All Building articles in 2008 Issue 14 – Page 5
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CommentLearn as you go
The construction and built environment diploma is to be launched this September, and the industry is working well with colleges to expand its reach. But how do we make sure it succeeds?
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Two plus two makes five
Regarding the article “Lords reject economic benefits of immigration” (1 April, www.building.co.uk) I wonder at times whether our government can actually add up.
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CommentSurvival of the fittest
At the start of the year we carried a comment piece from David Pretty, the former Barratt chief executive, detailing two scenarios that housebuilders would have in place in the run-up to the spring selling season.
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FeaturesWhitelee wind farm: Putting the wind up
You might think the biggest difficulty in building a wind farm would be the wind itself, but on the moor outside Glasgow the rain, snow and liquid peat are just as bad. Thomas Lane donned his souwester to take a look at the construction of Europe’s largest onshore wind farm.
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Edmund Nuttall’s turnover up
Edmund Nuttall has posted a 4% rise in turnover from £572m to £594m for the year ended 31 December 2007.
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Comment
Pleural plaques: Kicking up a dust
In 2007 the Lords ruled that sufferers of pleural plaques could not seek compensation through the courts. But claimants could still succeed if they base their case on a breach of contract
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Multiplex may delay giving Pinnacle price
Multiplex may delay giving Arab Investments a price for its work on the Pinnacle tower amid rumours it is struggling to finalise a team to build the City of London scheme.
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In the danger zone
Up to 60,000 households spend more than 75% of their disposable income on mortgages and are at risk of repossession, according to a Liberal Democrat report.
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FeaturesCSTT Training Day: So who knows what a QS is?
The Chartered Surveyors Training Trust is fighting to survive with new government funding cuts
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Small housebuilders squeezed by the credit crunch
The credit crunch hit the results of two small housebuilders this week.
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FeaturesSpecialist cost update: Fit-outs
Economic caution has led some office clients to put larger schemes on hold and internet shopping is taking its toll on the retail sector, but landscapers are seeing a rise in activity. Gardiner & Theobald reports
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Problem contracts
Pre-tax profit at Nottinghamshire-based North Midland Construction slipped from £5.5m to £3.1m in 2007 after losses on two jobs.
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NewsPrison contractors face penal damages for delay
Government to hit firms for cost of housing prisoners in police cells if schemes are late
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NewsGleeds wins contract on Foster + Partners' resort
Consultant will cost manage the £100m scheme at Corniche Bay in Mauritius
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NewsConstructionSkills fails to woo women and minorities
Training body’s £500,000 campaign to broaden recruitment base attracts 22% fewer applicants
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Comment
Non-compliance with pre-action protocol: Orange Personal Communications Services vs Hoare Lee
This judgment arose out of an application by the remaining defendant in the claim, for a stay of the proceedings pending the implementation of the process laid down by the pre-action protocol for construction and engineering disputes.The claimant engaged Kier Regional Ltd to carry out the fitting out works to ...
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NewsSharewatch: Housebuilders’ good patch comes to end
The housebuilder rally of recent weeks came to an end amid what one analyst called a “uniformly bleak” week for companies.
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Comment
Lets be civilised
I find Building’s unbalanced response to proposals for the statutory provisions for disabled access to new build-homes disturbing (28 March, page 3, 54-57).