated champions
Tessa Jowell has become the ministerial design champion. Building asks how she can succeed where so many have failed, while Peter Stewart, assesses if government is now wise to design
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NewsHaste finds fresh challenge at High-Point Rendel
Former chief executive at Crossrail and Heathrow Terminal 5 takes free-ranging post at engineering consultant
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CBI director slams lack of cheap homes
The head of the CBI has slammed the lack of affordable housing in the South-east, saying the economy will suffer if the government does not step in to solve the problem.
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Smile, you’re on camera
Delay and disruption disputes are horrendously complicated, but there is a practical way to back up your claim – take regular photographs of the works from day one
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Risky business
I refer to the articles on the PFI in your 23 September issue, and wonder whether the UK contracting industry will ever learn. PFI is not working as it could, agreed. But there’s no point blaming the public sector clients – that’s just too easy. It is the market that ...
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EP names brownfield squad
English Partnerships has selected 22 developers to help pilot its strategy over brownfield sites.
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ODPM on brink of resolving ‘roof tax’ problems
Yvette Cooper, minister of housing, has given the go-ahead for a roof tax-style deal to kickstart housing development in Bedford.
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‘Property pensions’ set to boost housebuilding
The government’s plan to allow investors to include some kinds of residential property in tax-efficient pension plans is expected to lead to a boost in housebuilding next year.
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Before you sign …
Ideally lawyers will go through a contract with a fine-tooth comb, but if you only have a couple of hours to check it yourself, here are the key points to watch for
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