All Building articles in 2007 Issue 07 – Page 3
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CommentPassing notes
YouTube is the lunchtime detention of the online world – filled with pranks, giggles and health and safety violations. Alex Smith can hardly bear to look ...
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Wanted: managers
Thanks to the touting of numerous green policies and the debate over the practicality or indeed feasibility of zero carbon development, environmental issues continue to dominate discussion across construction trade press. This emphasis is something to be celebrated, but we must be conscious of other, equally pressing, issues that are ...
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NewsLove for sale
Ayr Central, the £75m Scottish shopping centre designed by i10 Design, was in the mood to celebrate its first ever Valentine’s Day on Wednesday.
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FeaturesLife, or something quite like it
Second Life is the virtual world that has its own businesses, currency and an exchange rate with real money. And where there’s real money, developers are never far behind. Katie Puckett steps ‘in-world’ as Katarina Rockett (she’s the one with the red bunches) to investigate the world’s first virtual construction ...
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NewsKelly to toughen standards in private rented sector
But critics argue that the introduction of a ‘level playing field’ could put off many investors
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Spending watchdog probes housebuilders’ performance
National Audit Office examines why industry is still falling short of output targets
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CommentWatch out, Homer Simpson
Judges interpret contracts with reference to what a reasonable person would understand under the circumstances. Just don’t expect any help if you claim stupidity
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CommentHansom Romantic interlude
The mating season is here again, so let’s enjoy the gorgeous sight of architects displaying to clients while headhunters feather their nests and Ken Livingstone bangs heads with the French
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NewsOur future is secure
Company focus Security and maintenance services specialist EPS is growing quickly, yet safely
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CommentFighting the invisible killer
New regulations aim to drastically cut down the number of deaths caused by asbestos-related diseases through management, licensing and prohibition guidelines
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FeaturesSorry, but these rules don’t work
Quantity surveyors are piling pressure on the Home Office to rethink the laws that are keeping foreign workers out of the UK – and sending some badly needed ones back home.
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FeaturesIs Foster on the eve of dominance or decline?
Britain’s greatest architectural practice is planning a massive expansion. But what does it mean for the man who founded the business, the global brand and, of course, the buildings?
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Features‘Put this job on a CV and it'll set you up for life’
Being there There are some projects that every self-respecting graduate would do just about anything to work on. Dan Stewart meets nine tyros who had the chance to tackle Heathrow T5
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ITV Granada steps closer to Salford move
Architects working on plans for the BBC’s new home in Salford have been asked to draw up designs for a Granada base on the site.
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CommentGive it a chance
The ODA is taking lots of flak for its sustainable development policy. But Jennie Price, outgoing WRAP supremo and incoming Sport England chief, thinks we should cut them some slack
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FeaturesA guy called Gerald
A tycoon, a predator, a convict, a philanthropist, a philosopher, a doting father ... even among the outsized characters who make up the property developing fraternity, Gerald Ronson is remarkable. Emily Wright found out just how remarkable
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NewsGalliford buys Linden – at last
Galliford Try initially pulled out of the race to buy Linden Homes last year because it thought it was up against too much competition.
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Forget the buildings
Amanda Levete’s views on the need for “internationally renowned” architects to design the buildings for the Olympic Games are a powerful demonstration of how the job you do can warp your perceptions (“Doing what it takes”, 9 February, page 34).