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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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NewsMultiplex UK chairman backs buy-in at Ibis
James Tuckey, the executive chairman of Multiplex UK, and Roger Carey, the former president of the British Property Federation, have backed a management buy-in at niche project manager Ibis Project Services.
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Former Schal boss buys project manager
Terry Chapman, the former managing director of Schal, Carillion's construction management subsidiary, has bought a project management business.
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Speedy Hire buys LCH Generator
Speedy Hire, the tool-hire and equipment rental business, has bought LCH Generators for £59m.
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Balfour orders top £8bn
Contractor Balfour Beatty has reassured the City and shareholders at its annual meeting by indicating that it was performing in line with expectations in 2006.
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FeaturesKeeping up with Jones
Ken Livingstone is determined to cut London's carbon emissions 20% by 2010 and Allan Jones is the man to help him do it.
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FeaturesCheap chic
You remember the old ODPM's competition to design a £60,000 house? Well, thanks to a London prototype and five finalised designs, we can see what we're getting for our money
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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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NewsMadelin calls for national rules on renewables
Leading regeneration specialist Roger Madelin has called for tougher laws to govern the use of renewable energy in large schemes.
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NewsCall for offices to cut carbon
RIBA president Jack Pringle has called for the British Council of Offices to cut carbon emissions by imposing tougher energy efficiency standards.
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FeaturesWho ya gonna call?
Building surveyors used to be consultancy's zeroes. Now they're its ‘building busting' heroes, as workload sky-rockets and QS practices launch specialist divisions to trade on their skills.
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A temporary blip
Construction activity growth fell markedly in March - but don't worry, says Experian Business Strategies, it'll get back on track soon. Plus this quarter the spotlight is on work-in-hand levels
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FeaturesHow much for a human life?
Well, according to the courts, if you're a construction worker killed through your employer's negligence, it's £30,361. For everyone else, it's £42,795.