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UCATT holds pay protest
Construction union UCATT last week held a demonstration against a subcontractor it claims is not paying adequate holiday pay.
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Plant more trees, says Bellamy
Television pundit and academic David Bellamy wants housebuilders to plant 16 trees every time they build a house.
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Camway sues over lost contract
Essex-based civil engineer Camway Group is suing a former employee for more than £400,000, claiming that he set up a company to take away a contract from his employer.
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Sir Colin Buchanan dies, aged 94
engineer, architect and town planner Sir Colin Buchanan, the first person to grapple with traffic congestion in British cities, has died aged 94.
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Contracts
Caddick wins fitness centreCaddick Construction has won a £4.5m contract to build a leisure and fitness centre in Hull for leisure group Total Fitness UK.Skanska lands Stansted hotelSkanska has landed a £28.6m contract to build a Radisson SAS Hotel on a five-acre site adjacent to the main terminal at Stansted ...
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Close quarters
Botschi Vargas Architects has submitted a planning application for five townhouses and a penthouse flat for an infill site in Maida Vale, north London. The dwellings are clad in Kal-Wall's translucent panels that resemble traditional Japanese screens. The narrow site means that the house fronts are close together, so their ...
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Taking the wrap
From weighty architectural volumes to pocket-sized guides, Martin Spring looks at the best of the year's building books that you might like to give away this Christmas – or keep for yourself
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Birse back in profit despite fall in enquiries
Enquiries drop 50% due to economic uncertainty, but contractor remains confident after posting £1.2m profit.
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Clients hesitant after US attacks, says Mitie
Building and support services company Mitie has said some clients had cancelled projects and others were hesitating about going ahead after the terror attacks in the USA on 11 September.
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EC Harris buys two firms
Quantity Surveyor EC Harris has made two acquisitions and opened four offices in the Far East.
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Materials firms may be hit by US recession, City warns
City predicts major suppliers with Stateside businesses will be affected by weakening US housing market.
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Sounding the fire alarm
Use a blowtorch next to a stack of polystyrene insulation blocks, polythene-wrapped to a wooden pallet, and sooner than you can cite the health and safety code, you've got a roomful of poison gas. Something like this happens 11 times a day on UK sites. Tom Lane asks what's going ...
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Comput-a-recruit
Forget filling in a quiz to find your ideal partner – now, high-profile companies are using psycho-profiling to discover which candidates fit a specific type to complement the rest of the team. But, Victoria Madine asks, does it work?
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Five tips on spicing up your office party
Be innovative with your invitations to help set the mood of the party before it even begins. "We've produced snowdomes, Ali G-style medallions and bamboo scrolls," says Danielle Nay, managing director at event organiser Dr Party.Go for something unexpected on the entertainment front. "We've booked drunken waiters," says Wendy Clark ...
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Brian Wilson
In an exclusive first interview, industry minister Brian Wilson talks to Building about the procurement lessons of Picketts Lock, making construction feel at home in the DTI – and his Beach Boy namesake.
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Star of Dresden
Wandel Hoefer Lorch & Hirsch's synagogue and community centre bring architectural inspiration to an urban wasteland
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Comment
You'll pay for this
If an adjudicator decides against you, you'll feel a little sore. You may even refuse to give them their fees. But, sadly, you'll find it difficult to get a court to back you
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Courting opinion
The Technology and Construction Court plays a vital role in our industry – now, a consultation paper on its modernisation is seeking your views
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Latham's legacy
The CIB was set up to implement the Latham report, but how successful was it?