All Building articles in Archive Titles – Page 74
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Archive TitlesCan you see the rainbow?
2009 is looking bleak as the recession takes its toll. So CM has assembled a contractor, a lawyer, a training specialist, an accountant, an economist, and a construction guru to answer readers’ questions, and see if there’s a rainbow between the cloudbursts of bad news.
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Online forum for women
Salford’s Centre for Construction Innovation has launched the first social networking website for women in construction.
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Networking forum
A capacity crowd of around 120 attended November’s launch of Novus, the networking and education forum for young construction professionals and students.
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Safety first
PPE: One Life, One Chance is a safety instructional DVD which highlights the consequences of not wearing PPE on site and of wearing the incorrect equipment.
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Degree doesnt mean quality
As a former lecturer in brickwork, City & Guilds practical examiner and senior training adviser with CITB, I must compliment Chris Blythe on his article in the November/December edition of CM.
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Cutting down paper
The National Specialist Contractors’ Council (NSCC) has announced its support for a paperless online pre-qualification service designed to remove the bureaucracy of filling out numerous paper questionnaires.
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Online video offers help on tackling corruption
The CIOB has launched a free online video to help companies and individuals identify and tackle corruption and fraud.
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Archive TitlesIn peak condition? Walk this way
Would-be mountaineers and nature lovers take note – there are still a few places left for the 2009 COINS 3 Peaks Challenge, which takes place this year on May 9 and 10.
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Archive TitlesNo written contract... but client had no right to throw contractor off site
Martin John Hayes and Linda Hayes T/A Orchard Construction v Peter Gallant, TCC November 2008
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Recession is a chance to get fighting fit
As sci-fi author William Gibson wrote, ‘the future is already here – it’s just unevenly distributed’.
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Archive TitlesBAM construct looks to a healthy future
Contractor invites NHS nurses on site in pilot scheme designed to improve the health and wellbeing of its workers
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Good news for apprentices
Employers of apprentices could benefit from an extra £10m of funding from the government.
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VAT tinkering is no answer to our problems
The editor’s brief to me was to give my top tips for surviving 2009. To be truthful, I don’t have a clue. And as the Christmas and New Year hangovers clear, it’s becoming obvious that the government doesn’t have a clue either.
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Archive TitlesAll that glitters...
... is not gold. In fact the striking cladding on the foyer of Bristol’s Colston Hall is an alloy of aluminium and copper. And while the result has the gleam of a high-tech machine, traditional techniques and craftsmanship were critical to achieving it
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Archive TitlesDavid Birkbeck: Why contractors’ faces fit new housebuilding agenda
First, some housing sector numbers. New mortgages approved in October 2008 crashed by 94% compared to October 2007, according to the Bank of England.