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  • Scaffolding in church in Vilnius
    News

    The art of scaffolding

    2007-01-12T11:34:00Z

    This creatively assembled scaffolding looks more like an exhibit in the Tate than a safety platform

  • 2012 London Olympic stadium
    News

    McAlpine to charge up to £400m for Olympic stadium

    2007-01-12T08:00:00Z

    Contractor expected to hike price from the £280m given in London’s original bid

  • Alex Smith
    News

    Web Watch

    2007-01-12T07:01:00Z

    James Brown, your spirit lives on, as Building's web editor gets down to a dance video about low-energy light bulbs, then jumps up, turns around and offers some sage legal advice from Fenwick Elliott. Oh baby ...

  • Robert Akenhead
    Comment

    What’s fair is fair

    2007-01-12T00:00:00Z

    If you follow the gold rush to Dubai, what are your chances of surviving a contractual dispute with the client? Well, about the same as in Dorking ...

  • Professor, construction management
    Features

    This professor has been brought to you by ...

    2007-01-12T00:00:00Z

    If your lecturer spends more time with private firms than with you, should you a) Complain, b) Be glad they’re keeping up with the latest thinking, or c) Get them to wangle you a job?

  • Health and Safety image to promote SiSC
    Features

    Green ticks all round

    2007-01-12T00:00:00Z

    Health and safety Sonia Soltani reports on how the BCSA is coming to the rescue of small contractors and explains why the Steel Construction Institute’s Trojan Horse is a welcome gift

  • News

    Roof collapses at 2010 Winter Olympics stadium

    2007-01-12T00:00:00Z

    The roof on the main stadium for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Canada collapsed under a layer of snow last week.

  • National Construction College (NCC) image 1
    Features

    Who’s going to drive this?

    2007-01-12T00:00:00Z

    There is only one place in Britain where crane operators are trained: the National Construction College in Norfolk. Now a decision by the local council has thwarted plans to prevent it sliding into dereliction. Sarah Richardson and Angela Monaghan look at what, if anything, can be done to retrieve the ...

  • Hansom
    Comment

    Into the swing

    2007-01-12T00:00:00Z

    Industry manoeuvres gather pace this week as young men stride into the spotlight, old hands consider new work, architects fly to Tokyo to find mates and the BPF falls for Al Gore

  • Comment

    James Brown

    2007-01-12T00:00:00Z

    WEB WATCH - Your spirit lives on, as Alex Smith gets down to a dance video about low-energy light bulbs, then jumps up, turns around and offers some sage legal advice from Fenwick Elliott. Oh baby ...

  • Amanda Levete
    Comment

    Life less ordinary

    2007-01-12T00:00:00Z

    This strange time of year, when our everyday existence pauses for a week, makes us look more closely at who we are, where we live and the work that we do

  • John Frankiewicz, the chief operating officer and head of construction of Willmott Dixon
    News

    Willmott Dixon embarks on four-year expansion drive

    2007-01-12T00:00:00Z

    Chief operating officer aims to boost turnover by more than two-thirds and double staff numbers

  • Comment

    Taking it personally

    2007-01-12T00:00:00Z

    This was an appeal by Abdullah Al-Anzi (“the Doctor”) from a decision of the Central London County Court in December 2005, whereby the trial judge ordered that the Doctor was personally liable for a sum in respect of building and architectural work carried out by the respondents, Nasser Abadi (“Abadi”) ...

  • Andrew Whitaker, the planning director of the Home Builders Federation
    News

    Housebuilders accused of lagging behind in London

    2007-01-12T00:00:00Z

    Report shows firms had permission to build an extra 127,800 homes at the end of last year

  • Tom Broughton
    Comment

    About that Olympic stadium deal ...

    2007-01-12T00:00:00Z

    According to J Parrish, the director of sport at Arup, creating a large stadium is like putting together a giant jigsaw puzzle.

  • News

    McAlpine to charge up to £400m for Olympic stadium

    2007-01-12T00:00:00Z

    Contractor expected to hike price from the £280m given in London’s original bid

  • Wembley stadium
    News

    Multiplex loses first round of Mott MacDonald case

    2007-01-12T08:00:00Z

    Summary hearing at the High Court clears the way for a full-scale trial in the spring

  • Tony Bingham
    Comment

    Bitter fighting on the home front

    2007-01-12T00:00:00Z

    Forget road rage – it’s during disputes between homeowners and builders that the claws really come out. Fortunately, there is a way to make sure that this doesn’t happen

  • Paul Callcutt, land director at Crest Nicholson
    News

    Kensington set to rethink ‘locals only’ policy

    2007-01-12T00:00:00Z

    A London council has signalled that it is to backtrack on proposals to prevent developers from selling homes to people from outside the borough, writes David Blackman.

  • German contractor Bilfinger Berger has promoted Martin Pugh
    News

    UK bosses prosper at Bilfinger

    2007-01-12T00:00:00Z

    German contractor Bilfinger Berger has promoted Martin Pugh to head its UK and Ireland concessions/PPP business as part of a management shake-up.