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CommentWealth and safety: Risk shifting on Terminal 5
Steven Morgan, the former admiral who runs BAA’s procurement, wants to shift all risk to his contractors and consultants. That’s fine and good, but there are costs …
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Secrets and lies: Aukett Fitzroy Robinson's fraudulent misrepresentation
A court has found architect Aukett Fitzroy Robinson guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation for failing to inform its client that a team member had quit
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FeaturesBovis’ Graham Hiley on rescuing the Manchester joint hospitals project
How project director Hiley climbed out of the £400m hole Bovis had got itself into on the hideously complicated joint hospitals scheme
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The tracker: Better, but not good
The market is still contracting, but it’s at a steadily decreasing rate – and non-residential tender enquiries are actually growing. Experian Business Strategies fills in the details
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FeaturesBuilding handover: how to give tenants a Soft Landing
Well, that was the project team’s traditional attitude to the client once its building was finished. The Soft Landings framework straps them together until all the problems are resolved
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FeaturesDaylight fittings
Aura Corporation has launched the Actulite Venus luminaire, which uses the Actulite polarised daylight lighting system to produce a quality of light identical to natural daylight, claims the company
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Multi-serviced chilled beams
Trox UK has extended the lighting options on its range of multi-service chilled beams with the addition of a high-efficiency option
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Surface-mounted luminaires
Cooper Lighting has expanded its Crompton Cercla range of surface-mounted luminaires and is now offering them in two sizes and four lamp options along with a wide choice of emergency versions
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Wireless switches
MK Electric has expanded its Echo range of “self powered” wireless and battery-free switches with a variety of decorative and industrial finishes
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FeaturesThey want cashback too: working with supermarkets
Supermarkets have long been Britain’s toughest clients. Well now they’re getting even tougher. Sarah Richardson found out how – and what construction firms are doing to meet their demands
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NewsCity watch: Ghost train
This week Jarvis wrote another episode of what one observer called “the longest-running soap opera in construction history”.Richard Entwistle, chief executive of the rail specialist, announced he would step down in September and the firm dropped £6.3m into the red after being hit by redundancy costs associated with losing 450 ...
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NewsThe tortoise and the Heron
On Thursday, Gerald Ronson, chief executive of Heron International, and Lee Polisano, president of architect Kohn Pedersen Fox, placed a tortoise shell in the foundations of the £242m Heron Tower in the City of London
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NewsTube Lines considers bid for Metronet lines
Tube Lines is considering bidding to take on the upgrade and maintenance of one or more lines previously under the control of the failed Metronet consortium
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Liverpool crane’s base ‘not suitable’
Questions are being asked over the suitability of the base of the tower crane that collapsed onto a block of flats in Liverpool last Monday
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Contractors dismiss need for gangmaster licences
Contractors are widely opposing recommendations in a government report on construction deaths that gangmaster licensing rules should be extended to include the industry
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What it costs: Commercial biomass
Biomass heating systems may cost a lot to install, but they’ll pay off in no time – assuming you choose the right system and the right fuel. Peter Mayer of BLP Insurance assesses the options
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FeaturesCrazy angles, soaring steel: Zaha Hadid’s Guangzhou opera house
As the Chinese city of Guangzhou races to build a new district in time for the 2010 Asian Games, the designs of two British architects enter the spotlight. Thomas Lane charts the trials, tribulations and triumphs of Zaha Hadid’s opera house and Wilkinson Eyre’s West Tower
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FeaturesFresh start: Wilkinson Eyre’s Guangzhou tower
The Guangzhou international finance centre may be Wilkinson Eyre’s first high-rise, but the practice says this means it will be bringing a ‘fresh look’ to its debut
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NewsDecision on efficiency of zero-carbon homes delayed until end of year
News comes as housing minister outlines further details of definition of zero carbon