All Building articles in 2008 Issue 6 – Page 4
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NewsDeutsche Bank starts Europe's biggest green office refurb
Work starts on £150m scheme to slash power and CO2 emissions by more than half at Frankfurt headquarters
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NewsLivingstone's on-site energy plans 'inefficient'
London First hits out at mayor for piecemeal approach to renewables and for ignoring the existing estate
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NewsPlanners reject Sheppard Robson mega-church
Plan for 9,500-seat church is not suitable for local community says London Thames Gateway Development Corporation
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NewsImages: Stephen Lawrence Centre attack - what's the cost?
Building went to David Adjaye's new Stephen Lawrence Centre to assess the damages caused by yesterday's racist attack
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NewsWeekly Green Gauge Feb 15th
Some of the frutiest stories on the web this week were our bitter Valentine, up to the ears with Charles and the most complicated sustainable transport project since Boston's Big Dig.
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NewsForest Hill crane wreckage removed
Collapsed crane will be taken to the Health and Safety Laboratory in Buxton for testing
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NewsAngel of the North marks birthday with spectacular light show
Antony Gormley is illuminated for the first time in years to celebrate its 10th anniversary
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NewsPinnacle contractor admits delays
Keltbray says demolition work on site of 300m tower will be held up by at least two months
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NewsFranklin + Andrews buys airports QS for £1m
Mott MacDonald’s QS arm buys transport specialist Needlemans
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NewsOne of Gaudí’s little jokes …
Thanks to Keith Fuell who took this photo of a worker at the great architect’s Casa Casa Batlló in Barcelona.
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CommentWeb watch — What users want
It may seem a simple criterion to consider when developing a website, but a lot of construction firms are happy to settle for a meaningless brand extension exercise
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FeaturesThe squeeze
They are culling their supply chains and demanding cash from those that are left, but are main contractors really as bad as the big bad wolf? Roxane McMeeken listens to both sides of the argument
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Comment
Whose risk is it?
In his legal column, James Bessey (25 January, page 59) tells us “there was a first and second layer of insurers. The first paid out, but the second reserved its position”. If the court has established liability, on what grounds can an insurer refuse to pay?
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CommentTelling the truth to young people
Open mike When it comes to a career in construction, it’s hard to get talented youngsters interested. Which is especially frustrating because they’d love it if they could just get on site
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For the love of it
With the long hours, job insecurity, capricious clients, and the quality of work life resulting from shoestring budgets (not to mention low pay) isn't it amazing anyone stays in this game (“Architects look abroad as staffing crisis deepens”, 1 February, page 15)?
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Record for London
Thirty-three thousand homes were built in London last year, the highest figure since 1977, according to the Greater London Authority.
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CommentLight relief
Housing ministers, newspaper photographers and 7ft rats are left floundering in the dark, while the bright lights of the Sheds conference attract a merry horde of musicians, pranksters and talking frogs
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Know your limits
Shy Jackson (25 January, page 60) refers to the government’s renewed interest in the Law Commission proposals on reform of the law of time limitation.