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Norway opens eco-prison
Solar panels installed and food produced on site in new facility near Oslo
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NewsFormer Westbury staff plot rapid expansion at new firm
Lioncourt launches five-year programme to become one of UK’s largest private housebuilders
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CommentA step too far
Extending the Construction Act to embrace oral as well as written agreements is to be applauded. Expanding the definition of ‘agreement’, on the other hand, is definitely not
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NewsGrimshaw profit reaches £1m for the first time
Architect follows Rogers and Wilkinson Eyre in posting strong results for 2006
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Main contractors in firing line from payments campaign
Specialist contractors get behind government’s new Fair Payment Charter in bid to cut disputes
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FeaturesPump up the volume
Martin Spring takes a look at the latest advances in volumetric construction, from novel uses for shipping containers to designs for modules that are – whisper it – less boxy. But will any of this increase its popularity among housebuilders?
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NewsTube Lines gears up for Metronet contracts
Tube Lines is preparing to take on some of Metronet’s contracts, following last month’s news that its fellow tube maintenance company had gone into administration.
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NewsHousebuilders slam new space and energy standards
HBF warns government that proposed housing standards will lower the value of public land
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British Land appoints Hopkins
Hopkins Architects is designing a major commercial development next to Sheffield’s Meadowhall shopping centre.
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FeaturesDigs with a difference
Students won’t live in grotty bedsits any more. And with 1 million of them needing somewhere to live, it’s a market you’d be wise to swot up on – just leave the kids to add their own personal touches …
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FeaturesEat your heart out, Jamie
One part the Naked Chef, two parts Ready, Steady, Cook, Bovis Lend Lease’s away day at a cookery school might have been a recipe for disaster – but turned out dead pukka. Eleanor Harding put her apron on …
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CommentDo you have breakdown cover?
Rolls-Royce didn’t take out joint-names insurance to cover construction of its new plant. When a leaking pipe caused £400,000 of damage, it insisted the policy wouldn’t have covered negligence. Not everyone agreed
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The lesser-spotted contract
Last month, Tony Bingham said construction lawyers would agree with the Court of Appeal’s ruling in SWI vs P&I. Well, Stuart Pemble doesn’t, and that is because he doesn’t really believe in fixed-price deals
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FeaturesDivine mystery
What’s the secret of this baffling monolith of raw concrete that stands in a field near Cologne?
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CommentAt full blast
A turbulent week as Richard McCarthy delivers a stormy press briefing, a furious homeowner takes his revenge on rogue builders, and abseilers are dropped in to lighten things up a bit …
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CommentUndercover recruitment
Following on from your article on unscrupulous headhunters (15 June, page 42), we had an interesting experience with a recruitment agency recently.
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Not so robust
The Robust Details scheme is held up by many as a sure-fire, hassle-free way to comply to Part E.
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Small packages
I received the 2007 UK construction industry Key Performance Indicators pack by post. The CD-Rom and guide booklet together weigh 116 grams and will fit in an A5 jiffy bag.
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The modern way
To meet targets in the housing green paper for increasing the UK’s housing supply, modern methods of construction (MMC) will have to be considered on a wider scale.