All Building articles in 2007 Issue 17 – Page 3
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NewsSharp drop in corporate manslaughter convictions
Number of construction deaths resulting in corporate convinctions has fallen dramatically according to new report
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NewsAdams & Sutherland to redesign 2012 Greenway
North London architect was chosen from 70 small practices to redesign the main walkway through the Olympic Park
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NewsThe greening of Uncle Sam
Change is afoot in America. Not only are clients now demanding greener buildings but Oprah Winfrey has started handing out low energy light bulbs to her TV audience
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NewsHadid and Heatherwick win big contracts in Azerbaijan
Signature designers each win high-profile contracts in the world’s fastest growing economy
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NewsODA warms market for pool tender
Lack of interest in building Zaha Hadid's Olympic aquatics centre has prompted ODA to approach contractors
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Tesco removes Kier from main contractor framework
Source close to supermarket chain cites performance issues as contractor 'works to regain position'
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NewsBovis faces fresh upheaval
Contractor to restructure after shock departure of global chief executive after two years
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CommentUnsupervised
While the upper echelons were attending high-profile weddings and the awards, those in the lower pay grades were free to fit solar panels facing the wrong way and misinterpret design instructions ...
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CommentWho are you today?
Contract administrators are in the sometimes awkward position of having to act for the client one minute and being impartial the next. Here’s what happened when one got the balance wrong
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FeaturesTesco’s troubles
Britain’s most successful business (probably) is one of the construction industry’s most important clients (definitely). Yet rumours of strife in its supply chain and a rush of bad publicity appear to be undermining its position.
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Comment
Taking sides
The parties entered into a JCT With Contractor’s Design contract for the construction of 114 residential apartments in Manchester. This case concerns the enforcement of an adjudicator’s decision. During the adjudication, Crosby Homes raised three jurisdictional challenges:1 There was no jurisdiction under the “side agreements”2 ...
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CommentTen reasons to do the right thing
You don’t have to cut carbon emissions just because your conscience tells you to. It’s good for business as well, says Stuart Wallace of the New Economics Foundation
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Comment
Proving the rule
I read with surprise your assertions in the article “Illegal T5 Worker Deported” (20 April, page 11).
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CommentThe Polish Olympics
The Beijing Olympics are mainly being built by British firms, but if we don’t want our own Games built by eastern European labour, we need to train our young people now
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CommentNetworking
Since he got wi-fi, Alex Smith has got used to finding Kevin and Brian lurking around his house. In fact, as long as everybody’s secured their broadband, it’s a good way to meet the neighbours …
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Comment
Special needs
Following your leader article (13 April, page 3), it would make qualifying the workforce a little bit more palatable for the specialists if there was parity of costs in our industry between mainstream activities and the specialist organisations.
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Morgan Sindall win
Morgan Sindall reported a good start to the year in its annual meeting this week.
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Comment
The suppliers are mobilised
To deliver zero-carbon homes on the necessary scale within a decade, and to address the national housing crisis, we need mandatory national standards and implementation (13 April, page 13).
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NewsODA warms market for pool tender
The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) has telephoned several UK contractors to try to persuade them to bid for the 2012 aquatics centre.
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Comment
When justice prevails
Jonathan Lewis and Mark London Ever suffered from an adjudicator’s unfair decision? If so, the Humes vs Homes case will make for encouraging reading: the court recognised the adjudicator’s decision as wrong and refused to enforce it