All Building articles in 25 September 2009 – Page 6
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Comment
Insurance cover: Don't attempt the impossible
If you don’t make sure your subcontractors have a specific level of cover you may find your own insurer drops you like a hot potato
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Features
Counter attack: Interview with Sainsbury's head of property
Firms react differently to recession. Some struggle through, some hibernate – and some (for example, Sainsbury’s) launch £1.6bn offensives to grab market share. Emily Wright and Anna Reynolds met the man who’s planning the big push
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Out of the blue: Terry Pawson's Carlow arts centre
This luminous edifice in the south-east Irish town of Carlow is a glowing testament to a growing reputation
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News
Now firms will bid high all by themselves
The Office of Fair Trading has to apply the law, has to hurt this industry
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Comment
The fall guys: Richard Steer on the challenges ahead
So we tumbled off the cliff. But, to look on the bright side, we survived. The task now is to identify what challenges we are likely to face on the long climb back up
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News
Apollo and Durkan lead fightback against fines
Contractors intend to take ruling to Competition Appeal Tribunal, as others consider their options
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Nuclear giants vie for £3.6bn clean-up
Bidders for nuclear work are gearing up to fight for a multibillion pound contract to manage the clean-up of the Dounreay site on the northern coast of Scotland
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Procure 21+ swamped by applications
NHS framework forced to extend tender period after ‘very healthy response’ from industry
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Trainees to miss out on 2012 work after LSC funding delays
Apprentices in plastering and dry-lining will no longer be able to qualify in time to work on the 2012 site, thanks to delays in Learning and Skills Council funding for an Olympic training centre
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Features
Get your skates on: Vancouver’s 2010 Olympic ice rink
The 2010 Vancouver Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games has triggered a flurry of building activity – including this Trout Lake ice rink. Stephen Kennett hurried along for a preview
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News
Latest construction appointments - 25 September 2009
Kier has appointed John Jackson managing director of its Street Services business
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Sainsbury’s extends £1.6bn spree
Sainsbury’s is to extend its £1.6bn store expansion plan for at least another two years, according to its head of property
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RLB is QS on £3.3m UCL scheme
Cost consultant hired on student union development at the London university