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NewsDunster and PRP reunite for zero-carbon London project
Design team behind flagship Brixton scheme to bid for 200-home Albert Docks development
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NHS to target industry’s poor health
The Department for Health and the NHS are in talks with construction safety experts over an occupational health scheme for the industry, writes Sarah Richardson.
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Currie & Brown sackings were for ‘gross misconduct’
Consultant confirms that three directors were dismissed after planning move to rival firm
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NewsSimon Cowell helps brother make it big in America
X-Factor’s Mr Nasty woos potential clients for brother’s construction marketing business
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FeaturesThis way to the money, ladies and gentlemen
Clients in the hotel sector have more than £2bn to spend in the next three years, and they’re desperate to find firms to give it to. Katie Puckett explains how you can help them
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CommentAn idiot’s guide to being an idiot
Rudi Klein Novation transfers the risk of design liability to those who may have had precious little to do with the design. How smart is that?
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CommentDon’t poke lions
Tony Bingham Composite companies hold out the promise of tax savings for the self-employed, so of course they are popular – just make sure you understand how they work so you don’t provoke the taxman
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An unconventional route
Martino Giaquinto As PFI projects go, the M6 toll road has had more than its fair share of disputes, but now one has gone all the way to the Court of Appeal over the usually straightforward issue of provisional sums
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Dictionary corner
I was interested to read your article “Jolly green clients” (21 July, page 44), which highlighted the bewilderment that still surrounds the term “sustainability”.
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A load of syphonic action
I was at the Science Museum last week with my grandson and among the interesting displays was the syphonic-action flushing system invented by Thomas Crapper.
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Survey begets survey
After my experiences training to become a home inspector I’m not surprised that the home condition report has been dropped.
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Bingham: still looking buff
I add my compliments to those who have praised the new format and design of Building. Properly thought-out changes for the better – surely a message for the industry.
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Local leads the way
Your facts about local authority representation on the Public Sector Construction Clients Forum are wholly wrong (28 July).
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Tortoise vs hare
I was interested to read Chris Jarvis’ letter (21 July) concerning the use of thermal mass in new buildings.
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From Russia with love
In regard to Bill Mellor’s photograph of the pipe crossing the footpath in St Petersburg (28 July), could this be the UK’s gas supply from the Russian Federation?
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FeaturesCost model: Social housing
Our series on projects worth less than £1m returns with an in-depth look at affordable homes. Max Wilkes of Davis Langdon explains what kinds of schemes the Housing Corporation wants for its money, and breaks down the costs
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CommentBack here in the real world …
Richard Steer wasn’t surprised to read that the cost of the London Olympics is set to rise – they nearly always do. What counts is what you get for the money
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FeaturesThree men and their boats
With just a month until the Little Britain Challenge Cup gets under way, Katie Puckett meets three industry amphibians who’ve found true love off the coast of England