All Features articles – Page 613
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Let's stop talking
Glen Sabin - says the industry needs to stop discussing partnering and start including manufacturers
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Watch out for splinters
Natural unfinished timber is the cladding material of choice for fashionable architects these days, but not everyone knows how to use it. Choose the wrong type of wood or an inappropriate fixing method and the rot could set in …
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Time for work
Michael Ryley explains why the European court is moving to protect paid holidays for workers on short-term contracts
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The 30-second guide to combined heat and power plants
The government is so convinced of the benefits of combined heat and power technology that it is giving tax breaks to those who use it.
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No smoke …
The 1998 concrete flue liners scandal led to a delay of the Part J review. Now it's back, with measures designed to improve the safety of chimneys and heat-producing appliances
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Five things you ought to know about limited liability partnerships
What is it?A limited liability partnership is a hybrid of a limited company and a partnership, and comes into force on 6 April. It combines the freedom and managerial flexibility of the former with the limited liability and accounting transparency of the latter, providing the best of both worlds.Who is ...
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Access all areas?
Designers and their clients might think all they have to do to make a building accessible is comply with Part M. The Disability Discrimination Act has different ideas …
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Storms ahead
The £1bn of damage caused by last year's storms, and a research report predicting worse to come, has forced the DETR to look again at the structural part of the Building Regulations
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Coming up for air
The DETR cannot consider reviewing the ventilation regulations until the new Part L is ready. When it does come up, here's what the department should be looking at
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No more hot air
Everyone's talking about Part L, but what do the changes really mean? Find out how the proposed energy regulations will affect you and what the industry has to say about them
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Appointments
ContractorsWarings Construction Group has appointed Colin Crowther, previously with Carillion Building, construction director. He succeeds Colin Hollis who becomes technical director. Yorkshire-based Harrison Developments has promoted David Clancy (right) to associate director of developments.Steve Heanue has been appointed regional director of Fitzpatrick's eastern building division.Jonathan Pochin has been appointed to ...
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How building owners and service providers can avoid writs
From 1 October 2004, when part three of the Disability Discrimination Act comes into force, it will be necessary to remove physical barriers that prevent disabled people from using a service
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The knight behind the portcullis
Portcullis House has generated countless headlines, but its architect, Sir Michael Hopkins, has featured in very few of them. So who is this powerful yet elusive figure?
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Is this the best boss in construction?
Ken Dalton runs Oscar Faber, a successful, if unglamorous, engineering company that has just been voted the best employer in the whole of UK construction. Eloise Seddon finds out what makes its staff such happy bunnies.
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No more blockages
Confusions over the existing document and the rise of recycling have led the DETR to review the drainage regs. This is what the new Part H says
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Brand new sports kit
At last, a solution to poorly designed lottery-funded leisure facilities – an off-the-peg sports hall that's cheap and cheerful
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No change there
Not all the Building Regulations are being rewritten. This is the essential guide to the rest of the rules that govern the way we build
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Dear Robert
This month, is it always a good idea to move to a better paid job, and which should you choose: a company car or a car allowance?
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Turn that down!
Housebuilders and manufacturers are less than delighted with the beefed-up Part E. But will the proposals really hurt their businesses?
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Foster's station at the heart of Europe
Dresden wanted to establish itself as the centre of Central Europe, so it called in Foster and Partners to do something dramatic with its 19th-century station. This is what it got …