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A missed opportunity?
The new Pre-Action Protocol for Construction Disputes is to be welcomed. But it won’t stop some litigants from giving the other side the runaround.
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Tesco investigated over mezzanines
A row has broken out between Tesco and a London planning authority over a breach of planning law.
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NewsSir Robert McAlpine hires BRE’s green expert
BRE director to lead new business specialising in designing low- and zero-carbon buildings
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NewsHealth trust insists on ‘green’ bids
North Bristol NHS Trust has appointed a consultant to ensure the winning bid for its £374m PFI hospital is “green”, writes Mark Leftly.
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NewsConsiderate Constructors to sign up clients
Grosvenor Estates and Tesco among firms set to join group that monitors site standards
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NewsRevealed: the Treasury’s chaotic search for a PFI tsar
Ten-month process that ended with the appointment of Gordon McKechnie was a shambles
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NewsA short shelf life
Thanks to Neil Farrer of Hunter Douglas for this Spanish workman in the act of installing an acoustic wood panelling system.
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FeaturesMini cost model: Budget hotels
The budget hotel sector is expanding, moving into new locations and offering its customers new facilities. Max Wilkes of Davis Langdon looks at their design, procurement and costs
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Comment
A friend in need
I am writing to tell you about my employer Gleeds. In January I suffered the loss of my father and had to go to Greece to make the appropriate arrangements. I had no idea how long I would have to be there, only that I needed to be on the ...
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Backing Brown’s green towns
I was interested to read the article “Brown’s eco new town will fail green test” (18 May, page 9). It is critical that initiatives such as these have the industry’s support. Brown’s eco towns will benefit companies and agencies working on sustainable alternatives to the construction process. By stimulating research ...
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Comment
Take the fourth
I read Laurenz Maurer’s useful article (11 May, page 66), but he errs when advising readers “If you are subject to the current … Construction Industry Council (CIC) adjudication terms then notify the responding party that you intend to follow the Scheme instead”.
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FeaturesConversation with a heretic
Nigel Lawson thinks Britain’s attempts to stop the world getting warmer are bound to fail and will wreck our economy in the process. It would be much better to spend the money and effort adapting to the inevitable.
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FeaturesRoll over Beethoven
When it opened in 1951 the much-loved Royal Festival Hall was perfect in every way – save for the little matter of god-awful acoustics. Now, after a £91m, two-year refurbishment, the modernist masterpiece is rocking – and you can hear every note.
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FeaturesMasdar: Nice spot for a zero-carbon city...
For his next trick, Norman Foster is going to turn a patch of desert in Abu Dhabi into the world’s first zero-carbon, zero-waste city. Martin Spring finds out how
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CommentHappy as a herring
More zany fun with Britain’s most surreal industry, which this week tries to sell a chief executive while carting around a 12m mechanical plant and coaxing John Prescott out of that broom cupboard
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FeaturesRoyal Ontario Museum: A legend in his lunchtime
No need to play ‘guess the architect’ on this new wing for the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto. But you’ll never guess how he did it …
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Features
What it costs: Rainwater drainage
Keeping rainwater off roofs and away from buildings is essential to avoid inevitable damage and exorbitant repair costs. Peter Mayer of Building LifePlans considers the costs and options for eaves gutters and rainwater downpipes
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FeaturesCamouflaged solar roofing: The power slate
Solar panels may be admirable, but they’re definitely ugly. Now two suppliers have launched products that look like simple roof slates.