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Features
Dealing in design
You're an architect, you're pitching for a job and the client asks: how much? Not to panic – former architect Robert White can help you with the bottom line.
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Clive Porter
The Audit Commission report is likely to fuel the flames of the PFI debate. Before things get too heated, let's put the report in context
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Comment
Intercontinental comparisons
Adjudication has many supporters but few of them would claim it's perfect. So perhaps we could learn a few lessons from how it's done in other countries?
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Balance of payments
Whack a huge interest rate on late payments and it may be considered an unenforceable penalty. Go too low and you fall foul of the Late Payments Act
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Some rights and wrongs
I am sorry if John Smith thought that my letter of 17 January was "a collection of anodyne platitudes" (24 January, page 34).
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OK lads, just, er, do your stuff
In the light of the recent correspondence on training, particularly John Smith's last letter (24 January, page 34), may I draw your attention to a parallel problem facing site managers?
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The tip of an iceberg
I was very flattered to read my profile in Building last week (17 January, 26-30), but this is only equalled by my embarrassment.
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What drop in numbers?
I am very concerned at your news article (24 January, page 11) claiming that there has been a big decline in entry to construction courses.
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Teaching's not so tough
In your article on salaries at Heathrow's Terminal 5 (17 January, page 9), under the subheading "How T5 salaries compare", the salary for a teacher in London is quoted as £26,000.
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Top-heavy success
The article entitled "We love you" (24 January, page 22) reaches some shocking conclusions about how much building consultants contribute to the economic well-being of the UK.
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News
South Bank to get £6m park
A world-class park to rival those in Paris and Barcelona is to be created on the site of the Jubilee Gardens on London's South Bank
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Mace branches out into fit-out work
Mace has moved further from its construction management roots by setting up an arm to focus on small fixed-price work in the fit-out sector.
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News£160m Hull shopping complex unveiled
Developer ING Real Estate this week unveiled detailed plans for the £160m Ferensway shopping complex in Hull.The Foster-designed complex has a curved street topped by a glazed canopy. The 40 acre site will also contain a public transport exchange, homes, a theatre, and leisure centre.Construction work is expected to begin ...
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NewsReady for a night of love
The £8.5m Hampstead Theatre is due to be completed this month, ready for its first performance on Valentine's Day. The theatre has been rebuilt with £10m of Lottery funding as part of a push to regenerate the area. The low-rise, three-storey pavilion is four times larger than the original, and ...
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FeaturesVariations on a lead tortoise
Those enigmatic lead-clad reptilian forms over there are Renzo Piano's designs for 21st-century Roman concert halls. We look at how the architect came by his extraordinary concept, and how it works in practice.
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Comment
O ye of little faith
If God is in the details, then there are one heck of a lot of buildings going up devoid of the least sign of the divine presence …
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NewsBrown seizes control of PFI ahead of general election
Chancellor to take personal charge of delivery of new schools and hospitals as pressure grows to show results.
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NewsMarriage à la mode
A planning application has been submitted to restore Caxton Hall to its former glory. The former Westminster registry office (on the right of the photograph) was once famous for its celebrity weddings, but has been derelict since 1979. Foggo Associates is proposing to convert it into a residential development and ...
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MCG launches health plan
The Major Contractors Group has launched an occupational health strategy for its members to sign up to by March next year.