All Building articles in 2007 Issue 03 – Page 3
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One man’s junk ...
Last week I spotted one of your “little gems of genius” (5 January, page 12) about the online marketplace whatdoidowiththis.com.
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A journey without maps
We were, of course, being ironic on our cover, but it’s no understatement to say the drive to make new homes zero carbon by 2016 is a venture into the unknown.
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CommentLet’s make this interesting ...
Sure, anyone can fall off a scaffolding and break a couple of bones, but how many fall off and drown in a river?
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CommentTell us where it hurts
Open mike The government’s push for large framework deals is proving costly for smaller firms. So a new Strategic Forum survey aims to find out how bad it’s getting.
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WEB WATCH How to survive
... the aftermath of an office party. Every month Amaya Lopez provides us with a list of tips on how to survive perils at work on www.building4jobs.co.uk. Here’s the latest edition
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Start at home
The lack of impact of the RICS’ campaign against the government’s restrictions on QSs coming to work in Britain shouldn’t really come as a surprise (“RICS frustrated by failure of visa campaign”, 5 January, page 14).
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NewsKen makes over his old home town
Ken Shuttleworth’s Make Architects has unveiled these images of its £230m proposals for the mixed-use City Park Gate masterplan in Birmingham.
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CommentMind the GAAP
TAX TIPS - The ripple effect of the Enron scandal is affecting accountancy standards in the UK, and will result in some companies showing higher returns – and possibly paying more tax
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CommentHansom Twists of fate
Fortuna’s wheel continued to revolve this week, bringing some six-figure windfalls and ownership of the year 1856, throwing others into the law courts and leaving one firm at the mercy of newts
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Falling short
This was an appeal from a decision of the Inner House of the Scottish Court of Sessions that Robb was 50% to blame for an accident and that his employer, Salamis (M&I) Limited (“Salamis”), had not breached the Provision of Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998. Robb claimed damages against ...
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UK firms travel to India to explore investment options
Construction companies are among an 80-strong delegation that has travelled to India to try to increase British investment in the country.
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Swan scraps London eco tower
An east London housing association has withdrawn plans to build the capital’s first “Ecohomes excellent” residential development after a backlash by local residents.
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No move to east London
A postscript to the article “Foster consortium set to bid for Olympic media centre” (5 January, page 11) implies that the proposal to move some key departments and channels to Salford may not happen.
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FeaturesDone to a turn
Architect Clague’s curvaceous extension to the Strode Park Foundation brings something that most housing for disabled people has never even heard of – glamour.
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CommentA difference of emphasis
Letters of intent are paved with good intentions, but can trigger endless legal manoeuvres. A joyous time for lawyers but for nobody else. Here the couple to fall out were Skanska and supermarket chain Somerfield
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Developers ‘face uncertain year’
Developers are facing an unpredictable year despite the recovery in the commercial market.
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De Kieviet’s gambit
Company focus BuildOnline has just merged with a US rival – and now it’s going global
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CommentCultural revolution II
The eco-city being planned by Arup outside Shanghai sounds like a publicity stunt. But it’s not. It’s an audacious attempt to change the world
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FeaturesSpecialist cost update: Structures
In our latest specialist update, the experts from Gardiner & Theobald outline lead times, costs and the issues most likely to cause sleepless nights for the piling, concrete frame and structural steelwork sectors