All Building articles in 29 October 2010 – Page 3
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Comment
Quality of work: Outside the QS's remit
The QS is concerned with value and quantity, so it is right that the law should not require them to be held responsible for matters of quality
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NewsNatural slate
Kirkstone, the specialist in natural Cumbrian slate and architectural stone, has worked with artist Susanna Heron to provide its Brathay Blue Black slate for an 80m walkway at City Inn’s flagship hotel in Westminster.
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Pre-coated metal
Corus has unveiled its new Colorcoat Prisma range of pre-finished steel sheeting, which is suitable for a wide range of applications, including cladding and roofing.
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Features
Will raising social housing rent work?
Every extra pound housing associations are allowed to charge in weekly rent generates up to £4.4bn for their development budget, and the chancellor is counting on that money to fund social housing in the future. The question is: will it?
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CommentHome improvements
Regarding the article “Osborne’s axe fells schools and housing” (22 October, page 9), you’re right that we’re going to need to attract a huge amount of private sector finance into the refurbishment of our existing housing stock over the next decade
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NewsGood morning,Vietnam
A ground-breaking cerexmony has been held for Foster + Partners’ VietinBank Business Centre in Hanoi, the practice’s first project in Vietnam
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NewsFoster scoops Luxembourg scheme
Architect wins competition to design mixed-use scheme in Luxembourg City
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Comment
Quality of work: The QS's duty
A QS has been sued for valuing work that was defective. Luckily for it, the law is clear on this point. But surely QSs have a duty to speak up if they spot something’s wrong?
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CommentHansom: Spin doctors
It’s all about image this week, as the government commiserates with the people, HOK tries to quash rumours and Gerald Ronson turns out not to be the lovable, big-hearted old softie we thought he was
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CommentPre-action disclosure: Show trial
Arbitration has often been criticised for its lack of early disclosure. But in fact arbitrators are obliged to avoid expense, and this is one good way to do it
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Comment
In the detail
On first analysis, it looks as though capital spending has borne the brunt of the cuts to next year’s Scottish budget announced in the UK spending review.
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FeaturesMarket forecast the depths of winter
After the uplift in activity in the first half of this year and the swingeing cuts in the spending review, a long and difficult winter lies ahead, says Peter Fordham of Davis Langdon
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CommentWhat Dan Labbad told us
Labbad seems to want Bovis to emulate companies such as Berkeley Group, which are able to change their strategy on a sixpence and leave threepence change
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NewsConstruction fatalities down, but sector still has most deaths
The number of construction workers killed fell to 42 in the year ended 31 March 2010, but the sector still accounts for more deaths than any other industry.
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CommentIntegrated design and construction: Divided we fall
Our industry is fragmented between those who do the real work on site and those who live off its adversarial culture. Integrating the two factions is our only hope
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News
DoT confirms cut-off
Local authority transport projects that had not submitted business plans by June will not get state funding until 2015, the Department of Transport has confirmed
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Roads come off worst as details of transport spend emerge
Road building emerged as the biggest loser as the Department of Transport released further details of how spending changes will affect transport projects.