All Building articles in 2006 issue 37 – Page 3
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NewsDeepest green
This office for Scottish Natural Heritage is the most eco-friendly building in the UK. Designed by Keppie Architects the building has scored the highest ever BREEAM rating – 84%.
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Comment
Declaring war on waste
With the subject of sustainability hitting the news on a daily basis, it is good that Jennie Price offered some practical advice on how to go about achieving it.
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Comment
Collaboration is the real Olympic prize
Project bank accounts and project insurances were pioneered six years ago, but few have adopted them. Will the 2012 Olympics prove the catalyst for permanent change?
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Comment
Collaboration is the real Olympic prize
Project bank accounts and project insurances were pioneered six years ago, but few have adopted them. Will the 2012 Olympics prove the catalyst for permanent change?
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Comment
Sound check
Plans to run a rail line under Sir Paul McCartney’s London studio have outraged the former Beatle, according to a tabloid report, but also brought the often neglected issue of unwanted vibrations to the fore.
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FeaturesCastleoak marches north
SME focus — Demand is up, so the Cardiff-based care homes specialist is heading beyond the M62
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Carillion issues ultimatum to Mowlem suppliers
Carillion is demanding that subcontractors formerly employed by Mowlem comply with controversial accreditation and payment terms or they will be axed from its supply chain.
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Unions call for gangmaster legislation to cover construction
Construction unions are to ask the government to extend gangmaster legislation to the construction industry.
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CABE lambasts housing and school design
The head of the design watchdog CABE has used its annual report to hit out at large housebuilders and government delivery bodies.
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NewsBuongiorno Sheffield
The proposed redevelopment of the listed 1960s Park Hill flats in Sheffield by Studio Egret West and HawkinsBrown forms part of Britain’s contribution to the Venice Biennale of Architecture, which opened on 10 September and runs until 19 November.
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Features
The brakes are off
Experian Business Strategies’ latest survey of the UK’s contractors indicates that the industry is shrugging off the effects of rising energy prices on the cost of materials
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News
Bovis and Costain part company with senior staff
Bovis’ commercial director and the managing director of Costain’s building division depart
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CommentWonders & blunders
German architect Bernd Truempler blows a kiss at the Olympia Park in Munich, and a raspberry for our own dear national stadium …
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Planning levy won’t cover infrastructure bill
Treasury proposals for a development levy would not benefit the government financially but would hit smaller developers, a coalition of business and property groups will warn chancellor Gordon Brown next week.
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NewsBalfour nuclear workers strike
M&E workers on a nuclear power project in the west of Scotland have launched a series of weekly strikes after contractor Balfour Kilpatrick cut their wages.
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Consultant DBK Back picks up Ipswich utilities firm
Consultant DBK Back has acquired Ipswich firm Utility Cost Management, which will enable it to provide utility management advice across the UK.
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CommentGuilt by association
The rules of bias can apply differently to arbitrators and judges. But if you are hoping to use apparent conflicts of interest within a practice to dodge a decision, beware of looking opportunistic
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News
Oops, what happened to Tony Bingham's article this week?
For those of you who spotted the mistake on page 68 in this Friday's edition of the magazine and are curious to have sight of the full text read on ...