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Not over yet
I enjoyed the broad-ranging discussion as a panel member of the round table on cavity walls on 7 September
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Domino effect
Regarding your article “Bovis asks suppliers about Rok exposure” (12 November, page 11), I for one can see nothing untoward in this move
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Future burdens ...
Regarding the loophole in the new Part L rules, this is a missed opportunity by the communities department to drive down the emissions of new-build homes
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Finer matters
Some of us may remember the Royal Fine Art Commission (RFAC). It was about as effective as Cabe, though having to work more through the community
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NewsSpecialists: rebate demands ‘contagious’
The head of the Specialist Engineering Contractors Group has described the practice of large facilities management firms demanding discounts and rebates from their subcontractors as a “contagious disease”, as suppliers warn they will have to pass cost cuts down their supply chains, writes Daniel Thomas.
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NewsMorrell berates architects
Chief construction adviser Paul Morrell compared the “irrational exuberance” in recent architecture to the hedonism of the financial markets in a speech yesterday.
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A week in the death of Rok
8/11Rok put into administration. Its construction staff shut down sites. Mears, Leadbitter and Kinetics are among firms that express an interest in acquiring it. Rok’s administrator pledges to pay staff.9/11First customers express anxiety about Rok work, with Tesco Underwriting saying it was already passing any new claims work to other ...
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Atkins academy goes international
Atkins plans to roll out its nuclear training academy internationally.
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FeaturesThe breaking of Rok
Commentators who remained unmoved by Rok’s dizzying rise must now be feeling vindicated, says Joey Gardiner. But was the contractor a victim of its own management strategy, or brought down by market jitters?
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CommentInnovation in blockwork: The Wi Beam
In an industry notoriously cautious of innovation, it’s quite something to meet a brickwork contractor who’s not only inventive but also prepared to see his inventions through
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FeaturesTop Specialists 2010
Britain’s top subcontractors are having to adapt to survive - and faster than the first crustaceans. David Rogers looks at the strategies they’re adopting (going backwards isn’t one of them), while Martin Hewes ranks them by turnover and specialisation
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CommentPhilosopher’s dog dilemma
The odds are stacking up against development, with a lack of private funding, planning in chaos and a shift in power towards the nimbys, says Pascale Scheurer
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NewsAghobili Hotel by Henning Larsen: On a high
Aghobili Hotel in Abastumani, Georgia, is designed by Henning Larsen Architects.Engineer Buro Happold and Danish architect Henning Larsen have won an international design competition for a new 200-room, 22,000m2 luxury hotel in Georgia, eastern Europe. The new Aghobili Hotel will be situated in the Meskheti mountain range near the spa ...
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NewsDerwent planning five new central London schemes
Developer ready to develop 1,000,000ft2 of property as capital’s office market improves
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NewsGovernment U-turn on planning levy
Coalition pledges to stick with Labour planning tariff after all
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NewsDavis Langdon director Richard Baldwin joins Derwent
Baldwin will start as Derwent’s head of development in January 2011
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Future of education looks prefab
Local authorities were due to find out this week how much they will have available to spend on schools. Labour’s £55bn Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme has been abolished and the coalition has pledged to spend £15.8bn improving the school estate.
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NewsMansell wins £24m contract to build Hackney school
Contractor will consolidate Cardinal Pole Catholic School’s facilities onto one site