All Building articles in 2006 issue 19 – Page 3
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NewsRonson reveals Heron Tower plans
Gerald Ronson, chief executive of property company Heron International, has revealed his plans to transform the City of London's property market with the first ever "six-star office".
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FeaturesGadget heaven
Thomas Lane welcomes you to Techtopia, a world where whole building sites are RFID-tagged, mobiles have more functions than Swiss army knives and Sydney is just a free phone call away …
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Newly rebranded Rok looks to future of growth
Rok Property Solutions officially rebranded the company as Rok after its annual meeting at the end of last week.
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Comment
Football folly
Women represent a significant labour force, yet have always been underrepresented in the UK construction industry. Patricia Hewitt, when minister for trade and industry, claimed that there are women who want to work in construction but are discouraged by its macho, male-dominated image.
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Lambeth throws out Farrell's Thameside housing scheme
Lambeth council vetoes proposals for residential-led project on grounds of height and calls for a radical rethink
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CommentReasons to detox
Decontaminating land is hard work but a little-known tax relief can ease the burden on half your costs. Simon Massey continues our tax breaks series by explaining how …
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CommentDeep in quantum meruit
Does quantum meruit mean that in the absence of a contract you can charge cost-plus? Unfortunately, everything depends on what else has happened …
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Comment
In deep waters
The claimant's house was subject to flooding from the river Torridge in Devon. He argued that the flooding was caused by the Taddiport bridge, since the arches and plinths of the bridge restricted the flow of water under it. The claimant claimed that such restriction was a statutory nuisance.He maintained ...
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Rethink of Decent Homes required, says survey
Councils ought to be free to shift the focus of housing funds from upgrading individual houses to the Decent Homes standard to upgrading entire estates, a survey of the housing industry has revealed.
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FeaturesSir David King
In the first of three interviews on the future of energy in the UK, the government's chief scientist tells Thomas Lane why we need new homes and new nuclear power stations.
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NewsFuture of Prescott's communities plan in doubt
Deputy prime minister John Prescott's former department has undergone an overhaul in the wake of the reshuffle last week, leaving the future of the sustainable communities plan in doubt.
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NewsCABE's faves
These three developments have been commended by design watchdog CABE as examples of designing to minimise the impact of the car.
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NewsBW Interiors moves into hotels
BW Interiors, the Surrey-based fit-out contractor, is setting up a hotel division and hopes to double turnover to £50m after a strategic review of the business.
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NewsMultiplex pushed CBUK to brink, court told
Brian Rogan, the managing director of Wembley steel firm Cleveland Bridge, this week revealed that his firm was brought to the brink of insolvency by its problems on the project.
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Comment
How to get a break
The guidance on tax breaks for cleaning up contaminated land and buildings provided by Davis Langdon Crosher and James in the infrastructure cost model (28 April, page 65) contained a couple of misleading statements that I would like to correct.
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They're both wrong …
Fascinating though it certainly is to read yet another article on how best to manage construction projects from such seasoned professionals as Colin Harding and Rab Bennetts (21 April, page 60), I am left wondering who really will be in charge when, sooner or later, something goes wrong.
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