All Building articles in 2007 Issue 23 – Page 3
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NewsPaper Round: Olympic logo was chosen blind while we're asked to sit in the dark
The weekend papers suggest Olympic organisers chose logo firm without seeing any of its designs and urge us to switch off the lights
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NewsEgret West plans 'giant oyster' for South Shields - images
Masterplan for 35ha scheme includes 1300 homes and the UK's first 100% recycled park
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NewsBeauty and the beach
Nine futuristic beach huts will be built as part of a Bathing Beauties exhibition in Lincolnshire for Architecture Week
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Latchways reports 26% increase in profits
Fall arrest systems manufacturer sees turnover rise to £31.9m
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Hyder Consulting profit soars 60%
Consultant in talks over a number of potential acquisitions as turnover tops £200m
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NewsWhat's wrong with this picture?
A lot by the look of things - see how many safety blunders you can spot
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NewsPortcullis House’s carbon footprint revealed
MP’s office emits 537 tonnes of carbon dioxide a year according to new figures
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NewsPersimmon fined £125,000 after crush death
Fatal injuries blamed on health and safety breaches on Space 4 site
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NewsREID Architecture and 3D Architects announce merger
3DReid will boast 320 employees and a £20m turnover making it one of the top ten practices in the UK
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News2012 Olympic village attracts 500 architects
Architects have three more weeks to enter submission before 40 practices are appointed to compete for commissions
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Magnitude of crane safety neglect exposed by HSE
Four workers narrowly escape death in a crane collapse in Croydon as the Health and Safety Executive lists a seven-year catalogue of serious errors
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NewsHadid’s Olympic aquatics centre faces more cuts
Architect loses control of design as contractors work to scale back costs again
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NewsRICS members in Hips revolt
Petition demands withdrawal of proposal for ‘costly’ judicial review of home information packs
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CommentStrict time
Surely a contractor has a right to claim for an extension of time if the delay was the fault of the employer? Well no, not necessarily, according to the third edition of the NEC
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FeaturesThe shadow of suspicion
The Office of Fair Trading has reached the critical point of its probe into bid rigging in construction. Dan Stewart and Sarah Richardson look at what it has found, the effect on the industry – and how contractors are fighting back
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Office politics
Regus (UK) Limited supplies serviced office accommodation. Epcot Solutions Ltd provides professional IT training. Epcot entered into an agreement with Regus on Regus’ usual terms and conditions for the use of serviced office accommodation for Epcot’s training courses. Epcot initially rented office accommodation in Heathrow. After Regus closed this location, ...
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CommentYesterdays man
Lord Lawson has long been a bucket on the tiller of sane attempts to steer the UK towards a smart, efficient, renewable low-carbon economy.
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Norcros to list
Products maker and distributor Norcros Group, which operates in the UK and South Africa, intends to list on the London stock exchange.
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FeaturesThe law machine
Britain’s biggest court complex since the Royal Courts of Justice is opening in Manchester …
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CommentWhat more do we need to know?
Many people have suspected that there was something a bit haphazard about the way companies handled tower cranes.