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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.
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Flawed on floors
As a regular reader of Building I was particularly interested in the article "Recyled content" (31 March, page 71).
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A small, but important, omission
Thank you for publishing my letter about tax breaks for cleaning up contaminated land and buildings (12 May, page 37).
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FeaturesNo time for clowns
It's goodbye prefabrication, golden arches and sticky plastic chairs, hello Jack Vettriano prints and mood lighting. As McDonald's prepares to get serious with a £140m refurbishment and rebranding programme, Katie Puckett met the man overseeing it all
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FeaturesProjects update: Health and Safety Awards
This special Projects Update showcases the best products and best engineering or design innovations shortlisted for Building's Health and Safety Awards 2006, to be held at the London Hilton on Park Lane on 22 June
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CommentTrust us: it's going to work
The software for Part L has got a bad press, but as BRE explains here, it will make compliance easier - even if the results might surprise a few people
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CommentWonders & blunders
Architect Ken Allinson finds a London police station arresting, but asks what's going on ‘ere with security guards
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FeaturesJust the job
David Drake tells Sonia Soltani why he's glad he swapped manufacturing for quantity surveying
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