All Building articles in 2006 issue 06 – Page 3
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NewsUCATT gets green light for worker memorial statue
Tower Hamlets council grants planning permission for statue of unknown builder to commemorate site fatalities
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CommentGet the message?
It seems harsh to say that the failure to answer an email, because you dismissed it as spam, can lead to defeat in an arbitration case. But it's true
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Comment
Get your statistics straight
I enjoyed David Blackman's analysis of the government's response to the Barker Review (Regenerate, January, page 12).
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CommentGames plan
Want to know how to guarantee Olympic glory? Don't panic, get the contractors on board as early as possible and steer well clear of lowest-price tendering
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NewsTreasury and ODPM at odds over infrastructure funding
Support by ODPM minister for local roof tax contradicts Treasury's backing of planning gain supplement
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Row over Wembley firm
A row has broken out at Wembley stadium over a firm that has just taken over security operations at the site in north-west London.
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NewsIndustry may get extra year for Part L
The Industry could be given another 12 months to implement the new Part L of the Building Regulations.
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CommentGreater expectations
Now we've started to use JCT2005, it's clear that contractors and contract administrators will have to handle extensions of time with more care
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Features
View from The Edge
Our series of articles on big problems and their solutions continues with a look at ways of reducing energy use - even though it may be too late.
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NewsPartnerships for Schools loses two key directors
Agency in charge of Building Schools for the Future is overhauled as Blair faces critics over education proposals
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CommentDamage limitation
When the Court of Appeal ruled that workers with ‘pleural plaques' linked to asbestos use had no right to be compensated, it overturned 20 years of legal precedent
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Comment
The cost of not doing PFI
The cost of not doing PFISkanska has been waiting for the go-ahead for the Barts scheme for two years and it deserves to get going.
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T&T set to take commercial sec
Cost consultant Turner & Townsend has unveiled ambitious plans to expand in the commercial sector and has picked up a raft of contracts.
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NewsA clear improvement
Work has begun on the first phase of the University of Bradford's £11m project to build an atrium and revamp its Richmond Building.
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FeaturesCity slicker
Further education colleges are often slated as universities' backward cousins. But if Wilkinson Eyre's City and Islington College refurbishment is anything to go by, they're going forward fast.
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Comment
A curious choice
Thank you for sending us a copy of your Wonders & Blunders calendar 2006, but I am concerned about the obvious printing error for November.
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FeaturesThe billion-pound black hole
With the pensions deficit of the top 20 construction firms topping the £1bn mark, companies are rapidly closing their final salary schemes in a desperate effort to control the situation. Katie Puckett explains why the problem has never been so bad - and what you could stand to lose.
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CommentBye-bye, buyer beware
Next year we are going to witness a revolution in the way we buy houses - so how come the people who stand to benefit don't know anything about it?
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NewsBelfast builds upwards
Work has begun on Northern Ireland's tallest building, designed by architect Broadway Malyan.