All Building articles in 2007 Issue 22 – Page 3
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News
Tesco investigated over mezzanines
Two Tesco stores are being investigated by Hounslow council over the construction of mezzanines
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NewsSir Robert McAlpine hires BRE’s green expert
BRE director to lead new business specialising in designing low- and zero-carbon buildings
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NewsCyril Sweett to use AIM float to fund global expansion
QS will seek backing for surprise listing at extraordinary general meeting later this month
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Welsh skyscraper
What would be Wales’ tallest residential building has been submitted for planning permission.
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Comment
Propping Up
The claimant, Hart Investments, sought to hold the first defendant, Fidler, responsible for the collapse of part a building that Hart owned. Fidler was a structural engineer and denied responsibility for the collapse. He was employed by both the claimant and the second defendant, building contractor Larchpark.Hart alleged that Fidler ...
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NewsTall poppies …
Coin Street Community Builders has revealed these revised proposals for a tower on the south bank of the Thames in London (second from left).
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Comment
A missed opportunity?
The new Pre-Action Protocol for Construction Disputes is to be welcomed. But it won’t stop some litigants from giving the other side the runaround.
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News
Tesco investigated over mezzanines
A row has broken out between Tesco and a London planning authority over a breach of planning law.
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Inspaces train shed
Support services group Inspace has secured phase two of the £45m regeneration of the former Royal Train Shed site in Wolverton, Buckinghamshire, for the property management and regeneration group Places for People.
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CommentHow to inspect things
Just what an “inspecting professional” has to do, and therefore what they can be sued for not doing, has always been a bit of a mystery. Luckily, a familiar case has shed some light on it
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FeaturesRoyal Ontario Museum: A legend in his lunchtime
No need to play ‘guess the architect’ on this new wing for the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto. But you’ll never guess how he did it …
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CommentHappy as a herring
More zany fun with Britain’s most surreal industry, which this week tries to sell a chief executive while carting around a 12m mechanical plant and coaxing John Prescott out of that broom cupboard
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Hanson in Yorkshire
Hanson has bought cladding and concrete supplier Structherm, of West Yorkshire for an undisclosed sum.
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NewsG&T regroups and rebrands to shed ‘stuffy’ image
Consultant founded in 1840, when Queen Victoria was 21, launches a modern makeover
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FeaturesGearing up
As the government prepares the ground for its long awaited nuclear new-build programme, engineers, programme managers and consultants are picking their teams to compete for the UK’s fastest growing market. Sarah Richardson looks at the main players
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Comment
A friend in need
I am writing to tell you about my employer Gleeds. In January I suffered the loss of my father and had to go to Greece to make the appropriate arrangements. I had no idea how long I would have to be there, only that I needed to be on the ...
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Comment
Take the fourth
I read Laurenz Maurer’s useful article (11 May, page 66), but he errs when advising readers “If you are subject to the current … Construction Industry Council (CIC) adjudication terms then notify the responding party that you intend to follow the Scheme instead”.
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Timber fire safety
The UK Timber Frame Association has appointed a specialist fire safety consultant.
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