All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 1342
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Plant costs
In the second of a series looking at plant costs, leading QS Capita reveals that preliminary prices across the country are on the rise. The biggest price rises, compared with our last survey in October, are in London, Edinburgh and Cardiff. Look out for the next update in February to ...
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Portal signs up planning software and content provider
The Building Information Warehouse will provide news and a planning tool following new deals
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Fast track course to chartered status launched
Want to become a chartered builder but never seem to have the time?
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NEC on CD ROM
The New Engineering Contract and Subcontract is now available electronically.
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Bringing down the government
The Treasury in Whitehall is being demolished without annoying the neighbours. Andy Cook investigates how Robore Cuts and McGee are demolishing the building without disturbing baby Leo Blair
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Work starts to stop bridge swaying
A £5m programme of works started this month to stop the Millennium footbridge from wobbling.
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Laing bows out of construction
Laing, the aristocrat of construction, is up for sale.
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Builders merchant boss to head BuildOnline
Mark Oliver has been appointed the UK managing director for construction portal BuildOnline.
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Will safety boards pass the site test?
Last month Construction Manager launched a campaign to cut site accidents. The idea is to post safety boards outside every site in Britain that tell the public how many days since the last accident. Will it work?
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HSE blasts main contractors for safety shame
A Health and Safety Executive inspector has blasted main contractors for putting profits above safety
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A good deal better
The web hosts a growing equipment exchange market - and more. Jenny Hampton checks out promising sites
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Arrideo launch held back
A portal backed by Bovis Lend Lease, Amec, Skanska, Balfour Beatty and Laing is delayed three months
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A Practical Approach to Arbitration Law
A Practical Approach to Arbitration LawKeren and Andrew Tweeddale£29.95 plus postage and packingAvailable from: Construction Books Direct 01344 630810CBD stock number: 2790First impressions are of a well-packaged and reasonably priced book. This is essentially a reference work rather than a book to be read cover to cover. The structure does ...
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Tories will make anti-cowboy scheme compulsory
Conservative party pledges to make quality mark scheme compulsory if it wins the next election
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Another fantastic lottery-funded project
Last week, the Queen opened the £100m courtyard extension to the British Museum in London.
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Barring all else
Construction is waking up to the advantages of electronic record keeping as used by retailers. Jenny Hampton looks into how bar coding can save time and lower costs
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Adjudication made simple
Adjudication is the biggest change to hit the construction industry for a decade. Laurence Cobb, partner with law firm Taylor Joynson Garrett, explains what all the fuss is about
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Adjudication: not yet just?
The Construction Industry Board is about to propose changes to adjudication. Helen Garthwaite, partner with Lewis Silkin, looks at what should be done
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Electronic Communication in Construction: Achieving Commercial Advantage
Electronic Communication in Construction: Achieving Commercial AdvantageTim Cole£30.00 plus postage and packingAvailable from: Construction Books Direct 01344 630810CBD stock number: 2865In a text steered towards commercial objectives rather than technological discussion, this book sets out the commercial issues driving, or hampering, recent developments, aiming to dispel the many myths that ...
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Christiani & Nielsen crashes with 250 job losses
Main contractor Christiani & Nielsen, which built the stunning footbridge at the new Lowry centre in Salford, called in administrators this month.