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Wolseley rides high on global profit growth
Wolseley’s share price rose 59.5p, or 6%, on Monday after it posted a confident trading update for the first half of its financial year.
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DTI survey shows 3% rise in construction orders
Construction orders rose overall 3% last year, but slowed towards the end of the year, according to a survey by the DTI.
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Arup returns to Middle East
Engineer Arup is set to return to the Middle East five years after pulling out of the region, with its researchers assessing a number of projects in the area.
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CommentA morass of ministries
How to provide better representation for the construction industry and keep David Blunkett out of trouble, all in one simple government shake-up
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CommentIt’s so unfair
A court will overrule an adjudicator who has breached the rules of natural justice. An engineer acting under an ICE contract is under no such restrictions …
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CommentEast, west, probity’s best
In donating to the Asian tsunami appeal, generosity is tempered by cynicism over how contracts will be run. But at least the World Bank has found some answers
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The importance of being impartial
Architects who act as contract administrators have an obligation to be fair to all parties. This has dangers that can bring with it serious personal risk
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CommentAnyone for tort?
The law of negligence underpins the legal system. It is therefore just a teeny bit disturbing that the courts can’t seem to decide what it says or who it applies to
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Untying a red tape knot
It was interesting to see that the red tape featured on your cover last week (7 January, page 32) seems to take the form of the webbing often used to save people from themselves. Isn’t that what most regulation is about?
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You forgot Scotland (again!)
You wrote a lot about the the changes to the Building Regulations in England and Wales, but again you fail to mention the Building (Scotland) Act 2003, which alters the building standards system in Scotland from 1 May this year.Sue Bush, building control manager, Inverclyde council
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Data overload
I would like to bring your readers’ attention to the fact that the raft of new legislative and regulatory demands is causing construction firms to store massive amounts of data without due regard as to whether they actually need it.
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Practical aid appeals
A phenomenal amount of support has been given to the regions devastated by the tsunami by the British public in terms of monetary donations.
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Brownfield maze
I’m a small developer looking to convert an old factory in east London into a block of flats.
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Men juggle, too
I read your article “How to juggle while balancing” (7 January, page 86) with interest and empathy, but was disappointed and surprised that you chose to take a somewhat outdated “chauvinistic” attitude and present flexible working arrangements as a female-only issue.
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Experience (over)valued
David Bucknall suggests (14 January, page 36) that if the industry really wants to prove it can learn from its mistakes, it should clamour for teams such as the one which failed so miserably on the Scottish parliament to be appointed on the next major public sector project.
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French leave
With regard to your article “ODPM losing battle to speed up planning” (10 December, page 10), I refer you to the situation in France.
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Marked men
I was interested to read your article on retina eye scans for security purposes at Laing O’Rourke’s construction site at Heathrow Terminal 5.