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No more heroes, please
I am writing to comment on an advertisement in the 28 January issue (page 66). Under the banner “Unsung heroes”, there is a picture of a worker sitting high in the air on a steel beam. From the picture there is no clear means of fall protection, although he is ...
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A federal feud
Colin Harding (Letters, 11 February, page 39) is often blunt but always, in my opinion, right in his criticism of our industry’s federations and the plight in which we “small builders” constantly find ourselves.
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Sub standards
The time of the year has once again passed when chartered surveyors look at the subscription demands and wonder why they remain members of the RICS (answers on a postcard – I can’t fathom it).
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Lost in translation
Bellwater SL: There was no alliance(Re: Skansen article, 4 February, page 19) A few days after we met in Madrid, Chris Seeley [of Skansen Interiors] wrote to me wishing us luck in the future as an independent company. In the meeting, I had informed both Chris Seeley and Patrick Lucas-Box, ...
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CommentA century of stasis
If Prescott really wants to make a difference to the housing market, then the bar for his £60,000 home challenge needs to be set as high as a similar scheme in 1905
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FeaturesWho is going to stop this happening?
Safety summit 2005: Four years ago, at the 2001 safety summit, the government challenged construction to face up to its appalling safety record. As the next summit convenes, the industry says it’s setting its house in order – and now wants the government to do the same.
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NewsBoss of M&E firm stabbed in chest outside office
Barry Defalco, joint managing director of south London firm T Clarke, attacked by man as he went into work
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InteriorExterior boss quits within a year
Contractor InteriorExterior has lost its managing director less than a year after he took over the post from founding director Ivan Millar
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NewsRaising Xanadu
Foster and Partners’ additional work to the six-storey Hearst Building in New York has been topped out.
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Arup backs ‘technically strong’ London 2012 bid
The London 2012 Olympic bid has been given a clean bill of health in an independent study by engineer Arup.
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Deadlock over T5 travel pay
M&E employers and union representatives from the Heathrow Terminal 5 site were locked in talks to prevent industrial action over travel pay, as Building went to press.
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NewsJarvis banks to sell £250m of debt to US syndicate
Group led by Bank of America buys debt at a reduced price with the option of obtaining a sharehold in the firm
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NewsReport pinpoints causes of Paris roof collapse
The collapse of one of the terminals at the Charles de Gaulle airport near Paris last May was caused by structural faults, said a commission appointed by the French government.
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NewsName that bridge
Mayor Ken Livingstone’s London Development Agency has launched a competition today to name the footbridge in Wembley, which will link the national stadium to the town centre.
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Bath Spa decision in red tape ‘for months’
Bath and North-East Somerset council (Banes) may take more than three months to decide whether or not to hand the troubled Bath Spa project over to contractor Mowlem
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CABE slams Sunderland regeneration masterplan
CABE has criticised architect Howarth Litchfield Partnership’s design for a Sunderland regeneration scheme, claiming the proposals “lack character”.
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NewsGovernment must do better on safety, says minister
Health and safety minister to tell summit departments can be exemplary clients by hiring only safe contractors
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Yorkshire agency creates model for regeneration
Regional development agency Yorkshire Forward is to draw up a combined architectural and economic charter for the area.
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Competition for York homes
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation is sponsoring a competition to design affordable suburban housing, which it hopes will provide inspiration for a development in York.