All Building articles in 2006 issue 21 – Page 3
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CommentTwo unhappy customers
This month our panel of legal experts wrestle with the case of an M&E contractor that worked for nothing and a client whose contract administrator certified defective work
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Phoenix expresses fears over costly workers
Wembley M&E firm Phoenix Electrical has appealed to the sector's national pay regulator over the high wages paid by TB Worrall, which has taken over parts of Phoenix's work.
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FeaturesCost model: Primary healthcare
In the latest of our series of cost models for projects of less than £1m, Max Wilkes of Davis Langdon takes a look at the design considerations, funding, procurement, wider development issues and costs involved in the construction of a new-build primary healthcare centre
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NewsFoster and Nouvel reach for the clouds
Norman Foster and Jean Nouvel have teamed up to submit a planning application for this mixed-use scheme in the City of London.
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CommentCity plans
The European parliament is about to vote on an innovative urban environment report. But will this mean neglected cities finally receive funding proportional to their needs?
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Three vie for Land Secs' City refurbishment
Developer Land Securities has lined up HBG, Skanska and Wates to bid for the refurbishment of the 15-storey Dashwood House in the City of London.
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Napier steps down as Taywood chief executive
Contractor Taylor Woodrow is to look outside its business for a new chief executive after it announced that Iain Napier was to step down as head of the firm.
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NewsNew chapter for Newcastle
Architect RyderHKS has unveiled images of its designs for Newcastle's £40m library renewal PFI.
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Campaign to improve scaffold training in the EU
Training body CITB-ConstructionSkills is taking part in a European-wide initiative to improve scaffolding training, it has emerged six weeks after the fatal collapse at Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire CITB-ConstructionSkills and training centre the National Construction College are working alongside European training bodies in the European Union-funded Euroscaffolder project. This aims to ...
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NewsBovis completes makeover by naming UK projects boss
Contractor appoints David Sutton head of UK design, engineering and project management division
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NewsThe Blackfriars skyline
Architect Make has revealed images of this dramatic building on the northern end of Blackfriars Bridge.
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Firms go into receivership because of pension deficits
Sheffield group Dew Pitchmastic has put two subsidiaries into receivership after they were hit by pension deficits, believed to be in the region of £28m.
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EP looks at investment bank for the South-east
English Partnerships is mooting a regional investment bank to kickstart infrastructure projects across the South-east's growth areas.
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BAA makes cashback offer
Airport operator BAA, has pledged to hand £750m back to its shareholders as part of its defence against a hostile takeover from Spanish contractor Ferrovial.
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FeaturesA mile apart …
… but one is a world away from what Birmingham should look like by now. Vikki Miller investigates why this city's transformation never got off the ground.
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CommentThe quiet Americans
The Americans are in Hungary to spread the good news about dispute resolution boards. But their approach is no match for the power of adjudication …
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UK to get first all-glass bridge
Developer Argent has commissioned public artist Thomas Heatherwick to design what is thought to be the world's first all-glass bridge as the main entrance to its King's Cross Central scheme.
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Chief executive leaves Laing after seven years
Andy Friend, John Laing's chief executive, will step down in the autumn after seven years at the company.
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