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NewsJan Kaplicky’s last project may never be built
Czech architect, who died last week, was fighting to have his designs for National Library accepted
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Belvedere secures £10.6m infrastructure investment
Bexley wins £10.6m funding package to boost its environmental and sustainability credentials
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When small is not beautiful
"Discussions around future banking terms are ongoing with our bankers. We are extremely grateful for their help and support to date and we are seeking to reach agreement on future support shortly."Sound familiar?But who said it? Taylor Wimpey, Barratt, Redrow? In fact it was Oakdene - on 30 September ...
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General Demolition parent names new chief exec
Geoff Taylor moves over from William Verry to head the General Group
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Official figures suggest construction is faring better than most - really?
The appalling GDP figures released today suggest construction has got off relatively lightly so far - odd don't you think?The economy took its biggest nosedive since mid 1980 in the final quarter of last year, a drop of 1.5%.But surprisingly construction was less impacted than most sectors and the economy ...
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NewsCH2M Hill creates 500 jobs in UAE
US programme manager wants staff to work on projects like Masdar in Abu Dhabi
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NewsLean on me, I won’t fall over
Peter Anthony from Newham council received this picture from a colleague in South Africa
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CommentNow you’re asking for it: Performance bonds
Feeling the pinch and tempted to sign up to the harsh conditions of a performance bond? Read this first
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CommentGet ready to go wrong: Preparation
The tale of the passenger who ran away from a car wreck has much to teach the construction industry about preparing for its own little mishaps
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God loves those who are just: Mediation in the Middle East
In the first of two articles, Mark Raeside looks at ways of resolving disputes for those working in the Middle East. Here he examines mediation – so good it even has divine blessing
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CommentSomething to shout about: Deafness claims
Money matters Construction is a noisy business, and employers increasingly face claims from workers whose hearing has been impaired. But now, says Jim Byard, that may be about to change
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FeaturesPlane geometry: Sheppard Robson's aeronautical university design
If you take a pre-war aircraft hangar, insert a large ziggurat and extend it with a glass tetrahedron, what does that create? The answer is Sheppard Robson’s spectacular academic building for Cranfield university.
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School fight, round three
Nick Raynsford MP complains (16 January, page 30) that the piece on Greenwich Building Schools for the Future (BSF) schemes is misleading and misrepresents Southern Gas’ position on the gas holder that has stalled plans to build a school on the Greenwich peninsula
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CommentOld school ties
I was sorry to read of the travails of the John Roan School and to see it described as “an unremarkable comprehensive”.
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Too little enforcement …
As far as I am aware, there is still no legal requirement for any property owner or its managing agent to implement the recommendations from an energy performance certificate (EPC) immediately
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… and too many assessors
Saturation of the energy assessment market has now become a real problem
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Act on training now
It is exciting news that the newly formed UK Contractors Group will be making the skills shortage a priority (9 January, page 15)
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From where I stand …
I have just seen the health and safety blunder photo entitled “I can’t look” (9 January, page 31) and felt it necessary to write in
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Don’t recycle
Zaha Hadid’s Guggenheim-Hermitage museum design looks just like the Phaeno Science Centre in Germany.