All Archive Titles articles – Page 589
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CM digs hole over tunnel
It is disappointing to see on page 33 of the May edition of CM an image of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link terminal at St Pancras under construction. You used this to illustrate a critical piece on the Channel Tunnel. Apart from a physical connection near Folkestone, the two projects ...
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Archive TitlesPsst... ...don’t tell the client!
Contract guru Peter Gracia outlines the many ways contractors can fiddle open-book accounting, and offers tips on how quantity surveyors can keep their project partners honest.
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Archive TitlesHeading for a culture clash?
Different cultures have different ways of doing business. The way you approach a project may put off potential overseas partners, as Chris Fox’s cautionary tale explains
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OFT guide helps punters ward off circling sharks
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is warning builders to stop being so cut-throat with domestic clients, and has published new guidance for consumers telling them what contract terms are fair.
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Scotland, RICS and the CIOB
In response to the letter regarding the failure of some Scottish authorities to recognise MCIOB as a professional qualification (‘CIOB? Sorry that just won’t do’ CM, May), I can confirm that I am in exactly the same position as your correspondent, and I would welcome the question being raised not ...
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CIOB’s China syndrome
I read CM with a fair amount of interest as I feel it covers current industry issues and topics pretty well. Rod Sweet’s May leader article (‘A Chinese Institute of Building?’) was of particular interest, although sadly I felt it gives the wrong message in that it highlights issues without ...
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Archive TitlesCaption of the month
Caption of the month: “Talk about Two Jags Prescott. I’m the flippin’ president and I can’t even get a two-hump camel!”Thanks to Barry Rolfe, for this effort starring CIOB top brass Geoff Wright
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Archive TitlesCaption competition
Caption competition: Send us a caption and we’ll grudgingly hand over a £20 drinks voucher for the wittiest entry. It has to be darned good to make us part with the dough, mind... Email: construction_manager@cmpinformation.com
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Archive TitlesThis building is going to revolutionise medical research
Or at least that is what Queen Mary, University of London, hopes its Institute of Cell and Molecular Science will do. The design deliberately tries to break down the barriers surrounding science and bring it out into the open, a concept that didn’t exactly make life easy for its services ...
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Breathe safely
Having trouble breathing? The HSE has published new guidance on respiratory protective equipment (RPE). It’s got a new Selector tool, which takes you through a simple questionnaire for choosing the right RPE, based on filter types required for whatever noxious cloud your people are exposed to. See www.hse.gov.uk for more.
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BRE releases Part L tool
BRE has released a prototype of the software the ODPM intends to make available for demonstrating compliance with the new Part L2 of the Building Regulations.
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Archive TitlesMichael to row construction’s boat
The new construction minister has vowed to ensure the industry has a greater voice in government.
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OGC board to end major project ‘bottlenecks’
A new public-private advisory board is to be set up to help manage the timing of large building programmes.
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Archive TitlesOfficials blame fire proofing for Twin Towers’ collapse
The official report into why the Twin Towers collapsed is due out this month, and preliminary reports could raise eyebrows because it appears to play down the effect of the Boeing 767s smashing into them.
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Who takes the blame?
Small sites are a breeding ground for skimping on safety, but this case shows how a property developer bore the brunt of the judge’s decision, in part for not following CDM regs
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Archive Titles‘Government needs to become an expert client’
New CIBSE president Donald Leeper calls on Whitehall to reclaim its internal procurement expertise
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Bath? More like a shower
It looks like the people of Bath will get their hot tubs – six years late. Bath and North East Somerset Council has kicked contractor Mowlem off site, installed Capita Symonds as project manager, and says it will be open by April 2006.
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Archive TitlesBath sparring
A smart-but-simple leisure centre in the West Country became the textbook case of how badly relations can sour on a project. And as contractor Mowlem looks set to sue its ‘client from hell’, Rod Sweet caught up with John Betty MCIOB, the man the Council brought in to bring matters ...
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Archive TitlesThe state of the art
To ensure that its artwork remains as well preserved as possible, the National Gallery has invested in a new, high-tech control system.