All Building articles in 2007 Issue 06 – Page 2
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NewsSaint-Gobain buys Channel Islands builders merchant
Materials group acquires the Norman Group as well as Dutch firm Galvano Groothandel and Germany-based Schulte Tiefbau
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NewsPeter Bennett takes up City post dating back to Middle Ages
Chartered surveyor takes over from Ted Hartill in a role that dates back to 1478
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NewsBovis takes £48m hit on Northern projects
Bovis will reveal hit in February interims after problems on Manchester Joint Hospitals project and Bridewater Place in Leeds
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NewsStewart McColl steps down as chief executive in SMC reshuffle
Chairman Rodney Walker takes over dad to day running of the architect following profit warning as McColl moves to role of deputy chairman
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NewsPaper round: Health warning for HSE
The Times reveals an accident prone HSE while British Energy enters nuclear talks according to the Independent on Sunday
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NewsRichard Rogers Partnership to change name in April
The famous practice will be known as the Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners
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NewsHouse prices now over £200,000
Price of average house in UK is £201,090 according to latest figures from DCLG
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SIG appoints Christopher Davies to board
Materials supplier appoints managing director of its Europe division as an executive director
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NewsGroundworks firm fined £3500 after drilling accident
Livingston firm Consolidate is fined for health and safety breaches following accident on drilling rig
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NewsODA launches e-tendering website
Firms will be able to sign up for email alerts giving them advance notice of 2000 London Olympics contracts
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NewsA bed of thorns
If you were the victim of a bed delivery mix-up would you remain sanguine or serve a writ? Our legal columnist considers the options and sees parallels in the construction industry
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NewsMystery firms close in on Foster
The architect met four private equity firms this week ahead of a senior management meeting
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Cabe reveals worst housing designers
Bellway comes bottom of Cabe's list which judges the quality of housing designs among the top ten housebuilders
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NewsNG Bailey hunts YouTube pranksters
M&E contractor launches investigation after footage of workmen setting each other alight is uploaded on You Tube
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NewsOlympic stadium scaled back amid fears over cost
Design will include only one covered stand and remain athletics venue as masterplan unveiled
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Procurement change sinks Blair’s academy ambitions
Merging of frameworks likely to scupper prime minister’s plan to build 400 academies by 2010
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Comment
Will this do?
I was pleased to read your article about office fit-outs (“Call that sustainable?” 26 January, page 50).
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CommentDoing what it takes
The Olympics will only truly succeed if the powers-that-be overcome their intellectual timidity and attack the problem with passion, imagination and a whole lot of money
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CommentA skip of one’s own
If a skip has your name stamped on the side, that’s your skip, isn’t it? And anyone who takes it should jolly well give it back, right? Well, not always, as this cautionary tale demonstrates
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CommentA modest proposal
Tony Bingham Rather than trying to sort out disputes when they occur, wouldn’t it be easier to just write clear and fair contracts so that rows don’t occur in the first place?