All Building articles in 2006 issue 40 – Page 4
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Features
Let the good times roll
This month’s survey reveals an optimistic mood among UK contractors, who are more willing to take on workers, particularly in the civil engineering sector
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CommentThat’s the way the money goes
Less than a third of all construction employers contribute to the levy for training, yet the entire industry benefits. Still need convincing? Read on…
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FeaturesGods of the Plague
They gave Shepherd Construction a two-sheet brief and asked it to build a lab secure enough to test the most dangerous virus on Earth … inside six months. Thomas Lane reports on how the team took the test and triumphed
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NewsFrench Frank
Frank Gehry has unveiled his design for a Paris museum of contemporary art. It consists of a series of enclosed galleries with glass-covered roof terraces.
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ISG and Overbury top London fit-outs
Two contractors have won more than 50% of fit-out work in the London office market over the past two years, according to Metropolis Property Research.
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Rochester Riverside finally gets off launchpad
Medway council in Kent is marketing the first phase of the 34ha Rochester Riverside site to developers, ending years of delay.
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CommentWages of fear
Endangering the minimum wage is just one of the claimed hazards of the new age discrimination law. The bloggers have uncovered even greater depths of influence.
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Farrell signs up for Tories
Lord Heseltine has asked Sir Terry Farrell to join the Conservative party’s taskforce to regenerate UK cities.
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CommentThe Wiltshire Evel Knievel
After our whistlestop world tour of safety blunders, we’re back in Blighty this week to witness a (hopefully) death-defying stunt involving a motorbike, a couple of ladders and a nice, slopey roof.
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CommentDont panic!
We all hope we’d cope in a crisis, but few of us plan for one. In the first of our security series Angus Darroch-Warren explains what to do when the nightmare scenario strikes …
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News‘Double decker’ family homes to meet high-density demand
Bellway Homes and English Partnerships aim to build four-storey blocks in Barking Riverside
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CommentA culture of risk
Denise Chevin’s leader about the economic impact of Eastern European workers on the UK construction industry (25 August, page 3) makes a lot of sense.
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CommentFloored by a contract
A contractor has withheld £250k from a flooring firm and told it the contract states it has to arbitrate directly with the client. How can it best recover the money it is owed?
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Comment
College farce
The news that the National Construction College is facing closure (29 September, page 28) is the most ridiculous thing I’ve read in Building for years – we’re building the Olympic site on top of everything else and shutting down the facility we need to train people at the same time? ...
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News
Inland Revenue exonerated in landmark CIS tax ruling
A builder who sued HM Revenue & Customs after claiming that administrative delays on the Construction Industry Scheme forced his firm out of business has lost his case.
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News
Cappuccinos in Huddersfield
DLG Architects has gained planning consent for the £175m Waterfront Quarter development in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire.
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Jarvis review sparks break-up rumours
Jarvis sparked rumours of a break-up last week when it announced that it had hired merchant bank Close Brothers to conduct a strategic review of the business.