All Building articles in 2007 Issue 27 – Page 3
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NewsPost-Elizabethan
This £1bn, three-tower mixed-use development has been unveiled by Allies and Morrison on the site of Elizabeth House next to Waterloo station in south London.
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Comment
A standard position
Reinwood Ltd appealed the court’s finding that L Brown & Sons Ltd had validly determined its employment under the contract on the grounds that Reinwood had continued to fail to pay the amount properly due under an interim certificate by the final date for payment. Reinwood and Brown entered into ...
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Tesco pay protests
Tesco shareholders have hit back over a bonus scheme that would see Sir Terry Leahy, the chief executive, take home an extra £11.5m on top of his salary.
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CommentSo where are we now?
So Brown’s government is to be “aggressively pro-business”, according to John Hutton, the business secretary.
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Comment
Mediation under the microscope
Enthusiasts will tell stories to show that mediation is a cure-all while others remain unconvinced. Nicholas Gould summarises the findings of a survey that goes beyond the merely anecdotal
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NewsLondon Underground prepares for the worst
London Underground (LU) has made contingency plans in case Metronet, the troubled Tube PPP consortium, collapses
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NewsLondon Underground prepares for the worst
London Underground makes contingency plans in case Metronet collapses
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NewsLesson for Kazakhstan
HOK has revealed these designs for a school in the Kazakh city of Almaty. It is linked to Haileybury school in Hertfordshire and will be the first British branded school to be built in the Commonwealth of Independent States.
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Hips loopholes
Loopholes that enable homeowners to avoid Home Information Packs, such as removing a bed to turn it into a three bedroom property, will make the scheme “unenforceable” according to critics.
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FeaturesThe handover
When Mike Davies took over from James Wates as chair of the Strategic Forum earlier this week, the organisation got a quieter, more reserved leader. Mark Leftly spoke to both men to find out if this will also mean a change of direction
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NewsSmart Guy’s
Contractor Crispin & Borst is putting the finishing touches to this boiler house scheme at Guy’s and St Thomas’ hospital in central London.
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NewsToo much waste going to landfill sites, says review of London
More renewable energy is being used in London but too much waste is going to landfill, causing harmful greenhouse gases, according to an environmental report by Ken Livingstone, the mayor of London.
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FeaturesMetronet puts its future on the line
The consortium with the job of upgrading most of London Underground is struggling to cope with a £2bn cost overrun, potentially endless legal difficulties and increasingly nervous shareholders. Angela Monaghan looks at how it went so wrong, and what the stakeholders are doing to put it right
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Merton pioneers eco solution
Merton council is set to pioneer a green technology, which it claims will be more efficient than burning biomass.
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CommentExclude the dissenters
I would like to comment on Apocalypse Cow, the column by Richard Steer (13 April, page 34.)
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Pay deal rejected
Electrical contracting members of the Unite union have rejected a 5% pay rise over three years.