All Building articles in 26 June 2009 – Page 5
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Comment
What really happened...
I write with reference to your story “Rogers turned back on project role after design was scrapped” (12 June). This is factually incorrect and I am writing to clarify our position
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CommentHansom: Songs of love and hate
In the nice corner this week we have wine-waiting estate agents, relatively honest MPs, optimistic housebuilders and self-critical contractors … and in the nasty corner: Cliff Jones of Procure 21
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News
Two members quit safety group to maintain independence
Two of the founding members of a safety umbrella body have dropped out, less than two months after it formed
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NewsGovernment U-turn on Part L provokes industry fury
Plan to force homeowners to include eco measures in home improvements dropped at last minute
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Comment
The unfairness of frameworks
Our prequalification questionnaire for the East Midlands (SCAPE) Framework, Minor Works £10,000-500,000 Derbyshire Sub-region, didn’t pass muster
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NewsEven if they wanted to
Robin Hardy explains why mortgage lending will not, and cannot, return to anything close to 2007 levels
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FeaturesEscos: One of our team is missing
Whatever happened to energy service companies, responsible for on-site renewables? Their near-disappearance is bad news for low-carbon development
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Legal energy: nuclear power stations
Paul Cowan A nuclear power station is about the hardest project it is possible to undertake. Here are the legal implications
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FeaturesSustainability: Water efficiency
Does making an investment in water efficiency measures ever pay back? Isabel McAllister and David Sutton of Cyril Sweett present the business case
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CommentDining and designing
Buildings are consumed by the eye in the same way that food is consumed by the organs of digestion. And in both cases, the important thing is that they’re tasty
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News
London station upgrade delay
Transport for London has deferred until after 2017 work on 50 of the station upgrades to be carried out by the Metronet consortium before it fell into receivership
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News'This decision is just staggering'
More than five years ago, through the Sustainable and Secure Buildings Act, we gained the legal powers to improve the sustainability of existing buildings
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CommentIs partnering dead?
“It took 12 years to put together and 12 weeks to dismantle.” That was one of the more wry comments on BAA’s decision to turn its back on framework agreements for a good chunk of its work
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FeaturesDan's Den: Libeskind goes flatpack
If you’ve got a couple of million euros you don’t know what to do with, why not buy your own Libeskind-designed house? Dan Stewart looks at what you get for your money
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NewsCrossrail in talks to take on Olympic trainees
The Olympic Delivery Authority is in talks with Crossrail over allowing apprentices to finish their training on the £16bn rail project, despite fears over its future funding
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NewsOperators demand expansion of crane safety register
Trade body calls for inclusion of ‘more accident-prone’ mobile and crawler cranes on HSE list
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NewsCourt drama
Try Construction has launched an attack against fellow defendant FB Ellmer in the legal row over the Wimbledon media centre
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Safest year yet for construction
Construction fatalities have hit a record low, figures released today by the Health and Safety Executive have shown
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Comment
Material concerns
Robert Adam (12 June, page 34) makes a distinction between my reference to architectural style and the use of traditional building materials. Surely he must know the two are closely associated