All Building articles in 2006 issue 26 – Page 2
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NewsOlympic body appoints infrastructure and safety chiefs
The Olympic Delivery Authority makes more key appointments for the construction programme of the 2012 Olympic Games
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NewsCarillion shocks Mowlem suppliers with 65-day policy
Subcontractors told they must wait 30 days longer for payment than the industry average
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NewsRegs minister backs our 99% Campaign
Angela Smith pledges her support, and initiates reform of Building Regs
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Comment
Water torture
Every week brings news of another drought order and complaints that water companies are profiteering while failing to tackle leaks.
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FeaturesSizewell stories
We can also learn a lot from the last reactor built in Britain, Suffolk's Sizewell B. Here, key members of the project team share their memories with Graham Ridout
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CommentStop right there
The Wembley judgment contains all the rough and tumble we expect from a good old construction dust-up, and some pertinent lessons for the 2012 Olympics organisers
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Comment
In praise of Ray
I have been interested in tracking the responses to Ray O'Rourke's comments that a building site was not a "place where women fit" (19 May, page 14).
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CommentPlaque removal
An awards ceremony without any prizes - or our man from the BNP; Caruso and the artistic temperament; school's out in Liverpool and Davis Langdon throws its weight around in Dublin
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CommentThe perfect window seat
It takes a certain kind of bravery to straddle a plank of wood that is resting on a ladder that is resting between a narrow window sill and a strip of railings.
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FeaturesLet's stay together
Bob Johnston was given the top job at Bovis and told to strengthen the bonds between parent and subsidiary. But that doesn't mean he's there to dispense group hugs. Angela Monaghan found out about his plans to double profits.
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News
Mississippi Jean
French architect Jean Nouvel has unveiled these images of his first completed project in the USA.
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CommentLet's take this inside
Inside job - In the first of a series, Tracey Wood offers insights from her role as in-house lawyer at Costain. To kick off, she explains how a savvy legal department can take risks and save money
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FeaturesSustainability: Green roofs
Living roofs are often specified for their symbolic value, as a statement of the owner or developer's environmental credentials. But, as Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon explains, there are also tangible cost and performance benefits to going green up top
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NewsGovernment to strengthen Livingstone's housing hand
Mayor expected to gain more control over Housing Corporation and borough councils
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FeaturesFive ways to spot a sinking ship
Why are your directors always having meetings? Why is everyone so angry? And why has the boss just moved the sofa out of his office? Mark Leftly explains how to spot if your firm is heading for the rocks
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CommentSafety first
The competition to find the worst breach of health and safety published on Building's letters page in the past nine months has a winner.
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Comment
Who gets the final word?
The parties contracted on 2 May 2001 to carry out works in Perth. This comprised alterations to a building in order to produce a water-tight shell. The contract incorporated the conditions of the Scottish Building Contract without Quantities, Contractor’s Design Portion (January 2000 revision), with amendments. The work began on ...
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