All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 1325
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Pass it on
Quirkily-titled D L Pass from Legrand offers contractors a cable management and access floor solution in one.
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Too late to notice
Lack of payment provision knowledge can be expensive. Laurence Cobb, partner with law firm Taylor Joynson Garrett, explains
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Industry informers
Construction portal Asite aims to reinforce partnering, save the environment and raise the standards of the construction industry. Sound familiar?
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Hughes urges more respect for people
M&E contractors need to promote diversity, health and safety, good site conditions, welfare and training if they are to attract new entrants to the industry, says construction minister Beverley Hughes.
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The Graduates
Graduate apprenticeships are just one of the new magnets intended to attract new graduates to the construction industry.
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Free to ride the range
Remember the government's anti-cowboy builder scheme – the Quality Mark? It was launched in Birmingham and Somerset over a year ago, and for £500 domestic sector builders could gain an accreditation – a bit like the Corgi scheme.
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Formula One
Wholesalers watch out: One Electrical is a new supplier promising the bulk of its products 50% cheaper than wholesalers' list prices.
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Out of the flames
Safety standards are forcing a move from traditional open flame pipe jointing, but is there an effective alternative? David Ward explains how to join the heat-free way.
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Initiative fatigue?
Add another three-letter acronym to the growing construction industry list.
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Electrician shortage sparks price rise
Rising orders and a worsening labour shortage are driving up building prices according to the latest tender price forecast from Davis Langdon & Everest.
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Make way for e-dealing
E-procurement could slash building costs by 30% and allow building services firms to make huge savings, according to Bovis Land Lease chief executive Ross Taylor.
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Retirement scrapped to ease skills shortage
The government has plans to abolish contractual retirement, allowing people to carry on working as long as they wish.
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Sold down the river
Putting the onus on homesellers rather than buyers to provide survey and search information will not slim down a wasteful process, says CIOB fellow and Tory party construction spokesman Robert Syms
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More names go down the drain
Two familiar names in construction were consigned to the dustbin this month.
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Plant costs
In the third of a series looking at plant costs, leading QS Capita reveals that preliminary prices continue their overall rise, with London and Edinburgh showing notable increases over our December numbers. In Cardiff, however, prices have stabilised. Keep up on regional trends by looking out for our next update
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Contractors in Scotch wrath
How long does it take an electrical contractor to switch on a streetlight? Five years according to an account of one Council's lamp-post predicament in Glagow's Evening Times.
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Contractors instigate talks to resolve Defence Estates stand-off
Major contractors bring in high-profile mediator to try and change Defence Estates' contentious prime contract
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Contractors set to scrutinise portals
The Construction Confederation will quiz new internet-based portals to sort the wheat from the chaff
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Portals link up to share clients
Construction portals the Building Information Warehouse and Asite have formed a partnership to share construction clients.
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CIC to set up united voice for regional industry
The Construction Industry Training Council is to set up 12 regional offices throughout the UK by 2002. CIC South West and Wales are already up and running, with another six to follow by the end of this year.