All Building articles in 2007 Issue 06 – Page 3
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What do you mean, ‘be reasonable’?
When deciding to end a contract, is it reasonable to consider your commercial interests based on the employer’s history of legal actions? This is what a judge in Salford had to say
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NewsMultiplex in Kensington
A £200m tower in Kensington is set to receive the go-ahead from councillors.
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How Lift has worked wonders
Your article on the Lift primary healthcare programme raised some interesting points about how effective the scheme has been since its inception and certainly merits further analysis (26 January, page 38).
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FeaturesHello world, we are Nokia
Nokia’s global network of high-tech outlets is about to hit London. Katie Puckett went to Finland to see if they really make the Apple store look like ‘Little House on the Prairie’
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NewsPFI specialist Nightingale hit by healthcare slowdown
Architect posts pre-tax loss of £105,000 and warns that it will be ‘lucky to break even’ this year
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Galliford in talks
Galliford Try demonstrated its appetite for growth this week as it announced that it was in talks to buy southern housebuilder Linden Homes for about £200m.
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Research shows decimation of UK industrial job market
A report on industrial property, commissioned by agent GVA Grimley, highlights changes in the sector over the past 20 years.
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CommentDangerous drop
Sites are safer than they were in 2002, but the next set of HSE statistics will show that things are getting worse. The causes are difficult to pinpoint but the solutions are easier to find
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Community hospitals u-turn
It is understood that the government has scrapped a multimillion pound programme to build 50 community hospitals.
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NewsContest launched for zero-carbon communities
A government competition has challenged housebuilders to come up with proposals for zero carbon developments.
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NewsMystery firms close in on Foster
Four private equity firms are circling Lord Foster’s practice, the second round of bids for which are due in by the end of the month.
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Features‘How could this happen in a civilised country?’
Last September, Liliana Alexa’s son Michael died while he was washing his car – the first member of the British public to be killed in a tower crane collapse. Angela Monaghan explains why a public register of crane safety checks is needed to ensure that he is the last.
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FeaturesDealer’s choice
As head of joint ventures at HBOS, Bruce Anderson has been busy building up stakes in housebuilders, and now has his sights set on Crest Nicholson. But if he’s right that in a few years’ time there’ll be only three housebuilders left, he may have the chance to spend more ...
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Former Laing O’Rourke chief sets up consultancy
Roy Adams, the former director of Laing O’Rourke’s Radical Innovation Group, has set up a regeneration consultancy after his sudden departure from the contractor.
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Without a care
On 9 January 2001, Ian Gray, a fire alarm installation engineer and employee of Fire Alarm Fabrication Services Limited (FAFS) fell through a skylight window in the roof of a building at Victoria Station. He died as a result of the injuries he sustained.This was an appeal by E H ...
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Cabe reveals worst housing designers
Out of Britain’s top 10 volume housebuilders, Bellway Homes is the company with the poorest designed schemes and Berkeley Group is the company with the best, according to an audit by Cabe
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CommentThe one with two buckets
State your case Is a settlement deal subject to adjudication? Mr Justice Jackson’s answer will stick in the memory. He says it depends on what’s in your bucket.