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Dodgy DIY
The respondent had agreed to erect a conservatory for the appellant. During the works the respondent had climbed a stepladder and had rested the inner end of a rafter on a lip or flange, which ran round the spider. The respondent inserted a fixing screw, which was supposed to secure ...
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Welsh government accused of carelessness with grants for £43m Botanic Garden
Assembly members allege "breathtaking" lack of diligience over European money.
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Government decision on rail crash enquiry delayed
Announcement on Potters Bar put off for a week
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NewsT5 workers vote for strike
GMB members at Laing O'Rouke are to walk out in bonus row at Terminal 5.
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NewsCabinet split over Treasury’s planning gain supplement
Chancellor Gordon Brown set to announce further consultation in pre-Budget report, despite ODPM opposition.
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CommentArchitects of our downfall
Colin Harding CABE acts for an architectural elite and against the interests of the construction industry in general. The result is an approach to building that you might call Blairist …
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CommentA fat lot of good
Adjudication is failing the very people it was designed to help – the small contractor with a low-value claim that needs a quick and cheap decision. So what’s to be done?
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Shopping centre closed after car park safety problem
Bournemouth's Castlepoint Centre shut in run-up to Christmas.
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Construction industry heading for recession, trade body warns
Construction Products Association fears first annual decline since 1994.
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Doors and windows
This month Specifier takes a look at doors and windows, including how much industrial doors for your warehouse scheme will cost and which standards to use to get the best performance. But first, how the Eden Project specified a very scientific rooflight and some very arty windows for its very ...
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Sort out your papers
The laws on illegal workers are set to get tougher, so make sure your procedures are watertight now
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CommentYou’re mistaken, m’lud
In Carillion vs Devonport, the Court of Appeal was right to back an adjudicator’s decision to award interest, but in doing so it made some unhelpful comments …
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FeaturesZaha’s strange logic
It’s the disorientating combination of counter-intuitive form and formal rigour that gives Zaha Hadid’s Wolfsburg Science Centre its architectural kick. Here’s the thinking behind it …
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FeaturesJust the job: Gemma Clark in the Antartica
Structural engineer Gemma Clark explains why her winter is going to be even chillier than ours …
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Government rejects call for single Gateway body
Housing minister Yvette Cooper has rejected Lord Rogers’ call to create a single body to oversee the regeneration of the Thames Gateway.
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NewsSmart idea
Architect PRP has designed a compact 35 m2 modular flat for Notting Hill Housing Trust.
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FeaturesCharm offensive
Despite his continuing war with the Labour party, the Daily Telegraph and the US Senate, George Galloway has opened a new front against Tower Hamlets council. Building reports on the leader of Respect’s struggle to persuade tenants to fight their council’s housing policy