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The Lend Lease lead
Thank you for the great article on women in construction, and for drawing attention to the issue of maternity pay again.
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Pressure on the HBF
You report that the government is to decide this month whether pressure testing will be required to conform with Part L of the Building Regulations (3 June, page 64).
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Carrot health scare
Carrots may be good for you, as Roger Knowles suggests in his letter (3 June, page 36), but the idea of giving a bonus for a reduction in accidents has been tried in the offshore oil industry, with unfortunate results.
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Turn the mike down …
Perhaps Ian Abley was simply trying to be provocative in his Open Mike article (10 June, page 34) but it is rather alarming that any professional designer should express such views. There is much to take issue with in his article but I will settle for the following.
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… in defence of architects
Ian Abley seems to be in denial about the responsibilities of designers for site safety.
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Speedy 3D …
Your article on the use of building models by contractors (10 June, pages 58-59) focuses on very large projects and organisations with professional clients and a large commitment of resources up front.
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… and a memory prompted
Your article on 3D modelling brought back memories of a project I was working on 10 years ago with a small group lead by Dr Stephen Drewer, then reader in the faculty of the built environment at the University of the West of England.
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Out of order
With great respect to Tony Bingham in his commentary on Geris vs CNIM (10 June, page 52), an adjudicator has no authority under the Scheme for Construction Contracts or any set of adjudication rules that I can think of, to make orders.
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NewsDeveloper spurns Alsop’s £100m Shanghai Kiss
Zhejiang Huamen Real Estate Group turns to London Eye-style design, after branding Kiss too expensive
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NewsViñoly’s debut
Architect Rafael Viñoly has released the latest images of his first project in the UK, the Performing Arts Centre in Leicester.
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Controversial £190m PFI hospital in doubt
The first single-bidder PFI healthcare scheme to be granted outline permission may be blocked by the Scottish executive
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Balls cites transport, housing and skills as main challenges
Transport, housing and skills are the main challenges facing the UK economy, according to Ed Balls, the man who acted as Gordon Brown’s economic adviser for more than a decade.
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NewsSerious Fraud Office drops Bickerton investigation
Decision to end inquiry into Hertfordshire contractor after three years follows collapse of Jubilee Line case
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Yeang to take lead role in design of Dubai metro
Malaysian architect Ken Yeang is to head the Llewelyn Davies scheme for a metro system in Dubai, after his shock move to the British firm.
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Lovell in fight for PFI costs
Housebuilder Lovell is gearing up to fight the council for the estimated £3m costs that it has ploughed into bidding for the failed 500-home PFI scheme in north-east Derbyshire.
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Cemex sheds 750 RMC jobs after takeover
Mexican company Cemex, the new owner of concrete company RMC, has made 750 former RMC staff redundant – more than 10% of its workforce
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HSE to call for safety review into Arsenal stadium collapse
The Health and Safety Executive is set to demand a review of risk assessments on the Arsenal stadium project after the collapse of a wall at the site on Ashburton Grove, north London, last week.
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NewsFoster is first past the chequered flag
The McLaren Technology Centre in Woking, Surrey, designed by Foster and Partners, has won the Royal Fine Art Commission Building of the Year Award.
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CABE steps in to northern housing renewal schemes
Cabe is to intervene in the housing market renewal pathfinder schemes in the north of England by launching a best practice guide on how to develop public spaces.