All Building articles in 27 May 2011 – Page 3
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Common mistakes in…choosing a mediator
The latest in our dos and don’ts series looks at how best to choose a mediator
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NewsHousing stats: Public sector completions rise
Sales and registrations are lower than this time last year, but public sector completions are up
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FeaturesDavid Higgins: Good move
Network Rail is going through its biggest investment phase since Victorian times - and it’s got itself a new boss. Building talks to David Higgins, ex-Olympics chief, about leaving one big project for another
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NewsLondon developers are on a roll
What happens to the developers today happens to construction tomorrow, so they say, and if true, then it might be not as bad a year as many fear.Several London focused developers outperformed the FTSE 100 this week with a flurry of good news. Minerva confirmed that it was in takeover ...
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NewsSustainable urban drainage
The system helps with compliance with the Code for Sustainable Homes and for situations where councils require SUDS as a condition of planning. The company said the system takes up to 95% up less space than conventional systems and is suitable for car parks and highways. It consists of a ...
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NewsThe Shard edges skywards
Work is progressing on the Shard, with the first 31 floors nearly complete
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CommentAn education
Half-term hols will come as a relief after the excitement of Tim Byles leaving, the education secretary displaying an appalling lack of handwriting skill and a sports day-style event that ended in tears …
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CommentPublic sector procurement – time to go private
Time has shown that public sector procurement needs private investment. The industry must lay its prejudices aside, says Ken Gillespie, and get stuck in
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NewsHiggins reveals Network Rail overhaul plan
Major projects division could bid for role building High Speed 2 rail line
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Solar hot water system
Atmos Heating Systems has brought out a solar hot water system called EasySolar
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CommentInvest to impress
This week’s magazine looks at the investments needed by the construction industry. The watch words? Use BIM and cut costs
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Inbox: who's right?
There’s little consensus to be found this week: the merits of BIM are in dispute, as is the the economic case for high-speed rail, and readers even disagree about introducing double decker trains to the UK
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Integrated PV
Marley Eternit is set to launch an integrated PV product that it says is the first on the market to be compatible with fibre cement slates.
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Interlocking slates
Marley Eternit’s interlocking slates were used on a 110-home housing development
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CommentThe last judgment
Today’s lesson comes from the book of Ecclesiastical and wrestles with questions of choice, free will, causation - and whether it’s OK to tell the odd porkie
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FeaturesPart L in practice
It was always going to be a big ask to meet the new energy performance and carbon reducing standards. But this project team seems to have found some (not too expensive) answers