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  • 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

  • Comment

    The wonder of MIPIM

    2006-04-07T00:00:00Z

    I was amused to read Richard Steer's comment piece in the 17 March issue ("Time to Cannes MIPIM", page 38), as it showcased a wonderful "greatest hits" of the hoary old chestnuts that get wheeled out at this time of year about MIPIM.

  • Comment

    Brum's rush

    2006-04-07T00:00:00Z

    Can I set the record straight following your article about Lord Rogers and Birmingham (24 March)?

  • Comment

    Place your bets

    2006-04-07T00:00:00Z

    You ask where research funding should be spent (10 March).

  • Guess the building
    Comment

    In the detail

    2006-04-07T00:00:00Z

    Can you identify this building to win a £25 drinks voucher?

  • Smooth surfaces and sharp detailing help the square box transcend the run-of-the-mill retail-shed image
    Features

    Ken's zen

    2006-04-07T00:00:00Z

    A few lines of architectural history have been written in Dartford, where Ken Shuttleworth's Make has just completed its first project - and shown how a judo dojo can fit into what appears to be a retail shed with perfect economy of form...

  • Features

    Projects update: Sustainability

    2006-04-07T00:00:00Z

    Amec may have been first out of the blocks to sign up to Envirowise, but there's no need to get left behind. You can contribute to several initiatives without leaving your desk …

  • The Obel will be the tallest building in Belfast
    Features

    Why not work in ... Belfast

    2006-04-07T00:00:00Z

    Investors and confidence are coming back to Belfast. Robert Smith of Hays Construction & Property can help you get in on the action