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Features
Something about pete
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 …
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Lead times
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
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Comment
A servant may have but one master
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
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You be the judge
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 …
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Tom's tower
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".
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Timely advice
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.
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Dubai-opener
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. ...
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Condemned to the gutter
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 ...
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On the safe side
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.
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There's the rub
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 ...
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In our defence
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%.
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Still ahead of the Falklands
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).
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An end in sight …?
The Brooke Report has been a huge achievement for the RICS, enjoying wide membership consultation and producing a conclusive report within a short deadline.
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A reader writes: Why the Tricorn had to go
Contrary to what Owen Luder wrote last month, his Portsmouth shopping centre was ripe for demolition, simply because it failed in so many ways
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NFB reports profit and welcomes new chairman
The National Federation of Builders is back in the black after a loss-making 2002/03 and has appointed a new chairman.
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Ravishing Radisson
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 ...
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Lend Lease calms Bovis fears
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.
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Stephenson Bell loses Tyne tower scheme
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.