All Building articles in 24 June 2011 – Page 3
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Features
Sainsbury Laboratory: Nurture vs nature
Stanton Williams’ serene Sainsbury Laboratory combines classicism with modernism while remaining anchored to its natural surroundings
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News
Star Wars: Jawa the HQ
Aedas Architects’ “Sandcrawler” will be completed in Singapore next year
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SME profile: Hill Holdings
’We didn’t develop these skills overnight’: Hill Holdings chief executive reveals how his small housebuilding firm is catching up with bigger players
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Comment
Hansom: Result!
This week effort is rewarded with slimmer waistlines, a praiseworthy ranking in the Green List, and a spotless building site – there’s even hope for those HS2 opponents now they have a new ally …
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News
Top four UK housebuilders nab half of new homes fund
First properties under £180m scheme for first-time buyers to go on sale in September
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ODA slammed for training failure
Just 60 apprentices have completed their training on the Olympic park and athletes’ village
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Export orders surge for SAS
The manufacturer grew turnover by 9.3%, with export orders increasing 127%
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An event of the highest order
Last week the great and the good from the construction industry came together at building’s annual terrace reception at the house of commons to discuss the government’s new construction strategy. but it wasn’t all about business …
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Comment
Enter the Pimby
Forced to choose between economic stagnation and new development in their backyards, communities are abandoning the nimbyism of the boom years
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Features
Ken Shuttleworth: No more crazy shapes & silly profiles
Ken Shuttleworth, the man behind the Gherkin, doesn’t ’get’ the Shard, reckons the era of tall glass boxes is over and thinks a lot of designers are really egotistical. So why does the founder of Make think this is such a great time to be an architect? He tells Building.
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Comment
Implied terms and the Privy Council
Terms and conditions are stated in a contract, right? So what about all those implied terms that don’t make it into writing? The Privy Council has a view on this …
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Features
Cost model: Global manufacturing
With manufacturing in many countries showing strong signs of recovery, the development of new manufacturing facilities is required to keep pace with contemporary process and technologies, say Mike Wilcock and Miles Jenkins of Davis Langdon, an Aecom company
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News
ONS: construction firms are failing to provide output data
Statistics body says some companies may be supplying new orders instead of output figures
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Comment
Inbox: Universally challenged
This week, our readers take issue with ’champagne-drinking’ architects, plans to cut the cost of skyscrapers and the industry’s approach to labour and skills
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Comment
The liquidated damages clause: Red card
A 200-year-old law says you can’t penalise builders for finishing late, but a prize-winning author says this rule has outlived its usefulness
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News
Prisk on low carbon policy
Construction minister responds to government’s recommendations for achieving a greener industry
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Government outlines plan for delivering low carbon industry
Construction leaders welcome plan despite omission of several recommendations
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Comment
We’re not a bunch of incompetents
UK managers have been in the firing line of late, but the Olympics will be a great opportunity to show off our skills - and building information modelling could help us do that
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News
Mark Prisk to co-chair Green Construction Board
The board is being formed to ensure the government’s action plan is carried out
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