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  • Features

    Something about pete

    2004-06-25T00:00:00Z

    How does a 34-year-old accountant with no real previous get the top of one of the country's largest housebuilders? Well, as we found out, a brain the size of a planet helps …

  • News

    Workshop

    2004-06-25T00:00:00Z

    In this month's IT products, we have all the latest electronic desirabilia, such as a PDA that tells you where to go and a notepad that lets you scrawl on your laptop – plus 10 tips on how to buy technology

  • Features

    Lead times

    2004-06-25T00:00:00Z

    Lead times are staying level in most sectors, but there is still a lot of worry over steel demand, according to Mace's Rob Darrow. Over the page, Gavin Murgatroyd of Gardiner & Theobald shines the spotlight on roofing

  • Comment

    A servant may have but one master

    2004-06-25T00:00:00Z

    The Construction Industry Council's new novation form rejects the idea that a consultant can work for a client and a contractor – and be liable to both

  • Comment

    Legal aid

    2004-06-25T00:00:00Z

    This month, our experts clarify just exactly who is responsible for complying with safety regulations, define what is a 'reasonable' time for completion and break some bad news to a steelwork firm facing a hefty bill …

  • Comment

    You be the judge

    2004-06-25T00:00:00Z

    In our third session, after we posed a tricky hypothetical case back in April, a reader dons a wig and passes judgment – and our question-setter offers his view. Plus another contentious issue to get your teeth into …

  • Comment

    Tom's tower

    2004-06-25T00:00:00Z

    Tom Barker (11 June, page 34) asks us to believe that the building industry is not catching up with the technological ideas that were proposed back in the early 1960s and then sets out to "explode a few myths".

  • Comment

    Timely advice

    2004-06-25T00:00:00Z

    Jeremy Thorp (Letters, 4 June, page 34) may be interested to investigate the provisions of the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998, which provides a statutory right to interest on late payments.

  • Comment

    Dubai-opener

    2004-06-25T00:00:00Z

    Now that Building has some understanding of Dubai (4 June, pages 38-42), might I suggest you publish a follow-up article called "All Work and No Play" on the British staff and managers who underpin many of the key subcontractors on construction projects in Dubai. ...

  • Comment

    Condemned to the gutter

    2004-06-25T00:00:00Z

    Although I believe you have captured the enterprising and "can do" spirit that exists in Dubai, I don't think that references to "demanding clients" added anything to the article and are certainly not helpful to British companies working in the region. I am sorry to say that the tone ...

  • Comment

    On the safe side

    2004-06-25T00:00:00Z

    I believe the construction industry is destined to fail in its quest to improve safety unless it begins to place a higher value on human relationships and interaction.

  • Comment

    There's the rub

    2004-06-25T00:00:00Z

    Regarding Dennis Lenard's comments on being "stuck in the 1980s", as a founder member of Product Innovation in Architecture, I am finding it virtually impossible to get anything other than lip-service paid to innovation. Everybody wants it but nobody will pay for it. The catch-22 scenario is that you would ...

  • Features

    In our defence

    2004-06-25T00:00:00Z

    As head of media relations for the Scottish parliament, Annette McCann (Letters, 11 June, page 33) should be concentrating on explaining the near 950% increase in cost to the taxpayer, rather than criticising your article for stating the cost inaccurately by a mere 5%.

  • Comment

    Still ahead of the Falklands

    2004-06-25T00:00:00Z

    Digby Jones tells us that the sum of £250bn is not a great deal to spend on upgrading the transport system of the world's fourth largest economy (18 June, page 14).

  • Comment

    An end in sight …?

    2004-06-25T00:00:00Z

    The Brooke Report has been a huge achievement for the RICS, enjoying wide membership consultation and producing a conclusive report within a short deadline.

  • Comment

    A reader writes: Why the Tricorn had to go

    2004-06-25T00:00:00Z

    Contrary to what Owen Luder wrote last month, his Portsmouth shopping centre was ripe for demolition, simply because it failed in so many ways

  • News

    NFB reports profit and welcomes new chairman

    2004-06-25T00:00:00Z

    The National Federation of Builders is back in the black after a loss-making 2002/03 and has appointed a new chairman.

  • News

    Ravishing Radisson

    2004-06-25T00:00:00Z

    Architect and designer Virgile and Stone has launched its design for the main public areas of the Radisson SAS Hotel in Berlin. The development includes a 25 m aquarium towering above the bar in the lobby area. The long curving bar can accommodate 90 people. A variety of eateries has ...

  • News

    Lend Lease calms Bovis fears

    2004-06-25T00:00:00Z

    Lend Lease, the Australian parent of UK contractor Bovis, has briefed analysts in Australia on its proposed £3.6bn bid for developer General Property Trust, which has led to speculation over the future of Bovis.

  • News

    Stephenson Bell loses Tyne tower scheme

    2004-06-25T00:00:00Z

    George Wimpey has dropped Stephenson Bell Architects from its Northern Light high-rise apartment scheme in Newcastle upon Tyne and appointed Terry Farrell and Partners.