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CommentYou made the bed …
The McGlinn case raised the tricky question of the responsibility of the architect for a client’s unsafe design. But if the client insists on an unsafe design, is it not then the real designer?
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CommentStreetlife
A construction website in Belarus reports on an important document on UK street design and now Alex Smith is using it in a squabble with his local council. Talk about a global village …
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Comment‘Relax, babe’
What Dennis Hopper told Amanda Levete and other Vegas stories, plus the secret story of Wembley’s image rights
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NewsNG Bailey sets out growth targets after strong year
M&E group announces plans to increase penetration in maintenance and facilities management
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CommentNothing safe about our houses
So Peter Hain’s first act as secretary of state for work and pensions was to call an inquest into why so many people are dying on building sites – 17 more this year than last.
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Sparks threaten national strike
Wage row between unions and employers’ association threatens widespread walk-outs
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NewsTarmac up for sale
Materials giant put on market for £3bn. Bidders could include Lafrage and Cemex
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NewsRider Levett Bucknall scoops first Frontier Homes deal
Firm will act as project manager and QS on £100m mixed use scheme in Northamptonshire
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Whole life cost standard out in autumn
QS firms can build up Life Cycle Costs on a common platform internationally
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CommentKeep shouting and we’ll keep failing
The pig-headed behaviour of some trade associations is wasting a priceless opportunity to reform the Construction Act to everyone’s advantage
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CommentAn exemplary disaster
Fail to renew your public liability insurance at your peril, as this dreadful tale of a family-run electrical firm, a little old lady’s bungalow and some (possibly) poorly rigged festoon cabling proves
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NewsSisk profit surges on back of major projects
John Sisk, the UK arm of the privately owned Irish contractor, has reported a pre-tax profit of £5m after undertaking a string of high-profile projects. This is a rise of more than 35% on the previous year.
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Half of all construction deaths are in housing
Work and pensions secretary to crack down on construction safety as research shows deaths and serious injuries have risen most in housebuilding and refurbishment sectors
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NewsBritish Pavilion shortlist
Zaha Hadid, Heatherwick Studios, Marks Barfield, Avery Associates, John McAslan and Draw Architects shortlisted for World Expo 2010 in Shanghai
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NewsSparks threaten national strikes
Wage row between unions and employers’ association threatens widespread walk-outs
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Purcell wins national framework with English Heritage
Firm lead consultant for condition survey services on all nine regions
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Are you ready for the big one?
Continuing our catastrophic theme, here’s a warning about the advisability of preparing for something going very badly wrong indeed – together with a checklist to help you do it
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NewsFoster misses out on Dead Sea shortlist
Foster + Partners has not been included on the shortlist to work on plans for a canal between the Red Sea and the Dead Sea in the Middle East.
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NewsStrategic Forum to set out ‘golden rules’ to reduce fatalities from tower cranes
Peter Hain and Stephen Timms single out Building's Safer Skyline campaign for praise
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Features
What it costs: CHP (combined heat and power systems)
Peter Mayer of Building LifePlans looks at the cost and environmental dividends from combined heat and power systems.With Combined heat and power (CHP) or co-generation systems, heat that might be lost as a by-product of electricity generation is captured for space and water heating. Locally supplied electricity incur lower transmission ...