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Features
On solid ground
Figures just in for September complete the picture for the third quarter of 2002, and they show a market that is holding firm. Construction Forecasting and Research presents the facts
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Focus on the regions
How are activity levels and order books changing around the UK? The figures give the balance of firms reporting an increase compared with those reporting a decrease
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UK to develop international PFI accounting standard
Experts to create code for cross-border deals and to draw up global rules on revenue from PFI contracts.
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Portal BuildOnline breaks into the black
Construction portal BuildOnline this week claimed it was the first company of its type in Europe to make money.
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NewsContractor Haymills launches office fit-out division
Private contractor defies slump in South-east commercial market to create subsidiary called Whitespace.
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Comment
We're not the only ones
Like construction, the pensions industry has failed to focus on what its customers need. It should take a leaf out of our book and indulge in some free-thinking
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FeaturesCob satisfaction
The Eden Centre has just got another extraordinary structure, a combination of Taunton and Timbuktu vernacular, it's sustainable and biodegradable, it's got breasts and you can even catch buses from it
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Comment
The war of all against all
The House of Lords has just given us key tests to decide who wins when members of a project team try to pin liability on each other
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Comment
Goodbye to all that
After 20 years teaching craft skills, this lecturer has had enough. Here he explains how a debased system and useless students turned a fine job into his definition of hell
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Old age tension
This year's Building/Hays Montrose careers survey reveals readers' increasing awareness of the importance – and vulnerability – of their pensions. Victoria Madine rounds up the results
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Sound effects
Tough new acoustic regulations are making a noise this winter – and giving housebuilders a serious headache
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FeaturesTread carefully …
Most people don't know it, but floor coverings can be one of the most environmentally damaging parts of a building. Alex Smith investigates some methods and materials that should help stop us stomping on the environment
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Walk-on parts
Flooring finishes may not have a starring role in a client's brief but getting it right is critical to occupiers' enjoyment of a completed building. Peter Claridge, associate at Davis Langdon Schumann Smith, offers advice on how to specify the perfect underfoot performer
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LIfetime costs: durable floors
You've got a floor to cover, but which material is going to serve your client best – and for the longest – for the least amount of money? Peter Mayer of the Building Performance Group shines the spotlight on the whole-life costs of PVC, linoleum and carpeting
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Laying down the law
Materials and finishes are far from the only things to consider when choosing your flooring. New regulations on access and facilities for disabled users are about to change the way floors must be specified. Alex Smith has the details
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Key Taywood job goes to industry outsider
Housebuilder Taylor Woodrow hires money man Peter Johnson as finance director.