All Archive Titles articles – Page 1145
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Decision imminent on £2m stamp duty bombshell
Inland Revenue must decide whether to enforce overlooked 19th-century tax law
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Steelworks site to be transformed into 1000 homes
Up to 1000 homes, many of them social housing, are to be provided on a disused steelworks in south Wales.
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Can you tell me ...
If you're not sure, you're not alone. Here are just some of the questions Saleem Akram received this month
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Archive TitlesScratching the surface
Build it cheap or build it well? Peter Kernan explains why Bovis Lend Lease chose value for money with no-polish vinyl floor covering at the Royal Worcester Hospital
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Archive TitlesShifting sands
At Chatham Maritime, Guy Shepherd has to think fast and push new subbie relations to guarantee maximum price while accommodating a growing client wishlist.
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Archive TitlesTomorrow's people
Why don't people want to be building services engineers? We spoke to a group of graduate trainees and asked what attracted them to a sector with such a dowdy image. Their answers are pleasantly surprising – but reveal the need for a serious industry-wide recruitment rethink.
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What's new
Construction Manager’s choice of the best new offerings from flooring suppliers ...
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Archive TitlesMonth in numbers
50The percentage of students who complete their modern apprenticeships in construction. Training provision in the industry has come under fire from the Adult Learning Inspectorate, a government agency set up 18 months ago to scrutinise post-16 education. It reports that after one year, half way through the programme, 87% were ...
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Machiavelli was right!
Machiavelli's notorious guide to successful leadership is as applicable to construction in Britain today as it was to statecraft in Renaissance Italy.
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L for leisure
Shopping is now the biggest leisure activity in the UK, but the introduction of the revised Part L of the Building Regulations means the design of retail complexes has radically altered. We discuss the changes and what it will cost.
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Archive TitlesKeeping up with the Jones
It's business as usual at the Peter Jones department store in Sloane Square despite it being half way through a £100 million refurbishment. But keeping it up and running while transforming the listed building has called for exhaustive planning and some novel services engineering.
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Archive TitlesGrasp the nettle
Ducking decisions isn't for julian Daniel of bovis lend lease. The only way to get the job done on time, he says, is to be decisive
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Netting the graduates
Are engineers a boring bunch? Is the job dull and badly paid? No – but you wouldn't think so from the image the industry projects. We talk to those who are trying to win the hearts and minds of tomorrow's engineers by brushing up the image of building services.
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Archive TitlesGo to jail
Does Brian Dean’s conviction mean Construction bosses will be flooding the prisons? No, says Jenny Hampton
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The general rule
The scope for contractual damages resulting from mental suffering has to date been unclear. But a recent decision by the House of Lords throws light on the area.
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Legionnaires' outbreak kills four
Four people have died in the legionnaires'' disease outbreak in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria.