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FeaturesCMS Vibration Solutions: Quiet, please
CMS Vibration Solutions, part of the £15m-turnover CMS Group, was set up just two years ago and specialises in anti-vibration and structural isolation for all types of developments. With 16 employees across its offices in Warrington and Colchester, the company has been involved in projects ranging from the nanoscience laboratory ...
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FeaturesBison: Set to succeed
Established in 1919, Bison specialises in the design and manufacture of structural precast concrete products. Precast flooring accounts for about 80% of its products and includes hollow, core, solid and composite floors. The company has a turnover of about £100m a year and has four factories across the UK, including ...
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Building Intelligence Q3 2007: Hidden cracks
New work pushed the industry forward last year, but the modest growth figures masked significant variation across the sectors, says Experian Business Strategies
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CommentI’ll get you later
This is the story of a client that decided to sue a contractor but not its consultants. Then it changed its mind and went after them, too. The consultants claimed that this was abuse of process – but were they right?
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Know your limits
The Law Commission wants a rethink of the law on limitations and this year you are invited to comment on the proposals. So here’s what they’re about…
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CommentThe lawyers’ playground
There have been more than 300 court decisions that ‘clarify’ the meaning of the Construction Act. The result is that only our learned friends really understand what the rules are
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NewsHow bad can it get?
Sales are down. Cancellations are up. Share prices are just a third of what they were at this time last year. Few now question that housebuilders face their biggest test since the nineties slump. Joey Gardiner finds out just how big
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The tracker: Getting the jitters
The industry is still expanding but the uncertainty in the financial markets is starting to make itself felt in the civil engineering sector. Experian Business Strategies reports
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CommentWeb watch — Golden nuggets
If you want the latest environmental information in easily digestible, bite-sized chunks, you really should log on to Building’s sustainability channel. Phil Clark explains why
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CommentBuilding inaugurates a coffee machine … with HTA
“I’m not drinking until April,” boasts Riette as she sips her hot water and lemon. I feel a little guilty as I knock back a double espresso.
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CommentClose shaves
While Willmott Dixon employees escape with their jobs, Make’s staff avoid being crushed by a steel tree and Gordon Brown dodges Mandarin quantity surveying manuals
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Every cloud
I read your piece “Construction firms will take credit crunch hit in 2008” (11 January, page 20) with interest. It claimed insolvencies across all industries are set to rise 8.3% to 13,492 next year, with construction singled out as one of the biggest casualties.
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CommentThe QS and the cockroach
As a loud and proud QS I have been reading about the imminent demise of our noble art for as long as I can remember.
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Nuclear clear-up
Contrary to the impression given in your quote from me in the article “The path to power” (18 January, page 28), the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) and I are very clear about our policy on nuclear power.
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Cutting the atom down to size
Oh dear, two energy-related errors in the 11 January issue. First, kWh is a unit of energy while kW is a unit of power, not vice versa (page 75).
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Going for green
The news that the Olympic Delivery Authority’s business network will help companies across the UK compete for London 2012 business opportunities is a welcome announcement.
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Playing a risky game
I note every week the array of pictures sent in by vigilant readers detailing clear health and safety breaches seen on building sites, often in this country.
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Sharp slide in profit at Wolseley with more bad news on the way
Pre-tax profit at Wolseley, the materials producer, fell by a third in the five months to the end of December as a result of the global credit crunch.