All Building articles in 23 March 2012 – Page 5
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Comment
Should contracts have a clause explaining what 'force majeure' means?
Force majeure has no definition in common law so is it time to introduce a clause into construction contracts that actually says what it means?
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Features
China market report: Once upon a time in the East
No country is changing at such a mind-boggling pace as China - now the largest construction market in the world and with new cities sprouting up all over the land. So is this the right time to be trying to muscle in on the market - or will fears of ...
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News
New year cheer continues
February orders down on January but improved confidence in the market remains
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Features
Will Hinkley Point C survive planners and protests?
Hinkley Point C will be the first nuclear power plant to be built in decades and of course construction firms are keen to be part of the £10bn project. But wait: EDF still has to make a final investment decision, the plant hasn’t even got planning permission yet, and then ...
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Comment
Brian Green on ... employment figures
Employment in construction is flat but there is disparity across the regions
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Features
Interview: Mitie boss Ruby McGregor-Smith
How construction’s only female chief executive learned to stop worrying and build a £2bn company in the midst of a global economic crisis
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Comment
Boom and bust design theory
Our economic cycle, constantly revolving between feast and famine, will never encourage good, sustainable architecture. It is time we found a better way, says Jack Pringle
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News
Bespoke station solution
Flowcrete and Total Protection were asked to produce a bespoke flooring solution for Farringdon station
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Comment
Hansom: Use your assets
This week, a high-vis clothing firm enlists the help of a former Ecuador president, an architecture boss hopes animal behaviour will help her win The Apprentice, and the Energy Saving Trust generates heat
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News
French firm Artelia buys QS Appleyards
Company looks to expand into hospitality, retail and rail sectors
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Anti-static flooring
Sika supplied 13,500m2 of Sikafloor 262 AS Thixo for the assembly hall at the Mini plant in Oxford
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Comment
The TCC and standard final accounts disputes
High Court judges are rebelling and want to send standard final accounts disputes to the county courts. All very well, but it would be a lot quicker to get adjudicators to hear them
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News
Movers and makers 23 March 2012: Flooring
A round up of the latest news from flooring manufacturers
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Comment
Inbox: 23 March 2012
This week one reader wonders why SMEs are treated so badly; others are confused over the state of the housing market… and the Construction Act; while the railways get a passenger scratching his head
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News
F+G completes £51m Northumberland academy
QS is consultant on the Northumberland Church of England Academy
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RMJM Hong Kong hit with £100k staff claim
Workers ask for unpaid wages, expenses, and other missing payments
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Kingston University's one-stop eco material site
University creates on-line materials library for construction professionals to search 1200 products
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Developers snub Green Deal as ‘complicated and risky’
Building’s Sustainability White Paper finds no developers currently banking on using the funding
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Cost control meetings on RHI spark industry concern
Government already looking at measures to contain costs despite low take-up