All Building articles in 2007 Issue 14 – Page 3
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NewsNeolithic new look
Permission for a visitors’ centre at Stonehenge has been granted but will only go ahead if plans to build a tunnel under Salisbury Plain are given the green light.
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CommentThe towers of London
The capital’s flirtation with tall buildings is becoming a love affair, thanks to the commercial and aesthetic success of recent designs. But how can we keep it going?
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Let’s stick together ...
The new CDM regulations come into force tomorrow. In this special, Christopher Pedder explains how the new rules will promote partnering ...
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MPs put industry under the microscope
MPS have launched a wide-ranging inquiry into the construction industry that will include an examination of its capacity to deliver large infrastructure projects.
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NewsSilvertown is here!
A Section 106 agreement is expected to be signed today on Silvertown Quays, the long-awaited £1.5bn mixed-use scheme in east London, close to the Olympic site.
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CommentHansom Ripping yarns
A spell-binding 348-page account of PFI standardisation, the equally long-running saga of David Cameron’s home improvements and a rather jolly chinwag with the Tory MEP for Gibraltar
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NewsA grocer scorned
Tesco is threatening to mount a judicial review of the decision by communities minister Ruth Kelly to allow a rival scheme on a site it owns in Sunderland.
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NewsGorillas view of the world
A female gorilla surveys London zoo’s latest attraction, the £5.3m Gorilla Kingdom, built by Crispin & Borst, which will open to the public this weekend.
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RICS ready for French showdown
The RICS could take France to the European Court of Justice if it refuses to permit a British building surveyor to practise there.
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CommentFouled by your own side
If you hire somebody to do something, then prevent them doing it, then you can’t sue them for breach of contract. Let’s see how this fundamental rule applies to Wembley
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Foster to offer staff shares
Lord Foster is considering widening staff ownership of shares in Foster + Partners.
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FeaturesFlood management: The water’s lovely
The UK faces a future of devastating floods, like the one that hit Boscastle three years ago. But instead of fighting them, some people are suggesting we learn to live with them.
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FeaturesGetting even
As chair of the Equal Opportunities Commission, Jenny Watson will be in charge of enforcing the gender equality rules that are about to come into force. And given the industry’s dismal record on recruiting women, it had better look out.
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Dont mess with a QS
I write in response to the letter from Michael Brown of the CIOB (23 March).
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NewsDeveloper sues MJ Gleeson over Sheffield landmark
Devonshire Green Holdings claims refund and damages totalling £9.2m for work on West One
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Sir Derek Higgs to retire from Partnerships UK
Sir Derek Higgs, chairman of Partnerships UK (PUK), has announced his retirement from the infrastructure partnerships body after seven years.