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NewsHadid enjoys record results as profit soars 320%
Architect’s profit passes £1m for the first time, while turnover rises to £9.6m
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NewsA little gentle persuasion
Company focus How John Rowan & Partners is colouring its clients green
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Vandals to be struck off doctors’ registers
Vandals in Merseyside could be removed from the registers of their doctors under measures to combat damage to an NHS Lift site.
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NewsHadid enjoys record results as profit soars 320%
Architect’s profit passes £1m for the first time, while turnover rises to £9.6m
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NewsEx-Currie man forges new link
A consultancy run by Geoffrey Seeff, a former Currie & Brown director, has formed an alliance with McBains Cooper, his former employer’s archrival.
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Davis Langdon moves to fill sustainability skills gap
Consultant introduces training for all technical workers as number of green projects rises
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FeaturesStop passing the buck
Making the news Sustainability needs to be a priority not a chore, says Sir Jonathon Porritt
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NewsTaywood’s new broom plans sweeping changes
Chief executive Ian Smith sets out a complete overhaul of group’s business strategy
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CommentNeutral ground
The plans to make all new homes carbon-neutral by 2016 are still taking shape, but what legal framework is in place to drive home the sustainable message?
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CommentPiling up trouble
Legal aid A piling specialist has been asked to sign a contract that links payment of its retention to the final certificate on the whole project. Is this allowed under the Construction Act?
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International costs: 2007
It’s a suppliers’ market as delivery delays complicate schedules and demand pushes inflation up. Gardiner & Theobald examines global costs and forecasts in this yearly update
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CommentBuilding buys a pint … for Hodder Associates
Stephen has promised to take your southern softy Building correspondent to a “Manchester institution”.
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NewsThe MPs who back us
Building’s campaign to tighten the regulations governing crane safety, including annual MOTs and a public register, has so far won the support of these 54 members of the House of Commons.
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CommentZero for all
All housebuilders need to be willing to work towards lowering carbon levels in the housing sector. However, it is vital that the second-hand market is equally accountable, especially as it accounts for the vast majority of homes in the UK.
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Houses of horror
I would totally agree that the level of housing design in the UK is “overwhelmingly disappointing” (9 February, page 25), with little attention to detail and devoid of any new ideas.
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Coffee and calamities
If you were to publish an anthology of your safety blunders as a coffee table book, I would buy a copy, if only to pass round the table at design team meetings when carrying out risk workshops as CDM co-ordinator and everyone is looking bored.
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Castlemore and URBED
In reference to the recent article on Southall Gasworks and the appointment of Make Architects as the new masterplanner (9 February, page 15), Castlemore wishes to clarify that URBED’s plans have not been “ditched” in the way inferred in the article.
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The price of being free
Cabe’s recent notice advertising that it is looking for architects to join its design panel but expecting them to work for free has attracted much criticism.