All Building articles in 2006 issue 29 – Page 3
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NewsMultipurpose meadows
Architect Make has unveiled the first images of its competition-winning entry for the Meadows Gateway scheme in Nottingham.
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Comment
Responsible journalism
Last week’s Building provided particular amusement to my wife who has taken to flicking through the latest issue while we enjoy breakfast together on a Saturday.
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Inspectors’ fury over home information pack U-turn
Government shocks industry by rethinking home condition reports and planning gain supplement
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CommentNuclear fission
Construction bigwigs may be gung ho about Blair’s nuclear vision for Britain, but among the grassroots there’s considerable disquiet. Nick Jones gathers fierce opinions on both side of the web divide
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A for effort
Your article “CABE: Half of schools are badly designed” (7 July, page 14) gives the wrong message and the report you refer to from CABE is a little out of date, failing as it does to acknowledge the substantial work recently done to improve school design.
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CommentThe view from The Edge
Burn, baby, burn - We’re meant to be saving energy, so why does it get cheaper the more you use
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FeaturesWe dont shout from the rooftops’
… in fact Balfour Beatty’s boss shuns all industry and media attention. But here Angela Monaghan coaxes Ian Tyler into revealing what makes the man with the biggest job in construction tick.
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CommentThat dizzy feeling
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread – this is perhaps the phrase that best describes the government’s current approach to housing policy.
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Me, a cynic?
I have often been forced down the lawyer path of giving construction dispute advice with the preamble of “on the one hand, and on the other”. I was thus somewhat surprised to read that Helen Garthwaite (23 June, page 80) has the confidence to take a firm view.
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NewsGateway councils failing on housing targets, says report
Draft of Thames Gateway strategy indicates 8300 houses must be built each year to catch up
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CommentSpeakers cornered
Charles Kennedy spills the beans on how he winds up John Prescott, we find out why Zizou will never get ahead, batty ways to stop planning approval, and a lady’s honour is rescued by some quick thinking
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NewsRise in fraud hits contractors
Economic crime, including fraud and bribery, is on the rise in the global construction industry, according to a survey by Pricewaterhouse Coopers.
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NewsConsultants pull staff out of Lebanon as crisis escalates
Construction body joins forces with security firm to evacuate workers from conflict-torn Beirut
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FeaturesJolly green clients
A strong urge to get back to nature – or at least become more sustainable – has gripped clients this year. Katie Puckett and Caroline Stocks discover how 50 of the biggest spenders are focusing their £12.1bn combined construction budget on all things green
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Council settles row over toxic chemicals factory
Birmingham council has secured the removal of toxic chemicals from a site in the middle of the city’s key regeneration zone, paving the way for work to begin on a string of projects.
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NewsLivingstone to subsidise cheaper housing
London mayor Ken Livingstone intends to use his increased powers to provide more subsidies to developers and housing associations for affordable housing.
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Water regulations to change
The government is set to publish changes to Part H of the Building Regulations, covering water use, drainage and waste disposal.
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CommentFashionable caps
State your case — The Master of the Rolls has made it clear that he wants to control court costs in civil cases. Here, Steven Bate says there are already signs that cost caps are starting to come into play