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Features
Projectsupdate: building regulations
John Tebbit, industry affairs director at the Construction Products Association, takes a look at the latest revisions to the Building Regulations and wonders whether we might be reaching guidance overload …
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FeaturesSpecialist costs: Roof coverings
In the latest of our market overviews, Caleb Mudzudzu of Gardiner & Theobald examines current issues in the roof coverings sector, including design and costs – plus a Q&A with a top-five specialist firm
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FeaturesSecond chance
Nick Jones reports on how a Dominion Housing Group homeless hostel in Oxford is helping to get people off the streets and into the workshop
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FeaturesWho’s afraid of Gene Hackman?
Forget the sleaze, the crumbling grandeur and The French Connection. A multibillion-pound development programme is about to turn Marseilles into a vast banquet for British construction companies.
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CommentAnti-partisan action
Expert witnesses are meant to be objective, but too often they’re not. Now that judges have adopted a policy of naming and shaming, all that might change
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CommentA wardance
The ordinary way that contracts are entered into provides a natural breeding ground for disputes, as vividly demonstrated by this recent Appeal Court case
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Arbitrators do make mistakes
Ellis Baker and Anthony Lavers take issue with a recent article that praised the House of Lords for rejecting an appeal against an arbitration decision
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CommentMargaret’s mix-up
Margaret Beckett says a central policy of Britain’s European Union presidency is to cut carbon dioxide emissions. So why is a directive that would actually do that being scrapped?
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Comment
A chance to catch up
I have been heartened by Building’s coverage of the introduction of measures to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from buildings.
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Symptoms of a soft market
It would appear from your comprehensive report “Crime and punishment” (5 August) that the Office of Fair Trading has only recently become aware of collusion in the building industry.
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Building gets Loaded
Bearing in mind the raging debate in recent weeks regarding the role and perception of women in construction, it was interesting to see in Hansom (5 August) news that wouldn’t have been out of place in a copy of Loaded: women were referred to as “munters” and you reported the ...
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CommentAltruism isn’t enough
So far, the government has only resorted to half measures to promote sustainable development. What we really need is a comprehensive environmental tax
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CommentTax, lies and red tape
Don’t argue for the postponement of the Construction Industry Scheme – it should be scrapped so that the self-employed can get on with boosting the economy
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NewsThe Elephant stirs
he £1.5bn regeneration of Elephant & Castle in south London was finally cleared to begin last Friday after six years of planning and several rejected schemesThe £1.5bn regeneration of Elephant & Castle in south London was finally cleared to begin last Friday after six years of planning and several rejected ...
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Welsh regeneration stymied by
Regeneration in Wales is being hindered by the “complex and cumbersome” approach taken by the country’s 22 local authorities.
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New-build completions in July
In a reversal of June’s fortunes, completions were down in every region as the summer’s quiet spell kicked in
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NewsProcure 21 contracts boost HBG’s order book to £1bn
Chief executive acknowledges health service deals have played a big part in increasing profit 15% to £18.7m
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Persimmon shares up 5% despite slow market
Shares in Persimmon rose 40.5p, or 5%, to 840p on Monday as the UK’s biggest housebuilder defied the housing downturn and reported a strong set of half-year results.