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NewsUCATT slams 'truly horrific' surge in site deaths
Brumwell calls for speedy introduction of tough corporate manslaughter bill to punish culpable employers.
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Contractors vie for advisory role on £750m Liverpool job
Contractors are vying for the job of overseeing a £750m mixed–use scheme in Liverpool, which is due for completion before it becomes the European Capital of Culture in 2008.
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M&E firms shun young workers
M&E contractors are refusing to take on teenage apprentices because they are forbidden to work as many hours as adults under employment regulations introduced in April
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RIBA to crack down on sexism
RIBA president-elect George Ferguson has promised to crack down on gender discrimination in the architecture profession after research showed it was driving women away from the industry
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FeaturesMarching on the spot
The winner of Building's £1000 essay competition is Toni Mannell's thoughtful account of what isn't going to happen in the next 30 years.
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FeaturesCopthorn's Challenge
Many buyers will think orange render and thatched roofs go together like bacon and hot strawberry jam. In fact, a developer has shown that they make for bold styling – but why risk using it on a mass-market development?
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Back to the drawing board
In response to the discussion on architects' education (4 July, pages 40-41), both the skills acquired and their role in the building team, there needs to be more emphasis on the process of design and construction.
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Is anybody out there?
We whole-heartedly agree with Mr Perry's letter (11 April, page 34) about partnering and its existence as a business philosophy only.
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Christmas in the Caucasus
Is Tony Bingham Armenian? I ask because in his article on the case of Orange EBS Ltd vs ABB Ltd ("Ah-ha!!!" 13 June, page 50) he seems to treat Christmas as falling on 6 January.
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Myopic surveyors
I read with some amusement GJ Davey's response to the RICS fees debate (20 June, page 37) stating that the proposal was hidden within the AGM literature.
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The real experts
Having had the unenviable experience of referring a final account dispute to a lawyer adjudicator when a quantity surveyor would clearly have been appropriate, I have to question the method of selection by adjudicator nominating bodies.
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What do you expect?
After reading your disturbing article on mental health in the construction industry it makes me wonder how the likes of John Prescott and Sir John Egan are going to recruit people for the industry (27 June, pages 38-43).
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An alternative 2033 vision
Congratulations on reaching your 160th birthday and on the excellent supplement. Your visions of the future are both entertaining and challenging – but one thing grated on me.
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The price of success
I couldn't agree more with the column by John Smith (27 June, page 34).
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Glazed and confused
Terracotta glazing is enjoying a revival. It was used extensively at the beginning of the last century, and is proving popular at the start of the 21st. Specifying it is not always straightforward, though, as architect Kohn Pederson Fox found out when it tried to recreate an 80-year-old mottled glaze ...
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Know your data
What does your record say about you? Michael Archer of solicitor Beale & Company explains your rights of access to information held by your employer
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FeaturesLifetime costs: renders
With so many render options out there, how do you choose the one you need? Peter Mayer of Building Performance Group examines the key issues and outlines the whole-life costs of three alternatives
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