All Building articles in 2006 issue 41 – Page 5
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Comment
Alan Titchmarsh on speed
Aldo Giovanelli writes: “Attached is a picture of someone attempting to dig his own grave. I am a building control officer and having had to deal with a partially collapsed building the previous week I was naturally a little perplexed at this one. Fortunately this building hasn't collapsed … yet.”
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Comment
Not just hot air
The party conferences weren’t just about Tony and Gordon, Dave and Ming – they actually discussed something that matters …
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Comment
Full steam ahead, all guns blazing
As a lobbying group the construction industry acts like a bunch of weekend sailors on a pleasure cruise. James Wates thinks it needs to turn itself into a disciplined navy
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News
PFI expert quits RBS after his team is moved to London
Jeff Thornton is unlikely to apply for key Treasury role, despite frontrunner’s withdrawal
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News
Illegal workers ‘too scared’ to report accidents at work
Report calls for migrants who report unsafe practices to be granted immunity from deportation
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News
Skills academy’s fate to be decided by end of month
The government will announce at the end of this month whether plans for a national construction skills academy will go ahead.
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News
Mace and Amec pull out of city academy framework
Firms leave £1.6bn school programme over concerns about high risks and low rewards
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News
£4bn plan for Brent Cross
Hammerson, Multiplex and Standard Life have started a public consultation process on plans for the £4bn regeneration of Brent Cross and Cricklewood in north-west London.
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News
WNSL to pay extra £35m in settlement
Wembley National Stadium Limited (WNSL) is set to reach an out-of-court settlement to contractor Multiplex on the condition that it completes Wembley for next year’s FA Cup final.
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News
Green agency hit by £5.3m VAT bill
The government’s green agenda suffered a setback this week after an energy-efficiency agency was slapped with a £5.3m tax bill, forcing it to restrict its activities.
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Features
Top 250 Consultants 2006: And they’re off!
Fasten your earmuffs … speed demons, classic saloons, green racers, nimble runarounds and hardy 4×4s are all on the starting grid for this year’s Top 250 consultants survey. Martin Hewes compiles the results and Katie Puckett does the commentary
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News
Wolseley heads £2bn buyers league
There was a flurry of merger and acquisition activity between June and September, with deals worth close to £2bn being made at home and abroad.
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News
Lemley warns of WW2 bombs on Olympic site
The head of the body responsible for delivering the Olympic games has expressed fears over unexploded bombs buried deep in the ground under the Olympic park in east London.
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News
Back issues - October 1945
Reconstruction needs more plasterers – just don’t mention the wall …
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News
Energy price rises have cost industry extra £1.6bn
The UK’s high energy prices are costing contractors billions of pounds and threatening the government’s construction programme, industry bodies warned this week.
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