All Building articles in 2007 Issue 39 – Page 5
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News
Scaffold collapse injures seven at Wates site
Work on £15.8m Liverpool John Moores University arts building halted after workers fall 30ft
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Comment
Think of the children
Bill Watts’ argument against the use of biomass to meet schools’ energy demands is woolly (24 August, page 32).
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NewsHousebuilders ‘will hit zero carbon target’, says HBF
Federation boss Baseley denies claim that private sector is not working to 2016 deadline
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NewsThe Camden scene
Public consultation has begun on a £7m plan to regenerate Camden Town in London.
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Comment
How to take calculated risks
Contracting is a seller’s market right now, which is forcing more clients to go down the construction management route. As this is more dangerous than other methods, it requires more precautions
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News
Mears out to buy
Mears is on the prowl for further acquisitions after its purchase of Keller Group’s social housing division for a nominal sum.
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Comment
Risky business
The directive to remove the legal obligation on architects trained in the EU to register with the Architects Registration Board, as long as they are working in the UK on a “temporary or occasional” basis, is due to be brought in by 20 October (31 August, page 12).
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NewsSixty feared dead in Vietnam bridge collapse
Up to 60 construction workers are feared dead and 100 others are missing after a bridge collapsed in southern Vietnam on Wednesday morning.
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NewsWhite Young Green boss prepares to go nuclear
In his first major interview as WYG boss, Lawrie Haynes outlines plans to expand energy division
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Bids in for colleges framework
Architects and consultants this week submitted final bids for work on the Learning and Skills Council’s framework for building and refurbishing further education colleges.
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NewsBeyond the zero
Work has begun on the UK’s first carbon negative development in Beeston, Leeds.
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NewsView from my office: Lee Barron
RLF Sheffield’s associate partner can see an idyllic golf course on the malt whisy trail from his office. Lucky chap
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NewsThe beautiful South Bank
Bovis Lend Lease has reached practical completion on London’s Bankside 2&3, designed by Allies and Morrison.
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CommentA is for attestation, B is for breach
Michael Conroy Harris provides a handy bluffer’s guide for all those who find themselves flustered when dealing with legal terms. This week, A and B …
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CommentPay attention!
Alistair Campbell in his prime would have struggled to put a positive spin on the progress of the government’s flagship school building programme.
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CommentWe need another national grid
Britain has been battered by floods and parched by droughts in recent summers. But if we had a national water grid, we could cope with both, argues David Lush
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NewsEco-town winners to be announced by March
Sustainability consultants claim six-month timetable for choosing winning bidders for Gordon Brown’s 10 new towns is unrealistic
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Akenhead elevated
Robert Akenhead, a barrister with Atkin Chambers and a longstanding Building columnist, has been appointed a judge of the Technology and Construction Court.