All Building articles in 2006 issue 41 – Page 4
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NewsLaying down the law
Architect Sheppard Robson has won planning permission for this project at Leeds Metropolitan University.
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CommentSomething has to be done
Nine out of 10 sites are delayed by the apparent inability of gas, electricity and water suppliers to do what they’re in business to. They can take six months to produce a simple quote. They can charge you £4,000 before they begin to think about putting in a water mains.
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Utilities delays ‘threaten social homes target’
Delays to projects caused by utility companies are endangering the government’s affordable homes target, the country’s biggest housing association has warned.
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Consultants’ recruitment woes are stunting growth
Consultancy firms are desperately struggling to recruit skilled staff to cope with a booming market for their services, according to Building’s annual survey of the sector.
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FeaturesWe wish to make a complaint
The supply of gas, water and electricity seems to present terrible problems to the companies whose sole business is to do just that – and things are getting steadily worse. Lorraine Cushnie finds out why
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CommentSave the college
Further to your article on the threatened closure of the CITB’s National Construction College (29 September, page 28), I am writing to express our support for its redevelopment.
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NewsCoffee and cobbles
Architect Snell Associates has unveiled this design for a new cafe at the Arnolfini arts centre in Bristol.
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Large projects snub CM
Construction management is no longer a popular contract form on larger schemes, according to the RICS’ latest Contract In Use survey.
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NewsTreasury to insert get-out clause into PFI contracts
Government to give public sector the power to break long-term operating contracts
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GP named chief executive of Partnerships for Health
Sue O’Connell has become chief executive of Partnerships for Health (PfH), which leads the procurement process and the delivery of the NHS Lift programme.
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NewsMajor contractors’ charter gets tough on waste
MCG’s 15 firms set out sustainability targets for themselves and say more are to come
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FeaturesSaved by a credit card
Tropus made it into business by the slimmest of margins – and is now worth £20m
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CommentBoys will be boys
This week it’s sex, duds and hoi sin rolls as the man from BRE gets fruity, the job-swap lads get out of their depth and the Stef Stefanou gets the guests mixing with some old-fashioned bonhomie
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CommentWonders & blunders
David Bellamy worships the Natural History Museum where he learned about botany, but rails against City Hall for its swarms of security guards
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Look before you leap
When a contractor is caught out by unforeseeable events, under the ICE contract it can claim loss and expense from the employer. The problem arises over the definition of ‘unforeseeable’
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Canary Wharf eyes Battersea plan
Canary Wharf Contractors has produced a report to advise developer Parkview of cheaper ways to complete the Battersea power station project in south London.
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NewsCooper declares crackdown on badly designed homes
Housing minister’s comments follow veto of key Thames Gateway scheme by Ruth Kelly
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Contractors with property arms top profit league
Henry Boot claims No 1 spot in survey that shows contractors are being outstripped on margins