All Building articles in 2007 Issue 32 – Page 6
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Eddie Shah sets up eco housebuilder
Eddy Shah, the former press tycoon, has set up a housebuilding firm aimed at delivering low-cost sustainable homes.
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Pay your dues
The defendants, Mr and Mrs Johnston, engaged the claimant contractor, Pierce Design International Limited, to carry out construction works at the property. The contract incorporated the JCT Standard Form of Building Contract (With Contractor’s Design), 1998 edition. During the contract the defendants failed to make interim payments to the ...
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Kingspans off-site division
Kingspan is to launch an off-site division by merging its timber and steel arms.
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Forum for debate
Your interview with Mike Davies, the new chair of the Strategic Forum, and his predecessor James Wates (20 July, page 36), refers to the role of the chairman rotating every year between the “three core member bodies”.
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Employment deal
A memorandum of agreement from the Olympic Delivery Authority that commits employers to using direct labour has been ratified by the four construction unions after almost a year of negotiations.
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Safety forum date
The industry health and safety forum organised by Peter Hain will take place on 17 September.
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FeaturesMini cost model: Nursing homes
As people in the UK live longer, demand for residential care and nursing homes is growing – as are our expectations of the standard of living they will provide. Max Wilkes of Davis Langdon looks at how home developers and operators are rising to the challenge
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FeaturesYvette Cooper
The government’s effort to get housebuilders to produce more homes has been like a man trying to herd cats by shouting into a megaphone. Now it’s looking for more effective tactics. In her first interview since joining the Cabinet, the housing minister tells Stuart Macdonald what they are.
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Interest rate increases hit commercial market
The rate of growth of the UK’s commercial development in July was below its average for the past 19 months, although it did increase slightly from June’s five-month low.
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NewsStratford City is go
Stratford City has been given the go ahead by the Olympic Delivery Authority and Newham council.
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Parkman buys HBS
Mouchel Parkman has acquired consultant HBS, formerly known as Hyder Business Services, for £46.2m.
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… as seller completes transformation into energy business
Amec this week completed its exit from the built environment with the sale of its building and facilities services division for £117m, ending a divestment process that has been the company’s focus for the past year.
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Rider Levitt Bucknall wins Olympic role
Rider Levitt Bucknall (RLB) has been appointed quantity surveyor by the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (Locog).
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Tough energy target for BSF
At least 60% of the energy for every new English secondary school to come from renewables
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CommentFill in this brief questionnaire
What does ‘dispute’ mean? When are two disputes linked? When are they not linked? If an adjudicator decides unlinked disputes, is his decision invalid? For one or both? How much sense does all this make …?
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The code breakers
The Office of Fair Trading has, up to now, reserved its fire for contractors that cross the line during tendering. But it is not all on one side, as this case from Northern Ireland shows