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    Who’s looking out for whom?

    2008-01-11T00:00:00Z

    Christopher Hill A client should be able to rubber-stamp a consultant’s work without checking it, but if the consultant has relied on inaccurate information from the client they may be left in an invidious position

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    JCT Framework Agreement: Same again? Try the 2007 vintage

    2008-01-11T00:00:00Z

    Many looked forward to the birth of the JCT Framework Agreement 2005 but were disappointed by the reality, says Hillary Cohen. The 2007 version is an altogether better bet

  • Awe-inspiring Liverpool’s Anglican cathedral is visible for miles around the city. The design competition was won by Giles Gilbert Scott in 1906 when he was just 22.
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    My Liverpool wonders and blunders with Janice Long

    2008-01-11T00:00:00Z

    Disc jockey Janice Long declares the Anglican cathedral an all-time classic, but consigns the front of Lime Street station to the bargain bin

  • Features

    ‘It’s a free for all’

    2008-01-11T00:00:00Z

    Although much of Liverpool is being transformed by immense projects, they don’t always fit well with the city’s social and architectural history. Martin Spring joins Ken Martin, architect and local guru to find out why

  • Comment

    The plane truth

    2008-01-11T00:00:00Z

    Your reader’s concern about the pitfalls of constructing a school around two 120-year-old plane trees (23 November, page 38) mirrors those of the client and design team at the outset of the project four years ago, but a great amount of consideration went into ensuring the continuing health of the ...

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    Terrorism and you

    2008-01-11T00:00:00Z

    The prime minister recently suggested a need for architects to help “design out” terrorist opportunities.

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    Reefer madness

    2008-01-11T00:00:00Z

    Although I couldn’t possibly disagree with the main thrust of Jules Harbage’s legal article (7 December, page 58), I am dismayed that yet another opportunity has been missed for addressing the growing issue of drug abuse.

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    The golden age of canals

    2008-01-11T00:00:00Z

    Many years ago there was some debate among the canal fraternity about the future use of canals.

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    Here, here

    2008-01-11T00:00:00Z

    I have just read Tony Bingham’s article about the lack of clerks of works on British building sites (14 December, page 56).

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    In the detail

    2008-01-11T00:00:00Z

    Can you identify this building to win a £25 drinks voucher?

  • Denise Chevin
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    Peering into the gloom

    2008-01-11T00:00:00Z

    In an issue as celebratory as this one, it’s rather a shame that we have to acknowledge the elephant in the drawing room. But as we go into the new year there’s no ignoring the uncertainty that’s surrounding the economy in the wake of the credit crunch.

  • News

    European champions

    2008-01-11T00:00:00Z

    Liverpool’s year as European Capital of Culture will kick off tomorrow with a ceremony at the newly completed £115m Liverpool Arena, built by Bovis Lend Lease.

  • News

    Interesting times ahead

    2008-01-11T00:00:00Z

    … but despite the chilly climate, a strong order book should carry the industry through

  • News

    Money in the Bankside

    2008-01-11T00:00:00Z

    Developers Native Land and Grosvenor have secured £170m of funding for Project Bankside, their residential scheme on London’s South Bank.

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    School procurement review delayed until February

    2008-01-11T00:00:00Z

    The findings of a wide-ranging review into the procurement of the government’s school building programme will not be revealed until next month at the earliest.

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    Red tape cut for housing schemes

    2008-01-11T00:00:00Z

    Large housing schemes may no longer face the risk of being called in for public inquiry by the government unless there are significant objections against them.

  • News

    Warning over shortage of nuclear engineering graduates

    2008-01-11T00:00:00Z

    Experts have warned of an increasing skills gap in the nuclear engineering sector that needs to be tackled if government plans for more stations go ahead.

  • News

    New twist in Helter Skelter court case

    2008-01-11T00:00:00Z

    The team behind the £500m Helter Skelter tower in the City is to be accused of breaking a High Court injunction.

  • News

    Big school

    2008-01-11T00:00:00Z

    Willmott Dixon has been given the go-ahead to build the biggest school in London to be funded by Building Schools for the Future.

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    Appointments

    2008-01-11T00:00:00Z

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