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Chance of a lifetime
Peter Mason - It's time to put into practice the lessons we learned in the last recession, and add value.
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Five of the best places to network
Manchester:The Atlas bar (376 Deansgate) is a favourite watering hole for designers, as is Loaf (5-6 Deansgate Locks, Whitworth Street West). On a more professional note, check out the Centre for Understanding of the Built Environment, or CUBE, (113 Portland Street), which is becoming a key networking location.Bristol:The bars and ...
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Comment
I beg to differ, m'lud
Rudi Klein takes issue with Judge Anthony Thornton's recent article in Building. Adjudicators are not a public body, and the Human Rights Act does not, therefore, apply to them
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Vengeance is mine
Tony Bingham - A series of rail disasters has led to the introduction of the offence of "corporate killing". It may satisfy the public's desire to see justice done, but will it do any good?
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Critical conditions
Tim Elliott - Watch out for the "exclusive remedies" clauses in two M&E contracts. They rule out claims for breaches of implied term and claims for breaches not in the conditions
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Heading for the hurdles
Julian Holloway - It's now supposed to be easier for lawyers to handle disputes on a conditional-fee basis, but all sorts of obstacles have been put in their way. Is it too big a bet?
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There's something strange in the attic …
From the street, it's a listed Victorian warehouse. But up on the roof, a weird £250,000 extension is being built to showcase the latest building technologies.
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Web watch
www.gecanderson.co.ukGEC Anderson has launched a new website for specifiers of stainless steel. The site includes product data, frequently asked questions, CAD downloads and technical details, plus images of the company's worktops, sinks, bowls, cabinets, shelving and sanitary appliances.www.callenders.co.ukCallenders Interactive Roofing Centre features the "SpecBuilder" to help in the specification of ...
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Why grey and brown?
Sally Sullivan - Hospitals don't have to look so drab, but it will take manufacturers' help to brighten them up
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Whole-life cost model
Two years after the first Whole-life cost model, Citex has returned to the office sector, updating its occupancy costs for three model buildings and comparing it with this City of London office block
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Churchfield directors under close scrutiny
Creditors demand examination of fit-out firm's financial performance in months leading up to collapse.
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Prescott to set new safety targets
Deputy prime minister expected to call for 40% reduction in deaths and serious accidents in four years at summit next Tuesday.
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Construction may move to DTI in post-election reshuffle
Ministers are considering a transfer from over-large DETR to Department of Trade and Industry.
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Hadrian's Bridge gets commission backing
The Millennium Commission has urged Carlisle City Council to proceed with the £1.8m Hadrian's Bridge, despite a council vote to scrap it last month.
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Behnisch wins £550m Dublin deal
German architect Behnisch, Behnisch and Partner has won a competition to masterplan a £550m national sports complex near Dublin.
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Kiley and Prescott reach impasse on Tube
THE Greater London Authority's call for 51% control of the part-privatised of the Tube have been described as "posturing" by a London Underground source.
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Business park, east London
Aukett Europe has designed the first phase and masterplan of this £500m development on 50 acres of the Old Royal Docks.
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Wimpey to axe 400 jobs in cost-cutting drive
Housebuilder George Wimpey plans to slash 400 jobs in the next three months as part of a cost-cutting drive designed to save £20m.
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Bellway falls foul of Livingstone ruling
Mayor makes first two orders to reject developments in London as a result of their failure to meet social housing and design criteria.
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Farrell in frame for Hastings role
Terry Farrell is one of three architects in the running to champion design and regeneration in the rundown south coast town of Hastings, East Sussex.