All Building articles in 2006 Issue 16 – Page 4
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News
Employers' body rounds on NHS over PFI delays
CBI report claims that procurement process wastes an average of £2.45m per major hospital scheme
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News
Government considers merger of regeneration bodies
The government has announced a review of its housing and regeneration delivery bodies as part of a wider programme to deliver better sustainable communities.
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Comment
Wonders & blunders
Architecture professor Richard Weston compares a tiny Spanish island hideaway with a huge English retail landmark
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News
Housebuilders slam bird protection rules
housebuilders fear that Conservative councils in the Home Counties will exploit measures to protect rare birds to delay or block development in the South-east that they are opposed to in principle.
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Newly created Belfast firm makes its debut in Luton
Belfast company Lagan Construction has won its first contract since the business was created from the merger of three civil engineering divisions of Lagan Holdings.
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Features
Wembley: the battle begins
As a landmark UK project, Wembley Stadium has been a disaster from the beginning. On the eve of the High Court battle between main contractor Multiplex and steel subcontractor Cleveland Bridge, we tell the story of the the biggest fiasco in UK construction's history.
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News
Atkins' share price rises despite subdued statement
Shares in multidisciplinary consultant Atkins rose 27.5p, or 3%, to 865p last week, despite a subdued trading update.
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Hadid forces Jowell to apologise over false claim
Architect Zaha Hadid is understood to have considered legal action against the Department for Culture, Media and Sport after it made false allegations that the aquatics centre for the 2012 Olympic games had gone significantly over budget.
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Blair sounds out firms over animal extremist threat
Government to ask construction companies whether climate of intimidation makes them reluctant to tender
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Comment
When is an agreement a contract?
This was an application for declaratory relief to establish that the payment claim issued by United Group Infrastructure Pty Ltd dated 14 November 2005 was not a payment claim that is subject to the regime for assessment and adjudication established by the Building and Construction Industry Payments Act 2004.Pioneer Sugar ...
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News
Dunster advises on Thames Gateway eco-city
The London Development Agency has asked eco-architect Bill Dunster to help deliver a landmark zero-carbon project in the Thames Gateway.
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Industry to plead for more advice on energy directive
Sustainability experts to lobby the government for help on energy certification of non-domestic buildings
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TCC head praises standard of adjudicators
The head of the Technology and Construction Court has congratulated adjudicators for improving standards.
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News
Labour shortages less acute
The sharp rise in wage rates caused by the shortage of labour in the South-east has been reduced by the influx of workers from eastern Europe, according to research by the RICS.
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News
Regus buys out 58% stake
Regus, the serviced offices provider, has bought the 58% of its UK business that the group did not own for £88m.
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Profit at contractor Beard leaps more than 500%
Beard, the Swindon-based contractor, has increased profit from £121,000 in 2004 to £812,000 to the end of December 2005.
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Government entices Midland towns with £40m
The government is encouraging some of the most desirable county towns in the Midlands to become mini-growth areas.
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Cathedral Group lands £40m zero-carbon scheme
Developer Cathedral Group has won a bid to build an eco-friendly £40m mixed-use scheme in the centre of Brighton.