More news – Page 3525
-
News
Banner vs Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare NHS Trust
The trust is heading for a High Court showdown with builder Banner Holdings in a row over civil engineering works.
-
News
Laing vs Aqua Mechanical Services
Laing is suing Aqua in a £150,000 dispute over work on a Travel Inn at Heathrow airport.
-
News
East Sussex Landscapes vs Kajima Construction
East Sussex Landscapes is suing Kajima for more than £146,000 in a row over works on projects in Ealing, west London.
-
News
Park Way (Contractors) vs Asra
Park Way is suing Asra Greater London Housing Association for £201,184 plus interest.
-
FeaturesLife after the death of old king coal
The National Coalfields Programme was set up a decade ago to rescue communities wrecked by mine closures. Mark Leftly toured the areas to gauge its progress
-
FeaturesCost model update, 2007
If you need budget costs for a wide range of building types, then Davis Langdon’s Cost Update is the ideal source. This update has been compiled by Neal Kalita, with input from Davis Langdon’s sector specialists
-
-
FeaturesAinscow & Millett
She’s the enfant terrible who gave Manchester a whole new vibe. He’s the wunderkind who created a sensation when he quit Bovis Lend Lease. Now they’ve teamed up to tackle the regeneration schemes that others won’t.
-
Comment
Leave it to natural selection
As long as those involved in YouTube stunts (16 February, page 9) are willing participants, then if they want to mess about that’s their business.
-
Comment
How much is a life worth?
I was dismayed after reading your article about John Ferguson, a work experience student, who suffered brain damage and spinal injuries falling from unsecured scaffolding (16 February, page 15).
-
Comment
Let them stay
I was pleased to see your leader and the article on visas for overseas QSs (16 February, pages 3 and 32).
-
Comment
Tesco clarification
My name was mentioned in the article entitled “Tesco Boss Quits” (23 February, page 9). It was used without reference to me for verification of the facts stated or my reasons for leaving.
-
Comment
The edited version
Might your article on lead times (16 February, page 68) be summarised as “walling and ceilings are going up; floors are going down”?
-
NewsBuoyant Capita group
Capita Symonds, the multidisciplinary consultant, has announced a 12.5% rise in turnover to £226m.
-
News
Hanson posts 12% profit rise despite US hiccup
Hanson managed to weather the fall-out from the slump in the US housebuilding market to post a strong set of results.
-
FeaturesWhat it costs: ceramic tiles
Ceramic tiles have come a long way since ancient Egypt. Peter Mayer of Building LifePlans considers the options
-
FeaturesMaximising daylight: Working on sunshine
Daylight improves productivity and wellbeing in the workplace, so theoretically it could help the brainwork at Edinburgh University’s new science facility. But how do you get a good helping of daylight in grey Scotland? Jan-Carlos Kucharek reports on an innovative brise-soleil
-
Features
Frame-free glazing system
Glass specialist Schott has extended its range of Pyranova fire-resistant glazing so that glass panels can be butt-jointed without using framing elements.
-
Features
Natural look for rainscreen
The Stancliffe Stone Company has launched a rainscreen cladding system featuring natural sandstone panels.
-
Features
Colourful panelling options
Fibreglass Grating has launched a range of composite, colour-tinted translucent screening and cladding panels.