All Building articles in 2005 issue 44 – Page 2
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News
Costain monitors presence in Iran amid political unrest
Contractor ‘monitoring the situation’ on £950m gas project, as tensions mount between Tehran and the West.
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Davis Langdon results reveal senior partner’s pay
In an unprecedented move for a consultant, Rob Smith’s £507,000 salary is disclosed – along with 37% profit
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NewsKey Mowlem boss quits as takeover rumours hot up
European firms said to be in the running for contractor as Liming jumps ship for Carillion.
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Comment
What’s it worth?
The claimants were trustees of a settlement. They owned a property comprising a number of shops and flats. The primary purpose of the trust was to provide income rather than capital growth.The claimants sought to obtain vacant possession of the individual flats with a view to re-letting them on short-term ...
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CommentSuit yourself
The JCT has embraced the digital age with a service promising quick, clean documents that are precisely tailored to the job they cover
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NewsThey shoot, they SCORE
Architect Penoyre & Prasad has revealed this image of an integrated sports, health and community centre, which opened last week.
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FeaturesThe response
From Jersey to Carlisle, readers have been sending in their support for Building’s Reform the Regs campaign. Backing has come from across the industry. Here, we publish a selection of readers’ letters.
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Comment
The race still running
Your article “Four housebuilders pull out of ‘onerous’ grant process” (28 October, page 22) took a somewhat sensational line and missed at least some of the point as a result. Opening bidding to private developers for the first time was always going to be about testing the market. We expected ...
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CommentTales from the pit
Our thanks to George Fordyce, head of engineering policy at the National Home Building Council, for sharing this fine example of ladder craft.
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NewsSeagulls’ new roost
Architect KSS Design Group has unveiled this image of the long-awaited new stadium for Brighton and Hove Albion FC.
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NewsNever mind the quality . . .
If cars had as many faults as houses there would be uproar, says James Sommerville
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CommentOpen Mike: Wrong turnings
David Trench, the project director on the Millennium Dome, knows from experience what happens when people stray too far from a project’s initial raison d’être
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CommentLook to the skies
We need to forget about cheap houses and luxury riverside apartments and start building high quality high rise, says the latest column from our graduate panel
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FeaturesJust the job: RICS in Norfolk
Jon Nelson and Tim Boucher talk about setting up a network for young RICS members in Norfolk
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NewsNorth-west scraps housing squeeze
Planners in the North-west have scrapped a curb on housebuilding that has been stalling many developments.
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FeaturesHot topic: Impact of oil prices
Following on from last week’s energy issue, Davis Langdon examines the impact of oil prices – and therefore petrol prices and transport costs – going through the roof
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Comment
Hold your horses
It was interesting to note Christopher Linnett’s comments on the increasingly short periods of time being allowed for contractors to tender for design-and-build enquiries (14 October).
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News
Prison Service strike threat grows
The threat of strike action by 7000 construction workers employed by the Prison Service has intensified after employers refused to accede to union demands for pay increases.