All Building articles in 2008 Issue 7 – Page 5
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NewsWhats new, pussycat?
Celia Hammond is the former sixties model behind an animal trust that has rescued more than 170 cats from the Olympic site.
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M&E at Zaha museum
Balfour Kilpatrick has won a £3.5m contract to provide mechanical services for Zaha Hadid’s Riverside Museum in Glasgow.
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Mears in Mole Valley
Mears has been awarded a five-year deal with Mole Valley Housing Association in Surrey.
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What London needs
Further to your article on the establishment of a London board of the Home and Communities Agency (7 February, Building.co.uk), the availability of affordable housing in the capital is one of the city’s most pressing issues.
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Jarvis upbeat
Jarvis has said it is on track to report its best results since 2003 despite high-profile delays to a Network Rail job over Christmas in Rugby, Warwickshire.
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FeaturesThe incredible hull
Ralph Erskine’s Ark is one of London’s most striking landmarks, but it has lain dormant for most of its short existence. Now developer Landid and an architect called DN-A have enacted an extraordinary genetic mutation. Martin Spring saw the result
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CommentHow safe are the specialists?
Another well known family name looks like becoming history this week. In an echo of the famous sale of Laing to O’Rourke in 2002, Hills Electrical was taken over by one of its rivals for the nominal sum of a pound.
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Speedy Hire turnover
Equipment hire firm Speedy Hire has posted a 43% rise in third-quarter turnover.
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High profit at Low
Low & Bonar, the contract flooring maker, reported a 39% jump in turnover to £312m and a 52% rise in pre-tax profit to £22.4m for the year to 30 November.
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CommentYoung at heart
If it’s not Chris Liddle rocking Old Trafford or Julian Daniels shouting from the stands, then it’s Will Alsop talking dirty or … goodness, is that Richard Steer with those gun-toting heavies?
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CommentHere to go
Our latest columnist, Tory shadow minister Michael Gove, ponders how long Caroline Flint will hold on to her job – especially after that debut speech …
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Hill in Georgia
Hill International is set to provide project management services for the $90m (£45m) Sakanela mixed-use development in Tbilisi in the Republic of Georgia.
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The facts of life
I read with interest the copious articles (8 February, page 62-65) regarding the Office of Government Commerce’s Guide to Best Fair Payment Practice and the follow-on subject of project bank accounts.
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Sourcing materials overseas: Foreign entanglements
Did you know you can cut the cost of materials 30% by getting them overseas? And did you also know the risks you’re running by doing so?
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FeaturesInterview with Jon Emery of Hammerson
Hammerson doesn’t like cosy relationships and obliging suppliers. It wants designers and builders who will kick back, come up with alternative suggestions and generally keep its creative juices flowing.
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Top QSs miss out on further education framework
Gardiner & Theobald and EC Harris omitted from £1.2bn pre-qualification list for colleges
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CommentE is for express terms, F is for fitness for purpose
The A to Z of construction law: Our instant course in legal concepts continues with some advice on how express terms can muddy the waters, and a guide to fitness for purpose obligations
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