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  • Comment

    Un point

    2006-03-03T00:00:00Z

    Following on from your piece on the Europan housing design competition (17 February), I thought you'd be interested to hear from us as we have direct experience of the whole "Eurovision" effect.

  • Comment

    Building meets Hello!

    2006-03-03T00:00:00Z

    I was disappointed to read your Valentines Day article about couples who met on site (10 February).

  • Comment

    Name and shame

    2006-03-03T00:00:00Z

    I can understand why you elicit pictures from the readership on safety blunders. The humour makes light reading. Sadly these real-life events often go unreported - at great cost to workers and their families.

  • Comment

    Defending the estate

    2006-03-03T00:00:00Z

    I would like to compliment you on the article entitled "No more messing about in boats" (17 February), which I found most entertaining.

  • Comment

    A plan submitted

    2006-03-03T00:00:00Z

    There seems to be much debate and difference of opinion about how to claw back excess profits as a result of granting planning permission (17 February). Is a strategy based on the following a possibility?

  • Comment

    A telling comparison

    2006-03-03T00:00:00Z

    The bottom line of an editorial in the Daily Telegraph on 4 February asserted that the Healh and Safety Executive should be closed down.

  • News

    Cladding

    2006-03-03T00:00:00Z

    This week, Specifier finds out why architect Snell Associates chose to bubblewrap a Porsche building in Qingdao, China. Plus, a selection of stylish facades, timber costs, and things to think about when fixing

  • Young couple
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    How to survive... an office romance

    2006-03-02T07:24:00Z

    Amaya Lopez offers lovestruck colleagues 1 10-step guide on how to avoid losing your job and breaking hearts.

  • News

    HSE issues safety warning to waste and recycling industry

    2006-03-02T11:32:00Z

    Nine deaths in eight weeks sparks call for procedure review.

  • News

    Galliford Try buys Morrison units for £42m

    2006-03-02T10:26:00Z

    Housebuilder increases geographical reach with strategic deal.

  • News

    Hanson splashes out £415m on two acquisitions

    2006-03-02T08:59:00Z

    UK firm increases its footprint in the US with new deals.

  • Building awards
    News

    Building Awards shortlist announced

    2006-03-02T09:46:00Z

    Industry's big hitters prepare for their red carpet moment.

  • Huddersfield
    News

    Planning submitted for £200m Huddersfield regeneration

    2006-03-01T10:47:00Z

    DLG Architects enters planning application to redevelop a 12-acre waterfront site in West Yorkshire town.

  • David Wilson Homes
    News

    Wilson Bowden suffers 14% fall in profit

    2006-03-01T10:24:00Z

    Chairman David Wilson says that 2005 was 'the most challenging housing market for many years'.

  • Technal has supplied architectural aluminium glazing to two buildings at the University of Limerick’s campus.
    Features

    Specifier products

    2006-03-01T16:19:00Z

    Rainscreen cladding that can tough out a sea storm, laminate that feels just like wood, and copper: the new weapon in the fight against bird flu. Plus, the latest news from our friends in cladding

  • Features

    Costs: Timber cladding for walls

    2006-03-01T15:38:00Z

    Timber cladding is an attractive and sustainable option for external walls. Peter Mayer of Building LifePlans assesses commonly available options and their whole-life costs

  • Features

    Checklist

    2006-03-01T15:35:00Z

    A curtain walling specification can go awry if the wrong means of attaching it to the building structure are chosen. Barbour Index and Scott Brownrigg run through the fixing options

  • The Porsche building in China
    Features

    Cladding

    2006-03-01T15:06:00Z

    This week, Specifier finds out why architect Snell Associates chose to bubblewrap a Porsche building in Qingdao, China. Plus, a selection of stylish facades, timber costs, and things to think about when fixing

  • HSE logo
    News

    HSE postpones new CDM Regulations

    2006-02-28T15:50:00Z

    The regulations, which cover safety in construction design, will now be introduced six months late, in spring 2007, to give officials time to finalise changes.

  • Swiss Re
    News

    Future of Swiss Re cladding firm hangs in balance

    2006-02-28T13:30:00Z

    Schmidlin UK, the cladding contractor behind Heathrow Terminal 5 and the Gherkin, learns that Swiss parent company has gone bankrupt.