All Building articles in 2007 issue 41 – Page 2
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DGT Steel & Cladding Ltd vs Cubitt Building & Interiors Ltd
In February 2006, Cubitt Building and Interiors Ltd; the applicant contractor in these proceedings, engaged the respondent subcontractor, DGT Steel and Cladding Ltd to carry out external cladding works at Telephone House in East London. The subcontract was on Cubitt’s standard terms and conditions and contained an adjudication provision which ...
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Top 250 consultants put on growth spurt
Building's annual league table reveals headcount is up by 18% and fees by 24% among the biggest construction consultants
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At the coal face
Guardian columnist George Monbiot is furious about a new coal planned in south Wales. He berates the government for forcing the scheme on the local community. So what do the joint developers have to say for themselves?
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WRAP releases new recycled content toolkit
Government-backed body issues new version of Recycled Content Toolkit after input from Cyril Sweett, Davis Langdon and Faithful + Gould
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Building model revealed for Trafalgar Square plinth
Artist Thomas Schütte shows coloured glass sculpture that will be on display at the Fourth Plinth in central London
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A sideways move
Here's a less than ingenious way of getting round the fact that your ladder is too short for the job in hand...
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Foster wins U2 Tower contest
Architect's consortium to design 120m tower in Dublin for the rock band U2
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Fifteen eco-champions to spearhead London campaign
New programme launched by Ken Livingstone will see local people taking the initiative on green schemes
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Man jailed five years for stabbing builder
Court sentences attacker for stabbing builder with kitchen knife after campaign of harassment
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Mouchel Parkman rebrands as profit rises 82%
Consulting and business services group will now be known as Mouchel as HBS brand is dropped
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ISG bags £100m mixed-use scheme in London
Construction services group set to start work on 33-storey building that will include student accommodation, offices and shops
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Connaught buys water firm as profit leaps 37%
Property management group acquires Watertech for £9.1m as yearly revenues jump a third to £396m
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Workers' families win £300k compensation for deaths
UCATT wins case for families of two steeplejacks killed in an explosion in Bolton
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Bellway profit up despite tightening market
Housebuilder in bullish mood as order book increases to £667m and profit hits £235m
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New RIBA book offers string of case studies
Sustainable Architecture publication assesses the performance of 45 UK projects that range from housing schemes, schools, offices and refurbishments
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Paper round: Bovis Homes shares drop 43%
Plus housing market slowdown and costly energy-saving homes
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RMJM's Music Box opens in Edinburgh
Stevenson College has unveiled its £3.85m music and performing arts centre
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Japanese architect Kisho Kurokawa dies
Japan's superstar architect Kisho Kurokawa has died, aged 73.Kurokawa was one of the co-founders of the metabolist movement, and designed buildings such as Tokyo’s National Art Centre, the Republic Plaza skyscraper in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur International Airport.Toyota StadiumThe metabolist movement was a group of Japanese architects who came together ...
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Travis Perkins warns of slowing market
Turnover at builders' merchant goes up 11.3% but lead indicators point to a slowdown
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F J Chalcroft fined £260,000 over employee death
HSE warns employers must control risk of falls from height