All Building articles in 2005 issue 47 – Page 3
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FeaturesLovely idea...
… shame about the council’s cost-cutting hit men. Gus Alexander takes a stroll around Whitechapel’s Idea Store, the David Adjaye-designed library-cum-IT-superstore, and laments what might have been
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CommentAnd he’s off …
Congratulations to English Partnerships’ boss David Higgins, who has finally been persuaded to take the job of building the stage for the largest sporting extravaganza ever to be seen on our shores.
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Tribal posts healthy interims
Tribal Group has posted improved interim results for the six months ended 30 September.
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Projects update: health and safety
The seconds following a site accident can make all the difference between life and death, which is why the Red Cross has set up a programme of construction-specific first aid training days
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FeaturesGet the job
Craig Paterson explains how a good telephone manner can put you ahead of the competition
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London may get ‘super market’
The Guinness brewery site in Park Royal, west London, could become London’s biggest food market.
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NewsGalloway ‘scaremongers’ over housing transfer
George Galloway MP has been accused of scaremongering over council plans to transfer housing stock to registered social landlords in the part of east London that he represents.
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CommentWhat the forum’s for
The Strategic Forum has recovered well after the rushed publication and unmanageable targets of Accelerating Change. Where should it go next?
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Jestico’s first
For the record, YRM was not the first architect to transform itself into a not-for-profit trust (4 November).
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Are insurers pulling a fast on
… While Mike Grant of law firm Weightmans says half the contractors it surveyed felt let down by insurers. Does this reflect badly on the policies or on firms’ failure to understand them?
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Gateway looks to Europe
The Housing Corporation is to team up with CABE to apply lessons learned on the design of regeneration projects in Europe to the Thames Gateway.
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RICS pushes for EU recognition for surveyors
The RICS is to push for greater freedom for UK building surveyors to work in mainland Europe.
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Comment
A problem doubled
As the old saying goes, a problem shared is a problem halved. Peter Rees’ article “Double Your Risk” (4 November), explaining how more than one employer can be liable for the acts of employees, seems to demonstrate a more realistic scenario: a problem shared is two people with a problem.
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NewsDocklands skyscraper hits planning problems
Architect Sheppard Robson lobbies London mayor and council to change planning policy on Isle of Dogs
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Mansell promotes Waite to managing director
Mansell has promoted executive director Steve Waite to the post of managing director.Waite, who has been at the contractor for 35 years, takes over from Mike Peasland next month. Peasland in turn takes over from Alistair Wivell, who is retiring from the post of group managing director of Balfour Beatty, ...
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CommentDangerous liaisons
This week we have two industry reports that reveal contractors’ cavalier attitude to risk, starting with what industry executives will do to secure work …
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FeaturesOut of control
In the week that the RICS lent its support to Building’s Reform the Regs campaign, Sarah Richardson spent a day with Leeds building control to witness the problems at ground level
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NewsData New-build completions in October
Completions and private registrations have slowed slightly over the past 12 months but daily sales are ahead
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Essex lures Chinese team
A Thames Gateway regeneration agency trying to persuade the Chinese Olympic team to use south Essex as its training base for the 2012 Games.