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  • Garry Taylor
    News

    The art of survival

    2005-06-24T00:00:00Z

    Garry Taylor on meeting John Prescott’s supply-chain demands

  • Henry Pitman
    Features

    Do you want to join my tribe?

    2005-06-24T00:00:00Z

    Henry Pitman is the Eton-educated businessman who founded Tribal as the universal solution to the public sector’s property problems. And he wants you to help him

  • Clarke: Metronet’s underlying performance is improving
    News

    Atkins to take £3m hit over Metronet’s missed deadline

    2005-06-24T00:00:00Z

    Consultant’s profit slips as its Tube consortium faces £14m penalty over delayed station improvements

  • News

    Tight margins lead to £200,000 year-end loss at Tribal

    2005-06-24T00:00:00Z

    The financial performance of public sector consultant Tribal was blighted by tight margins in the last financial year, leading to a pre-tax loss of £200,000 for the year to 31 March.

  • News

    Developers urged to review options in the North

    2005-06-24T00:00:00Z

    Contractors and developers have been urged to look again at investment in the North after the publication on Monday of the business plan for the Northern Way strategy.

  • Reading heads for a record
    News

    Reading heads for a record

    2005-06-24T00:00:00Z

    Developer St James Homes has submitted a detailed planning application for the first phase of the Southside urban quarter, which will be the biggest private sector residential community in Reading, Berkshire.

  • Features

    Homage to Klee

    2005-06-24T00:00:00Z

    Renzo Piano’s Paul Klee Centre in Berne, Switzerland, takes inspiration from the rolling scenery behind it – a response to nature of which the Swiss artist would heartily approve

  • Should i stay or should I go?
    Features

    Should i stay or should I go?

    2005-06-24T00:00:00Z

    What would you give to live in country with a warm climate, shorter working hours and a choice of beaches for the weekend? How about two-thirds of your current salary and a year spent studying a foreign language? Hmmm … We present the Building/Hays Construction & Property international salary guide ...

  • Denise Chevin
    Comment

    A summertime chill

    2005-06-24T00:00:00Z

    June temperatures may be soaring, but there’s a chilly breeze wafting through the construction industry.

  • John Redmond
    Comment

    That’ll do nicely

    2005-06-24T00:00:00Z

    The New Engineering Contract used to be an, ahem, eccentric choice for projects. Thanks to a much improved third edition, it has become a respectable option

  • Tony Bingham
    Comment

    The big squeeze

    2005-06-24T00:00:00Z

    When the Bechtel boss told his people to do everything they could to disallow contractors’ costs, the contractors went to court. But was this the right move?

  • Comment

    Sharpening our beaks

    2005-06-24T00:00:00Z

    Lord Woolf has shaken up the Technology and Construction Court by drafting in five High Court judges and ‘redeploying’ Judge Seymour. So what effect will this have?

  • Comment

    Check it out

    2005-06-24T00:00:00Z

    The revamped JCT suite of contracts has finally begun to arrive. So what’s changed, what’s stayed the same – and what do you have to look out for?

  • Comment

    Get out of the office

    2005-06-24T00:00:00Z

    As a woman involved in and passionate about a career in construction, I read with interest the article regarding the construction industry being “no place for women” (10 June, page 28).

  • Comment

    Nails, but no claws

    2005-06-24T00:00:00Z

    It’s good to see Building espousing the cause for more women in construction but sadly the hammer-wielding lady on your front cover isn’t properly equipped for the job.

  • Comment

    The simple pleasure of piling

    2005-06-24T00:00:00Z

    Poor Roger Knowles doesn’t come out of your article on women in construction very well. Indeed, I am going to add my own complaint, having been a pile driver for the past 20 years and finding that we are grouped with cowboy builders in Knowles’ considerations.

  • Comment

    The long road to Wembley

    2005-06-24T00:00:00Z

    In your leader (3 June, page 3), you ask of the Wembley Stadium problem: “Where did Multiplex go wrong?” May I also add: “And why should we find out now?” There are two possible answers.

  • Comment

    The Lend Lease lead

    2005-06-24T00:00:00Z

    Thank you for the great article on women in construction, and for drawing attention to the issue of maternity pay again.

  • Comment

    Pressure on the HBF

    2005-06-24T00:00:00Z

    You report that the government is to decide this month whether pressure testing will be required to conform with Part L of the Building Regulations (3 June, page 64).

  • Comment

    Carrot health scare

    2005-06-24T00:00:00Z

    Carrots may be good for you, as Roger Knowles suggests in his letter (3 June, page 36), but the idea of giving a bonus for a reduction in accidents has been tried in the offshore oil industry, with unfortunate results.