All Building articles in 2006 issue 10 – Page 3
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Features
Projects update: Health and safety
A round-up of what's new in the world of health and safety, from teaching modules to prevent children injuring themselves in quarries to paying a safety bonus to operatives
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Comment
The greater good
The treatment of Sir Roy Meadows, the paediatrician who gave evidence in the case of Sally Clarke, raises larger issues about how we protect the judicial process
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Comment
Get ready for L
Now the transitional arrangements for 2006 Part L have been confirmed by the ODPM, the industry is in a much better position to address how it adopts these regulations.
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CommentThis one won't fly
The latest edition of the NEC professional services contract came out in June but has been all but ignored. The reasons for this are not hard to understand
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News
Migrant workers only to fill short-term skills gaps
Low-skilled migrant construction workers will be allowed to work in the UK only to plug short-term skills gaps under measures outlined by the government this week.
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FeaturesExploited youth
A number of leading architectural firms are not paying students to work up to 60-hour weeks yet are happy to let them draw up important competition entries, while graduates are being offered hard-work, low-pay deals just for the kudos of being employed by a major practice. Illustration by Scott Garrett
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News
Redrow to expand in South
Redrow chief executive Neil Fitzsimmons says the firm will focus on expanding its regional network and mixed-use regeneration workload.
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NewsWembley parachutes in extra electrical firm
Electrical fit-out work reorganised to speed up delivery of the stadium and minimise financial penalties
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Top developers vie for Euston and Victoria refurbs
Network Rail has lined up a shortlist of blue-chip developers for the refurbishment of Victoria and Euston mainline stations.
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CommentIn the detail
Can you identify this building to win a bottle of Quinto do Vale D.Maria 1999 gold medal-winning port and a £25 drinks voucher, courtesy of door manufacturer Vicaima?
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CommentThe designer sweatshop
How much is a partly trained architect worth? The consensus in this country seems to be about £18,000, although a few practices estimate it to be zero.
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Comment
Delays and frustration
I am disappointed that Nick Lane believes that the Society of Construction Law's delay and disruption protocol recommends one technique in all circumstances - time impact analysis (17 February).
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FeaturesUnderwood, to Leonard, to Deacon … and it's Edwards!
As you may have noticed, it's Six Nations time, a riot of colour, national pride and surreptitious eye-gouging. What's it got to do with construction? Well, it just so happens that some very big names have brought their formidable talents to the industry. Building headed down to Twickers to hear ...
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News
Tesco reconsiders Gerrards Cross
Tesco has asked Costain to conduct a review of its troubled £25m Gerrards Cross project after the dismissal of original contractor Jackson Civil Engineering.
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NewsCross purposes
Cross purposes Birds Portchmouth Russum Architects and structural engineer Techniker have won a design competition for two pairs of bridges, each supported on a thicket of spindly poles.
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Comment
Great minds, crap trousers
Last week's provocative Building cover, featuring star architects Toyo Ito and Massimiliano Fuksas, posed an intriguing question.
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FeaturesCost model: School extensions
While Blair's shiny new city academies grab all the headlines, a host of smaller-scale improvements to existing schools is quietly being carried out. In the first of our series of mini-cost models, Max Wilkes of Davis Langdon reviews the key issues and costs involved in primary school extension projects
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News
Corgi man takes the helm at CSCS
Corgi director Brian Adams has been appointed the first chief executive of the CSCS scheme.
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CommentConsider Horbury
Politicians constantly scrutinise the cost of the public sector building programme - the biggest in our lifetime - but how closely do they examine design standards?