All Building articles in 2007 Issue 36 – Page 5
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Comment
SAP method works the best
It was a delight to read Jeff Howell’s article (31 August, Page 30) on the dreaded Home information packs (Hips).
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News
Hanif Kara becomes Cabe’s first engineer commissioner
Hanif Kara has become the first engineer to become a commissioner at design watchdog Cabe.
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NewsBanda gold
Foster + Partners has won an Aga Khan Award for Architecture for this design for a university in Malaysia.
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NewsJurys verdict awaited
Developer Mountbrook Homes is seeking planning permission for the Jurys Berkeley Court project in Dublin city centre.
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Industry to attend DWP safety forum
Figures from across the industry will attend the health and safety forum chaired by Peter Hain, the work and pensions secretary, on 17 September.
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Seven teams make shortlist for Olympic handball arena
Seven teams have been shortlisted to design the handball arena for the 2012 Olympic Games, the last permanent venue to be tendered. It is the first time Make Architects has been shortlisted on an Olympic venue.
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Prasad leads RIBA into party political arena
New president sends institute representatives to an unprecedented 17 conference events
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Gleeds appoints new associate director
Kevin Trash becomes associate director of consultant's Tunbridge Wells office
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CommentHappy ever after
Main contractors and subcontractors make all kinds of rash promises during the courting stage. Then they quarrel. A new toolkit from the National Specialist Contractors Council aims to keep things sweet to the end
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Land Securities may break up business after share price drop
The UK’s biggest developer revealed this week that it was considering breaking up its business after shedding a fifth of its value on the stock market since January.
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NewsBalfour Beatty continues acquisition drive with Cowlin
Contractor expands presence in South-west with purchase of £52m Bristol-based company
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Features‘Imagine that you are on level 80 and you want a sandwich. How long will that take you?’
… and other logistical nightmares that might arise when you start building the tallest skyscraper in western Europe between a train station, a bus station, several busy roads and a hospital. Thomas Lane watches work finally get started on the Shard
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CommentIts 60%, but not that 60%
Further to Bill Watts’ Open mike column on schools (24 August, page 32), it must be made clear that the government’s plan for schools is not to “generate 60% of their energy from on-site renewables”, but to reduce carbon emissions by 60% from 2002 levels.
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News
T5 electricians to strike unless new wage deal is agreed
Workers at Heathrow Terminal 5 will strike if a wage agreement is not settled with the Electrical Contractors Association (ECA).
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T5 electricians to strike unless new wage deal is agreed
Union officials visit sites across the country to test workers’ appetite for industrial action
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NewsBovis set to take on £400m MediaCity:UK scheme
Lower-risk construction management role is most likely option on first phase of Salford project
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NewsBovis set to take on £400m MediaCity:UK scheme
Lower-risk construction management role is most likely option on first phase of Salford project
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Rok splashes out £4.8m on North Yorkshire contractor
Construction group Rok has expanded its Yorkshire operations by buying a local contractor for £4.8m.