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Figures show industry is on the up
Activity in the construction sector showed a 13.5% rise in the third quarter of 2000 compared with the same period last year.The volume of new orders increased from £5.6bn for the same period last year to £6.2bn this year.Large infrastructure contracts contributed to the increase, with infrastructure orders for the ...
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Sandbags are not enough
Climate change will happen whatever cuts are made to greenhouse gases, and that means floods, driving rain, mass subsidence – and a whole different way of building.
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Meet the expert
Tapping into the huge pool of information available from its magazines and databases, Building's publisher this month launches a huge new portal. Here's what to expect …
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Message to deliver
For new Construction Confederation chief Stephen Ratcliffe, focusing on external issues is the best way to unite its members.
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Limited opposition
With so many chinks in the government's armour – everything from cows to petrol – why are the Tories failing to strike?
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The return of the dragon
Frightened by the handover to China and weakened by Asia's flu, it's been a rough few years for Hong Kong. Now it's back in business like never before.
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Seeking Western wisdom
Hong Kong's construction industry is still feeling the effects of last year's high-rise public housing scandal. The story began when the wrong type or wrong length of piles were found under two blocks owned and managed by the Hong Kong government's housing authority.In one of the blocks at Sha Tin, ...
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Wrapped up warm
Rockwool's R&D building near Copenhagen uses cutting-edge technology to meet likely Danish energy regulations in 50 years' time. Guess what they used for the insulation …
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Once bitten, fight shy
Once again, the adjudicator's figures on an award have proved controversial. But in this dispute even an admission of error failed to keep the case from court
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Bouygues reconsidered
You'll know about the Bouygues case, the one where the adjudicator got his sums wrong and the court enforced anyway. Well, you may be interested to know that that wasn't what happened at all …
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The design of risk
Thinking of a venture into the public-private battlefield? In the first of a series of articles on PFI, find out how your contract can protect you in the skirmishes over design.
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Clarified better
The appeal court's ruling in Henry Boot vs Alstom has clarified the way variations should be valued and now, the ICE 7th Edition is making it easier to identify valuation problems at the outset.
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Spotlight on stone cladding
Lead times The overall lead time for panellised stone cladding was 41 weeks in the third quarter, a figure that has not changed since the fourth quarter of 1999.However, the lead time is likely to be a month or so longer for a complex facade, even if the design is ...
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Change at the top
Robert Smith of Hays Montrose explains how to get a new boss settled in without hassle.
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Arsenal's new star
Arsenal's new star: The north London football club has unveiled plans for its 60 000-seat stadium in Ashburton Grove. The £125m stadium, designed by HOK Sport, will have a four-tier structure and include a museum, shop, restaurants and bars. Buro Happold is consultant engineer, Whitby Bird & Partners is structural ...
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Lead times
Mace tracks the lead times of 38 works packages and, Gardiner & Theobald takes a closer look at enquiries, orders and tenders in the stone cladding market.
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Rail contractors press for higher margins
Maintenance and track renewal at risk as firms warn that they will not carry out contracts on present terms
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Housebuilders balk at flood defence bill
Developers point to Environment Agency as they reject government's call to take on burden and cost of protecting country's sites from flooding
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DETR attempts to revive flagging quality mark
Confusion reigns over the creation of a new working party to revamp cowboy builder initiative
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Subcontractors slam late payment and 'arrogant' QSs
Coventry University report into subcontractors' attitudes finds the Construction Act is being ignored