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Problems can and will happen
The article "Whatever happened to Peabody's prefab?" (18 July, page 15) said that high winds and proximity to railway lines contributed to the delayed completion. This is not true.
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What we're all about
What distinguished professionals from tradesmen was their assumption of social superiority backed up by guaranteed fee rates. Now those have gone, what's left?
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FeaturesMay the best house win
For decades, timber frame has been reigning British champion of modular housing systems. Now a contender has emerged, and an enterprising housebuilder decided to arrange a contest between the two. We report from the ringside in Sompting, Sussex.
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FeaturesWhy are we so fascinating?
Prime time slots are crowded with foppish designers, avuncular engineers, opinionated architects and diabolical builders. We find out what the attraction is, what the programmes are like, how they've changed the perception of building – and how you, too, can get your phizog on the box.
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FeaturesTV Reviews
Building's critic-in-residence reviews a typical week's assortment of built environment programming
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FeaturesRichard and judy's favourite engineer
John Roberts is operating board director of engineer Babtie Group and a media tart.
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FeaturesPoor old you
More and more firms are reacting to deficits in their pension funds by, in effect, slashing their staff's retirement income. They say they are staving off financial disaster; others claim it is a grotesque rip-off. We investigate a deepening crisis.
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News20 years after World in Action, Barratt goes back into prefab
Housebuilder plans off-site manufacturing plant two decades after documentary killed demand for timber frame.
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AI profit hit by levy
Pre-tax profit at material and contracting group Aggregate Industries has been hit by the effect of the aggregates levy in the UK and bad weather in the USA.
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Carillion set to win contest for £1bn PFI hospital
Carillion has been named as preferred bidder for the £1bn Queen Alexandra hospital project in Portsmouth, one of the largest PFI hospital projects to be awarded.
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VAT threat to listed buildings
Alteration works to cathedrals, castles and other listed buildings in the UK could be subject to VAT under planned European legislation
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NewsKillby & Gayford sales drop £7m
Turnover at medium-sized contractor Killby & Gayford fell £7m in 2002 after contracts worth up to £12m were deferred 12 months.
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Taylor appoints popular non-exec chairman
Housebuilder and contractor Taylor Woodrow has appointed Norman Askew non-executive chairman and a non-executive director.
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NewsUnions give Laing O'Rourke six days to strike T5 deal
T&G, UCATT and GMB unite over pay demands – but are split over whether to ballot on industrial action.
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NewsForever blowing bubbles
A team including Arup has won a competition to design the swimming venue for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The design, which was inspired by cells and soap bubbles, will be clad in ETFE foil cushions. The Water Cube is energy efficient: 90% of the solar energy falling on in is ...