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FeaturesNational treasure
Feilden Clegg Bradley’s headquarters for the National Trust is a model of crisp, functional architecture wedded to sustainable design. Martin Spring takes the train to Swindon to explain how it was done.
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Lead times
Despite strong order books and activity levels, most lead times are staying put, says Rob Darrow of Mace.
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Comment
How to serve schools
What a feast has been laid out for the building industry by Tony Blair’s government.
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CommentWriggle room
A developer tried three arguments to get round an adjudicator’s order to pay its contractor £170k. This is what the court said about them
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CommentHere’s an idea …
Third-party rights have failed to dispose of collateral warranties. But maybe they could still do so – and eliminate the hated net contribution clause into the bargain
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Can I have some more?
Many PFI contracts are about to reach their first price review, when the contractor can apply for more money. This is likely to lead to some old friends falling out
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The perils of progress
So it turns out that the residents of one block of flats at the Greenwich Millennium Village are occasionally forced to sleep on a friend’s floor to escape noise transmission from their neighbour’s flat (6 May, page 26).
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An adviser advises
With reference to Colin Harding’s comments on the CSCS scheme (10 June, page 36), I am a health and safety adviser in the construction industry and have attained a nationally recognised qualification through the National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health.
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Colin’s utopia realised
So Colin Harding (17 June, page 35) proposes a new “all-inclusive contract” linking design consultants and supervisors through a single agreement that defines their individual and collective responsibilities, and expands also to include constructors, specialists and subcontractors.
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Easy as JCT
The new suites of JCT contracts are rolling off the presses, the ink is barely dry and already Helen Garthwaite (24 June, page 58) is wanting to amend the forms.
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Plugging the gaps
Building relatively airtight dwellings is not rocket science (Letters, 17 June, page 36).
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An unfortunate accuracy
Your news feature “Construction: No place for women!” (10 June, page 28) may have been harking back to a 1950s spoof, but the virtual construction piece in the same issue (page 58) was bang up-to-date.
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The parent trap
Over recent years many people have criticised the construction industry for not making enough of an effort to attract women recruits.
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Carillion deal is put on hold as inquiry begins
A meeting in which Carillion was to be named preferred bidder on a large-scale contract with Bradford council has been put on hold while the authority investigates accusations of foul play.
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RICS warns of slowdown
The latest survey by the RICS, published this week, said economic growth continued to slow in June.
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China to talk to UK firms about healthcare PFIs
The Chinese ministry of health is considering using the UK construction sector’s expertise to develop its own healthcare PFIs.
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NewsBovis’ northern boss leaves two weeks after promotion
Mark Nicholson departs suddenly a fortnight after his remit was extended to cover Scotland and North-east
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Opposition to land tax gets stronger
The Treasury has come under increased pressure to rethink its support for a development tax after Housing Corporation chair Peter Dixon said that it could provoke a “land strike”.