All Building articles in 31 August 2012 – Page 4
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Features
Procurement: Regulated utilities
Over the next two years £60bn of construction spend is due to be procured by regulated utilities. Getting the procurement strategy right is critical. Simon Rawlinson of EC Harris looks at the options
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Comment
Hansom: Secret identities
This week, RMJM makes a move in the Big Apple, the Scotch industry tries to prove age is just a number, John Woodcock MP is nicknamed Mr Bump, and are there hidden crime-fighting plans afoot in Scotland?
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Comment
Right to focus on skills gap
The construction industry workforce is our most important asset
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Comment
Double-dip would be no surprise
Of course the private sector isn’t going to spontaneously spring up and patch the gaps in the current economic climate
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Comment
Letters of intent: Don’t stick to the letter
A case involving Turner & Townsend shows, once again, that letters of intent are no substitute for an actual contract
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Comment
Letters of intent: I demand to see the manager
What happens if a client can’t make a claim against its contractor because the contract was signed too late? Well in this case, it’s the project manager who gets it in the neck instead
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News
Post mortem for Hanover Square death
Police confirm woman passing building site was killed by falling window
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Features
The Green Deal: Hidden path
How can the government persuade the City to take a risk on the Green Deal?
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Comment
Serious damages
These two cases upheld the same principle about damages to arise from a breach
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Features
Southend Pier Cultural Centre: Out on a limb
How do you carry out a construction project more than a mile out to sea during one of the wettest, windiest summers on record? Well, Kier’s approach to the £3m Southend Pier Cultural Centre job was to build it somewhere else
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Comment
Wonders and blunders with Simon McGrail
Simon McGrail finds a sense of well-being and calm when crossing the Severn Bridge but is truly terrified by south London’s Strata SE1 tower
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Features
Housing: What's the big idea?
Leading industry figures tell us how they would end the housing crisis
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Comment
Scottish law: Beware the prickly thistle
Scottish law isn’t just about a distinctive approach to assessing extensions of time. There are a number of other differences
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Comment
Things fall apart
Northern Ireland’s construction sector misses the halcyon days of investment. These days, says Adrian Eakin, there seems to be creaking infrastructure, no pipeline and no plan
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Features
Ann Bentley: Stepping up
It would be understandable if Rider Levett Bucknall UK’s new chair felt intimidated by her predecessor’s legacy. But,as Building reports, Ann Bentley is ready to fill the role in her own way
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News
Construction appointments: 31 August 2012
Firms, including WSP and Hill International, announce recruits and promotions
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News
Government sets aside £16m fund for eco-entrepreneurs
Specialists in developing low carbon technologies have until end of October to apply for cash
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Comment
Building on Flickr: Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome
Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome, photographed by Manuela Sanna
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News
St James Theatre: Curtains up
First newly-built theatre in London’s West End for three decades set to open next month
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News
Apollo launches High Court claim over £500m repair job
Contractor accuses housing provider Circle of unfairly awarding work to Kier on back of ‘abnormally low’ bid