All Building articles in 28 May 2010 – Page 3
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News
Queen’s speech prompts fears of Nimbyism
Fear is growing that future development will be hampered by bickering and Nimbyism, following the Queen’s speech this week
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Comment
Face the facts
Part eight of the civil procedure rules is a useful tool for getting the court to make a declaration in your favour - but not if there is a dispute over what actually happened
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CommentThe end of life as we know it
Waste in the building process makes us a costly place to build, but the deficit is a spur to act on this
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NewsThe little dipper
Scott Brownrigg’s The Pool envisages the transformation of a disused tramway underpass in Kingsway, central London, into a swimming pool
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CommentThe persuader: Isabel Dedring
As the GLA’s environment adviser, Isabel Dedring has to convince banks, businesses and more than 7 million Londoners of the need to cut carbon emissions 60% by 2025. She tells Emily Wright how she intends to make the case
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CommentThe foundations of a good decision
From boldness to fairness, reaching a successful adjudication result starts with paying heed to seven pillars, as set out by Mr Justice Coulson
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CommentPole dancers
Our thanks to Jon Prichard, director of resources at High-Point Rendel, for this shot of scaffolders at work across the street from his office. Jon writes: “This was taken this afternoon in Southwark. Please note that this photo has also been sent to the HSE as part of a complaint”
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NewsCitywatch: Who’s flying this plane?
Nerves are beginning to jangle ever so slightly around the Square Mile about the lack of a finance director at Bovis Homes
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NewsCPA chair: UK ‘will crumble’ if cuts are too deep
The new chairman of the Construction Products Association has warned the government that the country will “crumble” if capital spending drops to projected levels
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Comment
The case for cutting VAT
Newly appointed Lib Dem ministers in the Cabinet need to honour their party’s manifesto commitment to cut VAT on repair and maintenance works
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Comment
Carts and horses
Two cheers for Gerald Kaye’s column “We can’t go on like this” (14 May, page 34)
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News
Morrell: firms should run buildings
The government’s chief construction adviser has told architects to scale back their designs to minimise the impact of spending cuts on work volume
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CommentLuke Wessely: Greek tragedies, British farces
Before we get too comfortable as armchair critics of rapacious footballers and financially illiterate European states, we should take a long, hard look at ourselves
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CommentWonders & blunders with Chris Ryan
Chris Ryan respects the endurance of Newcastle’s Victorian terraces, but reckons Foster + Partners’ Peterborough academy just can’t hack the pace of history
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NewsInformation commissioner investigates new blacklist
Unite warns of illegal database of workers a year after similar activities by Consulting Association were exposed
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Comment
To the barricades!
Your article “RICS set for showdown with ’big eight’ QSs” (14 May, 2010), reinforces the opinion within the rank and file that the RICS is pursuing a number of policies that are to the detriment of ordinary members
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CommentIf you think this is bad …
I read with interest your leader and article about quantity surveyors’ frustration with the RICS (7 May, page 3 and 9). I, too, have concerns about how it is run
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FeaturesLeaping for the other side: The jump back to the private sector
As you will be aware, public spending is going to be hacked back before the private sector recovery has really begun. Emily Wright asked 15 of the UK’s largest firms how they will cope
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News
Whitehall looks to BAA for procurement tips
Government departments and quangos have approached Steven Morgan, BAA’s capital projects director, to discuss emulating his procurement methods