All Building articles in 2008 Issue 17 – Page 6
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Campaign to rebuild trust in construction gathers support
The Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust has backed Building’s Rebuilding Trust campaign, which calls on the industry to support a code banning anti-competitive practices.
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Callcutt to head customer satisfaction taskforce
NHBC acts to pre-empt Office of Fair Trading investigation into standard of new homes
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Office owners overestimate their buildings’ energy ratings
Two-thirds of office landlords believe their buildings will get higher energy performance ratings than those anticipated by experts.
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CommentBuilding buys a pint … for RMJM
For this week’s pint we are in the heart of trendy Hoxton in east London, the raw version of architect’s ghetto Clerkenwell, which lies just to the west.
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Manhattan firefighters sue Bovis
Five firefighters are suing Bovis Lend Lease for negligence after they suffered career-ending injuries in a fire at the Ground Zero site in New York, writes Dan Stewart.
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‘Boost flood cash’
The British Property Federation has called for the government to invest more money in flood defences in a submission to the review by Michael Pitt of lessons from last summer’s floods.
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CommentTender is the blight
There’s no excuse for bid rigging, but there may be certain facts that explain it. Like, for example, the whole way competition is supposed to work in our industry
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CommentWeb watch - Reporters beware
Now readers can generate their own web content about issues that concern them on Building’s new online discussion board. Alex Smith takes a peek at the hottest topics so far…
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Barratt plans to cut land spend
Barratt has reportedly reduced its land-buying programme beyond its target of £1.2bn for the year to 30 June 2008.
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FeaturesForeign Office Architects' John Lewis in Leicester: Great Drapes
Foreign Office Architects’ new John Lewis department store in Leicester has revolutionised retail design by wearing its curtains department on the outside. Martin Spring admires the stitching
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Merton Rule pioneer leaves council for architect’s firm
One of the inventors of the controversial Merton Rule has been poached from Merton council by a small planning and architecture firm.
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Trade body given the all-clear
The Builders’ Conference, the trade association that provides tender price information to contractors, has written to its members to assure them that its procedures comply with competition law. Neil Edwards, the organisation’s chief executive, said: “We took legal advice on the group’s systems and procedures for gathering and reporting tender ...
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NewsHousing slump: The week it all went from bad to worse
The mood in the housebuilding industry has darkened as evidence flows in that sales, shares, land values, house prices, new starts and jobs are all falling faster than expected
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HOK masterplan for Dublin Airport City: The city and the sky
The Irish government has unveiled HOK’s masterplan for a *4bn (£3.2bn) “airport city” in Dublin.
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Insulation advert complaint is upheld
The Advertising Standards Authority has upheld a complaint against an insulation maker that claimed its thermo-reflective insulation was as effective as traditional insulation.
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NewsConstructionSkills says sorry for 'sexist' advert
Training body says provocative newspaper advert is ‘something we won’t be doing again’
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Inspace in South Acton: Lovely jubbly
Developer Inspace has been appointed to the £43m redevelopment of the South Acton Estate by housing association Catalyst Housing Group.
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US legal giant offers to act for bid-rigging victims
As CMHT contacts clients, Bowmer & Kirkland and Durkan Pudelek emerge on ‘cash for bids’ list
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NewsCouncils act to purge suppliers in wake of OFT inquiry
Contractors face being left off local authority tenders as public sector clients react to bid-rigging scandal
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Project bank account launched
Barclays Commercial Bank has launched its project bank account for the construction industry.