All Building articles in 2005 issue 48 – Page 3
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NewsWinning hearts and prizes
The 2005 Regeneration Awards, held on Monday at London’s Hilton Hotel, celebrated those firms and people who have shown they are committed to regeneration. Here are some of the victors …
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CommentA fat lot of good
Adjudication is failing the very people it was designed to help – the small contractor with a low-value claim that needs a quick and cheap decision. So what’s to be done?
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Less elegant than flatulent
I couldn’t agree more with Mark Cowell’s and James Nisbet’s comments (28 October) concerning the award of the Stirling Prize to the Scottish parliament building.
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Dot joining
Energy saving, reduction in greenhouse gases, sustainability, green building, save those trees … all very laudable but it needs joining up.
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Dodgy DIY
The respondent had agreed to erect a conservatory for the appellant. During the works the respondent had climbed a stepladder and had rested the inner end of a rafter on a lip or flange, which ran round the spider. The respondent inserted a fixing screw, which was supposed to secure ...
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CommentThe shadow of death
This is the story of how a case of ordinary back pain turned into a long, slow wait to learn the awful truth about a chest X-ray …
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NewsIndustry in talks over nuclear skills crisis
The nuclear industry is to meet the construction industry’s trade bodies in the new year to try and head off a skills crisis in the provision of new nuclear power stations.
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Small Jarvis profit wiped out by financial costs
Jarvis, troubled support services firm, has announced that it made a £61m loss in the six months to September.
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FeaturesCharm offensive
Despite his continuing war with the Labour party, the Daily Telegraph and the US Senate, George Galloway has opened a new front against Tower Hamlets council. Building reports on the leader of Respect’s struggle to persuade tenants to fight their council’s housing policy
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Crossrail ‘challenge’ to Olympics
The £10bn Crossrail project could increase the cost and slow the construction programme of the 2012 Olympics by obstructing the transportation of materials to sites.
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Cabinet split over Treasury’s planning gain supplement
Chancellor Gordon Brown set to announce further consultation in pre-Budget report, despite ODPM opposition
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Procurement delayed on Bradford schools
The Building Schools for the Future programme in Bradford has been delayed, and the preferred bidder will probably not be named until next year.
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CommentThe PFI suggestion box …
The Treasury’s review of the PFI can’t come soon enough. The renewal of the grim Whipps Cross hospital was hampered rather than helped by it, and the refurbishment of St Bart’s is demonstrating how much money can be lost in a few weeks.
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Government rejects call for single Gateway body
Housing minister Yvette Cooper has rejected Lord Rogers’ call to create a single body to oversee the regeneration of the Thames Gateway.
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CommentWonders & blunders
Roger Protz raises a glass to the London pub that was named after a philanthropist, and pours cold water on a London station
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Barratt boss calls for overhaul of planning
The chief executive of Barratt Developments has appealed to the government to overhaul the planning system and has produced an 18-point programme of reform to show how it could be done.
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Report backs roof tax to pay for Milton Keynes rail link
Levy imposed on developers could fund the £200m construction of a Milton Keynes-to-Oxford rail line
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