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What Mr Pigott didn't tell you
Ashley Pigott's article a couple of weeks ago on the firm that signed a final account agreement by mistake left a few things out. A Man Who Knows All About It explains
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I scratch your back …
As a subcontractor, main contractors often tell me about the benefits of partnering.
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Look elsewhere
It seems extraordinary that nine years after the CDM Regulations were introduced, there still appears to have been no objective study of their cost and effectiveness.
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The price you pay
Your article on failures in iconic buildings (19 June, page 26) raises a number of interesting questions about the design and construction of some recent headline-grabbing structures.
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Babbling Brooke
The short article on the Brooke Report (11 June, page 14) posed the question, "Do you think the changes will end the QS rebellion?" I think I speak for most of the QS members when I answer a resounding NO!
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Ahead of the game
I was interested to read the "news" item "Experts warn of risk from unsafe window glass" (18 June, page 17).
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Damp patches affect us all
I'm sure many of your readers will have read Jeff Howell's article with the sort of gentle amusement he alludes to (11 June, page 31), smugly thinking that the issues he describes are unique to the homeowner market and do not apply in the "proper" construction industry.
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ACBEE's angels
I should correct a misapprehension in the article on Accelerating Change in Built Environment Education (18 June, page 18).
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Guilty, as supercharged
A small correction to your article "Shanghai Zoom" (18 June, page 20): while Formula 1 cars are undoubtedly flashy, they are not supercharged. That hasn't been allowed since 1988, apparently.
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Looking on the bright side
Your report on the industry's reactions to the DTI's withdrawal of ringfenced construction research funding (25 June, page 44) was so negative I was prompted to write.
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Cleveland Bridge booted off Wembley
Wembley stadium steel contractor Cleveland Bridge has been given 28 days notice to leave the project by main contractor Multiplex.
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NewsOn the market
A 29-storey office tower designed by ORMS Architecture Design has won planning permission for Spitalfields in the East End of London.
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Jacobs set to clinch Babtie deal by end of month
American firm Jacobs Engineering is expected to complete the acquisition of Scottish consulting engineer Babtie by the end of this month.
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Rejig at Housing Corporation
The Housing Corporation was expected to announce a revamp of its management structure as Building went to press.
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Whitehall considers design tsar
The government is looking at proposals that would replace its network of departmental design champions with one minister in charge of design
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Planners form rapid reaction force
English Partnerships is assembling a team of expert planners to help speed up applications in the South-east's four growth areas.
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NewsMuseum piece
This £12m courtyard development of the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge will be officially opened on Monday. It is the first stage in a long-term development programme. Designed by architect John Miller + Partners and supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund, the southern courtyard has a new building and the adjacent ...
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Taskforce to tackle South-east development
A group of 13 council leaders, business people and charity heads is to meet for the first time today to work out how the South-east can combine 200,000 extra homes with sustainable development, as required by John Prescott's communities plan.
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NewsTuskforce
Architect de Rijke Marsh Morgan and Southern Housing Group have been appointed by Southwark council to design and build the first housing scheme of the 5300 unit Elephant & Castle regeneration. The 29-unit block with modern interiors (pictured) will be located at Wansey Street in Walworth, and will be used ...
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NewsCampus in the park
A learning resource centre designed by Building Design Partnership will kick off Middlesex University's Trent Park campus, located in the green belt near Enfield in north London. The campus, which was masterplanned by Tibbalds TM2, will replace a post-war training college. The learning resource centre will be wrapped around a ...