All Building articles in 2006 issue 42 – Page 3
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Williams Lea vs Thames Water Utilities
Corporate information solutions company Williams Lea Ltd is suing Thames Water Utilities for damages of £250,000 in a dispute over a flood
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St James Group in High Court battle
Property developer St James Group has launched a legal battle over a property.
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NewsCorus accepts Tata Steel £4.3bn offer
Anglo-Dutch steel firm has accepted a £4.3bn takeover offer from India's Tata Steel
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NewsMiller Group eyes Linden as it plans expansion in South
Scottish group signs confidentiality agreement preliminary to bid for £300m housebuilder
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NewsRogers ignites row over Olympic stadium design
ODA faces first serious setbacks as Lord Rogers queries designs and Jack Lemley quits
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Libeskind brings Eden to North
Rainforest attraction is expected to be located in Blackpool or Liverpool and will feature hotel and giant greenhouse
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NewsWinners of the LABC awards
Results from last nights awards ceremony celebrating the projects that deliver partnership, innovation and sustainability
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NewsQSs voice ‘grave concern’ over RICS’ data arm sale
Senior quantity surveyors concerned over repercussions for industry if Canadian firm buys BCIS
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Wembley settlement in sight
Wembley National Stadium Limited and contractor Multiplex were on the verge of settling their dispute about the stadium as Building went to press.
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Comment
Setting it straight
Your feature concerning the “Cladding crisis” (6 October, page 42) refers to sources which appear to be out of date in regard to the state of play in the UK market, specifically in relation to our company, Schneider GB Ltd.
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FeaturesUnmasking Mr Morello
Remember that odd letter you got from an unknown Italian? This is who sent it
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FeaturesA league of their own
Feeling excluded from all those testosterone-fuelled corporate football matches? Lorraine Cushnie pulled on a netball bib and met some women who have taken matters into their own hands
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Tories launch regs review
The Conservative party is conducting a review of the Building Regulations, with the intention of simplifying them if it wins the next general election.
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How kool is that?
Architect Rem Koolhaas has unveiled these designs for an office building in the City of London.
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FeaturesHow Hodge will help us
After five years of feeling sidelined by ministers, the construction industry seems to have found a genuine champion in Margaret Hodge. Mark Leftly went to meet one of life’s enthusiasts
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CommentHard lessons
Open your wallets, construction industry, because a network of city academies is the only hope we have of halting the relentless march of the soft degrees ...
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Comment
Unstable ground
This was an appeal against a ruling on a preliminary issue. Technotrade Ltd had produced a site investigation report dated 14/12/98 on a sloping site. The report found that it was satisfactory for the proposed development of a number of two storey houses and contained no prohibition against assignment.When the ...
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Gateway housing targets
The government is preparing tougher targets for the quality and quantity of housing in the Thames Gateway.
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FeaturesThe firm that repackaged Ikea
M&E consultant GDM is transforming the furniture giant’s sustainability record