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FeaturesRetail and leisure
With suppliers introducing such innovations as walls and ceilings of solid light and ‘light transmitting' concrete, Joannah Connolly and Sonia Soltani report on how retail specifiers are turning to showrooms rather than catalogues to check out the latest products.
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Land grab
Ms Sugarman was the freehold owner of land known as Ruston Withdean Avenue, Brighton. Sugarman sought a declaration that the defendants were not entitled to the benefit of convenants set out in a schedule attached to the conveyance of Sugarman's property. Alternatively Sugarman sought a declaration that the defendents were ...
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NewsRay O'Rourke: Women are not needed on site
Laing O'Rourke boss claims sites are ‘no place for women' and that prefabrication will eliminate skills shortages
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NewsStef Stefanou sells 80% of John Doyle to staff
Chairman undertakes restructuring by selling shares to senior managers and employees while retaining his title.
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Features
Costs: Energy for sports facilities
Sports facility specifiers are under pressure to find energy-efficient heating. Anthony Waterman of Sense Cost Consultancy considers radiators vs underfloor heating for changing rooms
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Retail and leisure
With suppliers introducing such innovations as walls and ceilings of solid light and light transmitting concrete, Joannah Connolly and Sonia Soltani report on how retail specifiers are turning to showrooms rather than catalogues to check out the latest products.
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FeaturesThe art of starting up two dozen businesses
Bournemouth Arts Institute's Enterprise Pavilion is an incubator unit for its graduates' fledgling firms. Martin Spring assesses the building's success - artistically and commercially
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CommentA civil partnership
We all know partnering works, so why isn't everyone doing it? We should be setting a better example to the young people joining the industry
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CommentCourtly love
The furore surrounding Multiplex vs Cleveland Bridge has thrown the spotlight on the TCC, which after a bad patch is now winning the hearts of litigants
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CommentStop right there
Imagine a world where it's possible to spot disputes before they happen. Impossible? Not if you believe in FIDIC's new superhuman dispute boards
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Ignorance is no excuse
Many small firms flout environmental regulations because of a mistaken belief they won't be prosecuted. Now there's a website that spells out your obligations
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CommentVery damaging
There are signs that the courts may get even tougher on cartels by imposing a more stringent definition of compensation
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CommentThe plywood
In a former life as a site manager, I was charged with carrying out £800,000 of modifications to a building designed by a signature designer of international renown. I had an outline programme, budget and a designer novated, for want of a better word, to the main (negotiated) contract. At ...
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83 workers, 0 CSCS cards
There is nothing new in anything Suzannah Nichol says about the ease of obtaining CSCS cards (21 April, page 46).
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The view from The Edge
A series of debates on the looming energy crisis has concluded that UK construction can lead the way in developing ‘Kyoto Plan B’.
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CommentLeave school building to the professionals
Your articles "The big question" (13 April, page 30) and "For whom the (school) bell tolls" (28 April, page 24) highlight the problem schools face today. We have a government keen to improve the facilities in which we deliver education and learning for our children, and in my case grandchildren, ...
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How to build a successful city academy, part I
I have now seen three articles in Building identifying failed or overspent academy projects (13 April, 21 April and 5 May). I would like to redress the balance.