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News
'Inept' budget to hit Irish market
The construction sector in Ireland is facing the loss of 15,000 jobs if, as expected, outupt falls 8% this year.
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Workload grows for small contractors
Trade at small and medium-sized UK construction firms continued to grow during the final quarter of last year despite worries about the economy, according to the Federation of Master Builders.
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Comment
Seize the day
So far we've missed every opportunity to turn the derelict Thames Gateway region into the solution for all our housing problems. Now is the time
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Features
Clickstart!
The latest survey of contractors' websites reveals that, with a few exceptions, the industry is failing to use the internet to its – and its clients' – advantage. We explore how, by following a few basic principles, construction firms can realise their online potential
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FeaturesFlight and fight
SOM's competition-winning design for Nato's headquarters in Brussels not only encourages co-operation between the expanding alliance's member states, it also comes with wings …
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Comment
The perils of Poland
Continuing our look at the peculiarities of law codes in Europe, it seems that, in Poland, developers have to protect themselves against their architects
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Comment
Blame it on Bingham
Tony Bingham's article (20 December 2002, page 40) referred to the "axiomatic effect" of an adjudication whereby a contractor can be held liable for liquidated damages during a period of time not covered by an extension of time award.
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Comment
Unprecedented agreement
I started to read Nick Henchie's article "Redmond's recipe for fudge" (6 December 2002, page 46) with some trepidation, as I have not previously agreed with many of his pieces on adjudicators' decisions.
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Comment
Resolutions for adjudicators
A series of articles in Building (John Redmond, 8 November, page 55; Tony Bingham and Nick Henchie, 6 December, page 46) caught my attention.
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Comment
The counterfeiters
As chairman of the recently formed UK Power Tool Industry Alliance Against Counterfeits, I am writing in response to Gus Alexander's column "Gifts from Saint Nick" (20 December, page 20).
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Comment
Wayne Hemingway vs Richard Saxon
I write in response to your recent column by Wayne Hemingway (10 January, page 26) which, among other things, was intended to set us thinking about the paltry amount that most of us do to improve the environment.
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Comment
They came from outer space
I was interested to read Colin Honess of Corus' letter in response to an earlier Hansom piece about staining on the National Centre for Pop Music in Sheffield ("Help, the mastic leaches!", 17 January, page 35).
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Comment
Incestuous recruitment
I write in response to your news story "Construction degrees extinct in 10 years, says shock report" (24 January, page 11).
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Features
Sorting it out
The black art of logistics used to be organised by a whiteboard and a magic marker. Now software is being developed that can ensure the most complex jobs are run with optimal efficiency.
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Features
Counting the cash, counting the cost
The astonishing Laing O'Rourke pay deal at Heathrow's Terminal 5 has created an intoxicating mixture of glee, fear, envy and greed inside and outside the industry. We sort out winners from losers, and considers what it means for the future of construction.
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FeaturesAt home with the BNP
Just when the construction industry thought it was making headway in its fight against racism, along comes builder and British National Party councillor Robin Evans to grab the headlines. We spent a day talking politics with him, his girlfriend and his party minder.
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FeaturesCost study: Max Perutz lecture theatre
The Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge had nowhere for its Nobel Prize-winning scientists to present their research. So architect Feilden + Mawson and quantity surveyor Keegans created an auditorium extension on stilts – and here they reveal the details of how it was done
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Comment
You may scoff …
If Jonathan Meades wants to let us know that Bovis' site canteen isn't as good as Le Gavroche, we're forced to agree – but, er, that's because it's a site canteen