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  • Casement windows - enquiry #301
    Features

    Products

    2006-04-07T14:18:00Z

    A door control system that will make the superbug think twice, an air curtain for super-sized doors and acoustic windows that cut sound transmission and are, well, super …

  • Wembley interior
    News

    Harrington tackles problem of subsidence at Wembley

    2006-04-07T09:27:00Z

    South side of stadium is believed to have sunk 16 mm - although Multiplex insists no subsidence has taken place.

  • Chapel Wharf Salford
    News

    Dandara wins planning for Salford glass tower

    2006-04-07T13:35:00Z

    Sheppard Robson is the architect on the Chapel Wharf scheme which will contain 990 apartments.

  • Greg Fitzgerald
    News

    Galliford Try tie up £134m Highlands PFI

    2006-04-07T12:31:00Z

    Financial close is reached on a project for eleven new schools in the Highlands of Scotland

  • Kate Barker: Review of planning system follows earlier report into housing
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    Developers slam planning fee hike

    2006-04-07T00:00:00Z

    Developers have told Kate Barker that a recent hike in planning fees has not resulted in council planning departments providing a better service.

  • Andrew Murray
    News

    Putting it bluntly...

    2006-04-07T15:10:00Z

    Multiplex's Andrew Murray is impressed by the onsite skills of the locals working on a charity building project in South Africa but finds the tools a little blunter than the ones back home.

  • Features

    Costs: Rooflights

    2006-04-07T13:01:00Z

    Dome rooflights are a great way to get light into a building. Peter Mayer of Building LifePlans considers the specification options, durability and whole-life costs

  • Features

    Checklist

    2006-04-07T12:52:00Z

    Fire doors save lives, so it's vital to specify the right one and ensure it's properly installed. What's more, it's costly to replace the wrong one …

  • News

    Doors and windows

    2006-04-07T00:00:00Z

    How do you turn an old tyre factory into a swanky office and leisure destination? As Sonia Soltani discovered, if youre Shed KM, you stick a beautiful glass box inside the existing brick box. The result kicks off our doors and windows special

  • News

    Building Awards 2006

    2006-04-07T00:00:00Z

  • The Airbus A380, the world’s biggest passenger aircraft, is the closest contemporary engineering has come to recreating the impact of Brunel’s enormous steamships
    Features

    What Brunel did for us ...

    2006-04-07T00:00:00Z

    Two hundred years after his birth, the ever-present legacy of the great Isambard Kingdom Brunel still inspires the modern-day engineer to create something different.

  • Shop interior
    Features

    Fit-out update: Shop fit-out

    2006-04-07T00:00:00Z

    Shop fit-out There's lots of work and bargains to be had.

  • Sheppard Robson’s design for the Salvation Army’s office in central London
    Features

    Fit-out update: Office fit-out

    2006-04-07T00:00:00Z

    Phil Brown reports on one of the busiest markets for contractors

  • Features

    Fit-out update: Landscaping

    2006-04-07T00:00:00Z

    Forget skills shortages - drought is the worry

  • Colin Harding
    Comment

    Rethinking pensions

    2006-04-07T00:00:00Z

    The present pensions system is wrecked beyond repair, but that doesn't mean that it can't be replaced with a system that is fair, equitable and workable

  • Ann Minogue
    Comment

    Game, set-off, match

    2006-04-07T00:00:00Z

    Collateral warranties don't often lead to litigation but, when they do, clients must beware of clauses that introduce set-off rights - as these parties discovered

  • Tony Bingham
    Comment

    What have you got?

    2006-04-07T00:00:00Z

    Whether it's litigation, arbitration or adjudication, it would all run much more smoothly if everyone showed their hand right from the start

  • Comment

    Now it's personal

    2006-04-07T00:00:00Z

    Court rules on debt recovery have been tightened up this month. If you haven't got all the defendant's correct details, your claim could be thrown out

  • Gillian Birkby
    Comment

    The limits of trust

    2006-04-07T00:00:00Z

    Me and my client, we're buddies, alright? It's one terrific partnership. Of course we trust each other, adore each other … contract? Pah! Hang on, I'm liable for what…?

  • Edward Goodwyn
    Comment

    The transfer market

    2006-04-07T00:00:00Z

    This week new rules governing the transfer of employees came into force. Here is a summary of the key changes and how they will affect your business