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NewsOn the move without a mobile
Building's star columnist is on a train to Cardiff to give a legal lecture, but damn, he's left his mobile behind. Thankfully a kindly trolley lady stepped in and saved the day.
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FeaturesJean de florette
Jean Nouvel's museum of ethnic art in Paris, which opens today, tries to find a flowery architectural language to talk of ‘death and oblivion, visions of haunted places and the consciousness of the sacred'. Martin Spring explains how he set about this somewhat unusual task - and assesses his success.
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Say it in a letter
The claimant, ERDC was a contractor who carried out the construction of a new sport facility for the defendant, Brunel University. ERDC had tendered for the works on the basis of a JCT standard form of contract. The works were carried out under letters of intent pending formal execution ...
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NewsAmec backs away from English PFI hospitals market
Sir Peter Mason warns that other contractors may follow after £167m Essex project collapses
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Walking the plank
This was an appeal by the Grafton Group trading as Plumbase, the Part 20 defendant, against an order finding that Plumbase was negligent in respect of an accident at work sustained by the claimant Andrew Smith, a delivery-man employed by Plumbase. Smith had injured himself when a plank gave way ...
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NewsA campaign of critical importance
Building's new 99% campaign seeks to make existing building stock as sustainable as new developments. The magazine's editor explains why the initiative is so crucial.
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NewsHodge's plea to industry: ‘Judge me by what I do'
Construction minister defends her portfolio from criticism by Building columnist.
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NewsJohn Spanswick wins top safety award
The Outstanding Safety Achievement gong was presented to Spanswick last night at the Building Health and Safety Awards.
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RIBA prepares for annual awards
This evening's RIBA Awards will acknowledge 62 buildings, 54 in the UK and eight in the EU.
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EC Harris lands Crossrail job
Cross London Rail Links appoints consultant to produce cost estimates for the surface railway works to the west and north east of London.
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News99% Campaign launches with high-level support
Building launches important new campaign aimed at improving the energy efficiency of existing buildings.
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NewsWomen to be relieved by new ‘loo standard'
Long queues for the women's toilets could become a thing of the past if a proposal to force developers to provide more facilities in offices is approved.
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FeaturesAn ideal client for firms with a taste for perversity
Frightening, stimulating, argumentative, bewildered by its own bureaucracy but still willing to take chances (don't believe everything the media tells you), the BBC is the best client in Britain for firms who don't just want an easy life.
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CommentViva Zaha!
The Guggenheim's Zaha Hadid exhibition illustrates, with equal clarity, the genius of the architect, the lack of a world-class venue in London and the problems of working in Wales
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FeaturesThe Building Hall of Fame
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of its name change from The Builder, Building has launched a Hall of Fame. Today we've inaugurated 40 people who have made the greatest impact on the built environment over that period.
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FeaturesNo regrets
The chairman of Wembley National Stadium Limited has broken his silence on the project, but don't ask him to take the blame for its troubles.
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FeaturesA midtown Xanadu
Foster and Partners has turned a Manhattan office into a 48-storey tower. Here's an exclusive look at the arrestingly cinematic interior
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CommentThe correct use of courts
The legal system would work a lot better if it were used as a last chance to settle disputes, rather than a blunt instrument to beat, baffle and bore one's enemy into submission