All Features articles – Page 651
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Now arriving: London's mega projects
A new breed of super-scheme is set to transform the capital over the next few years as bigger-than-ever projects move off the drawing-board. What's going on where?
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IT: Virtual company Liquid asset
London architect Fluid Design doesn't have an office, but thanks to e-mail and mobile phones, it's finding that it doesn't need one. One day, all young design practices could work this way.
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Cladding: the new rules
A fatal fire in a Scottish tower block last year triggered a review of cladding systems. As a result, the Building Regulations may be amended. What will it mean for manufacturers, installers and specifiers?
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If it's good enough for Farrell …
… it's good enough for other architects. Munkenbeck + Marshall's latest London loft conversion scheme is home to a host of designers, including Terry Farrell.
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Tender price forecast
A combination of escalating labour costs and workload growth pushed tender prices up an average of 5% across the country and 7% in London last year, and all the signs are that the trend is set to continue for at least the next two.
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Love on the job
Don't declare your passion for a colleague this Valentine's Day before reading our tips for the perfect office romance.
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Take notice!
The industry does not always seem to take the payment provisions in the Construction Act completely seriously. The latest court ruling on adjudication shows this to be an unwise attitude.
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Sacking offences
If employees cannot do their jobs because they become disabled, they now have new rights and, from April, a commission to enforce them. What does this mean for employers?
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Under £1m: Aston Martin Owners Club - Auto barn
A dilapidated 14th-century tithe barn may seem like an unlikely home for a classic-car club. But in Architecture plb’s design, modern minimalism and medieval austerity make for a surprisingly happy fit.
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Morrison’s ripe banana
This is the latest dispatch from the battlefield that is adjudication enforcement. Morrison, back before the beak for a second time, tried to argue that there wasn’t even a dispute. Which brings us to bananas …
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Services whole-life costs Air-conditioning
A new series on the lifespan costs of engineering services starts with a comparison of four air-conditioning systems.
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Appointments
Contractors North Midland Building has promoted Mike Catlin to commercial director. John Latham has been promoted to contracts director.Hull-based PDR has appointed John White purchasing manager. Paul Uter has joined as project manager and Paul Charstone has been made project quantity surveyor. Peter Farnan has joined FM Contract Services, ...
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The battle of Brompton
Contractor meets client, contractor sues client, client sues rest of the team: a typical story of multimillion-pound multiparty litigation – and how difficult it is to sort out. This is how one judge is going about it.
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Cost study: Innovation and Technology Transfer Centre
Government, academia and business have come together to develop premises for start-up high-tech businesses in Plymouth. The alliance’s first building, the Innovation and Technology Transfer Centre, provides light and airy research and production units for £639/m2
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The e-biz has landed
Brian Moran and Mark Suster reckon e-commerce can cut building cost 20%, and they’ve set up a web site to prove it. Will they be construction’s first Internet millionaires?
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As green as it gets
Self-sufficient for its supply of water, gas and electricity, this Millennium Commission-funded centre incorporates a variety of sustainable technologies.
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The great sack race
Growth is stable, order books are bulging and good times are here for contractors. But it’s not enough for the City, which is why Laing, Mowlem and Taywood have axed hundreds of jobs. And there are more to come …
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Do you really want to know?
If you lose an adjudication, do you want to know why you lost? If you do, you have to agree to it before you get into the contract. Here are some things you should be aware of.
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Sir Steve Robson
This Treasury man has three years to change the way state and industry do business. Not everyone thinks he can. How on earth is he going to make it happen?
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Case study 1: No 8 The Square, Stockley Park
No 8 The Square is hailed as the UK's first purpose-designed serviced office building, even though it is the fourth in a new generation of office buildings designed by Arup Associates at Stockley Park, the self-styled “leading business park in Europe”. As in the earlier three buildings, Arup Associates has ...