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  • News

    Industry may get extra year for Part L

    2006-02-10T08:54:00Z

    The Industry could be given another 12 months to implement the new Part L of the Building Regulations.

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    News

    Offenders could boost Olympic Games programme

    2006-02-10T15:09:00Z

    Young offenders could work on Olympic projects as Home Secretary aims to increase community service.

  • Nick Raynsford
    Comment

    Bye-bye, buyer beware

    2006-02-10T00:00:00Z

    Next year we are going to witness a revolution in the way we buy houses - so how come the people who stand to benefit don't know anything about it?

  • Andrew Hemsley
    Comment

    Greater expectations

    2006-02-10T00:00:00Z

    Now we've started to use JCT2005, it's clear that contractors and contract administrators will have to handle extensions of time with more care

  • Tony Bingham
    Comment

    Noises off

    2006-02-10T00:00:00Z

    The adjudication meeting was action-packed and one party swears it never heard an argument presented by the other. Can the decision still stand?

  • Comment

    Get it all down

    2006-02-10T00:00:00Z

    The road to sustainability is paved with good intentions. Clients must set written targets to achieve energy-cutting goals

  • Comment

    Damage limitation

    2006-02-10T00:00:00Z

    When the Court of Appeal ruled that workers with ‘pleural plaques' linked to asbestos use had no right to be compensated, it overturned 20 years of legal precedent

  • Comment

    Get the message?

    2006-02-10T00:00:00Z

    It seems harsh to say that the failure to answer an email, because you dismissed it as spam, can lead to defeat in an arbitration case. But it's true

  • Comment

    The cost of not doing PFI

    2006-02-10T00:00:00Z

    The cost of not doing PFISkanska has been waiting for the go-ahead for the Barts scheme for two years and it deserves to get going.

  • Comment

    Following an American lead

    2006-02-10T00:00:00Z

    I am sure your readers know that the USA's International Building Code is drafted by coal-face officials and the industry, and then adopted by municipalities (occasionally with a few changes to suit local conditions).

  • Comment

    Get your statistics straight

    2006-02-10T00:00:00Z

    I enjoyed David Blackman's analysis of the government's response to the Barker Review (Regenerate, January, page 12).

  • Comment

    Where angels fear to tread

    2006-02-10T00:00:00Z

    Thanks to building control officer Dominic O'Rourke for this shot of everyday site life in east London …

  • Features

    View from The Edge

    2006-02-10T00:00:00Z

    Our series of articles on big problems and their solutions continues with a look at ways of reducing energy use - even though it may be too late.

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    Comment

    Auld Reekie fables

    2006-02-10T00:00:00Z

    Gavin Clarke explains why Royal Bank of Scotland projects are the world’s best places to work - and what QSs working on other jobs can learn from them

  • The Tate Modern, a converted power station on London’s Bankside, is a prime example of a successful scheme improving its surroundings
    Features

    Successful projects

    2006-02-10T00:00:00Z

    What are the keys to a successful project? As an introduction to our new series on procurement, Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon examines how to make the right decisions for your scheme and avoid the most common pitfalls …

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    Features

    City slicker

    2006-02-10T00:00:00Z

    Further education colleges are often slated as universities' backward cousins. But if Wilkinson Eyre's City and Islington College refurbishment is anything to go by, they're going forward fast.

  • Bristol’s £500m Merchants Quarter is transforming the city
    Features

    Local lowdown: South-west

    2006-02-10T00:00:00Z

    Robert Smith of Hays Construction and Property says the South-west is the place to be

  • Mike Jennings
    Features

    Appointments

    2006-02-10T00:00:00Z

    Movers and shakers this week...

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    Comment

    Hansom

    2006-02-10T00:00:00Z

    A makeover special: Basildon transformed into a seaside resort, Westlife turn into housing experts and Livingstone casts himself in Passport to Pimlico

  • News

    Look to the rooftops

    2006-02-10T00:00:00Z

    There's plenty of space for new communities in our town centres.