All Building articles in 2006 issue 01 – Page 2
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News
Rothschild banker joins Persimmon
Nicholas Wrigley becomes non-executive director at housbuilder.
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NewsMiller optimistic for year ahead
Scottish housebuilder, contractor and commercial developer, issues upbeat trading statement saying it anticipates growth in 2006.
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NewsSir Robert McAlpine settles Holyrood case out of court
Sir Robert McAlpine ends legal dispute with Scottish parliament, after seeking £4.31m in damages over allegations of “breaches of procurement requirements in the tendering process”.
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NewsBalfour Beatty wins contracts worth up to £300m
RCS road subsidiary clinches contracts in Scotland and Essex.
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Gleeson rejects mystery bid
Weekend reports suggest that approach has been made for non-building parts of Gleeson's business.
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NewsFeatured job - Arup project and program managers
Arup is seeking ambitious individuals with between 5-15 years project management experience.
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Public sector clients team up to tackle issue of delays
Procurement problems will be main focus of the newly launched Public Sector Construction Clients’ Forum.
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Comment
Wonder or …?
I would nominate Zaha Hadid’s Wolfsburg Science Centre, featured in your “In pictures” article on 2 December, page 24, as a strong candidate for a future “blunder”.
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Comment
Yule’s tidings
Perhaps only a legal man could be so outrageous in his opinion but at the same time completely miss the essence of the NEC (Ian Yule, 18 November). The whole ethos of the contract is based upon communication, collaboration and co-operation centred on timely and effective good management from all ...
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Comment
A simple solution
In his article “A fat lot of good” (2 Decembe), Rudi Klein rightfully complains that adjudication has become too expensive to be appropriate for the small value disputes that it was intended to resolve.
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FeaturesWorld service
The attractions of foreign labour extend beyond the waking giant of India. More and more UK companies are finding more and more ways of using the global labour force to boost performance. Thomas Lane reports on who’s doing what, and how much money they’re saving
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CommentThe troubles we’ve seen
If there’s one thing you can confidently predict about 2006 it’s that the rows that raged in 2005 will rage on. In case you needed reminding, here they are …
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Features
Projects update: Regulations
Not only is the controversial Code for Sustainable Homes a watered-down version of BRE’s EcoHomes scheme, but it will have to be revised in about three years …
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News
Warning on material prices
This month’s material price rises for contractors are expected to be followed by more increases later this year as energy prices climb.
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FeaturesMusic, maestro
Santiago Calatrava’s £82m opera house in Valencia is a symphony in concrete and glass: the largest auditorium in Europe and the centrepiece of an arts and sciences complex designed by the local virtuoso
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Comment
Rab lets rip
I should know by now not to read Colin Harding’s regular attacks on architects as they just wind me up, but he cannot go unchallenged.
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FeaturesYou know what your trouble is?
Now that we’re in the penitential month of January, it’s time to take a long, cold, sober look at what’s wrong with everybody else. So here’s how the professions think their industry colleagues could improve …
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FeaturesYour passage to India
One of the fastest-growing economies on the planet, India will be the second biggest economy in the world by the middle of this century.
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NewsOffice hours
Developer Stanhope has received planning consent for the final stage of its Chiswick Park office development in west London.
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NewsIslamabad heights
Consultant Atkins has unveiled plans for its first large-scale development in Pakistan, to include the country’s tallest building.
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