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Comment
Transatlantic drift
The neat substitution of “USA” for “UK” in a quote attributed to me (“Architect quits over troubled Nato project”, 10 September, page 10) certainly makes for more titillating and incendiary copy than the facts.
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Getting the wind-up
There are less catastrophic, but just as effective, methods of securing payment than resorting to a winding-up petition (13 August, page 34; Letters, 17 September, page 32).
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Delayed reaction
The letter from Peter Atherton regarding the lack of skilled labour (3 September, page 35) brings to mind some information I read in Peter Nicholson’s Encyclopedia of Architecture.
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CommentWonders & blunders
Chris Donald, former editor of Viz magazine, raises a cheer for Victorian station houses and two fingers to a 1960s office block
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Back issues - September 1914
Lessons from Germany: Absent architects and the French Parthenon …
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NewsMoayedi makes shock return to construction
Ex-Jarvis boss buys waste treatment specialist to exploit boom in reclaiming contaminated brownfield land
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Ex-BBC man joins Paddington PFI team
Former BBC property director Ian Robertson is to have a key role in talks on delivering the £800m Paddington Health Campus PFI project in west London
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NewsLess red tape if Conservatives win, says Letwin
Shadow chancellor Oliver Letwin has told the construction industry it would face less bureaucracy over building schools and hospitals if the Conservatives win the next election.
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NewsTowering ambitions
Richard Rogers Partnership’s design for a 280,000 m2 tower complex at Riverside South in Docklands, east London, has received planning permission.
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NewsPrince Andrew backs first ‘people’s regeneration fund’
The Yorkshire Society, contractor Carillion and QS Gleeds launch financial product to fund regeneration projects
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Barratt to build 6000 more houses a year by 2010
Housebuilder Barratt Developments this week outlined plans to build 43% more homes a year by 2010.
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Housebuilders furious over change to planning guidance
Housebuilders have reacted with anger to a secret change in planning guidance that could result in local authorities dictating the size and type of houses they have to provide.
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Revenue probes IT provider BIW
The Inland Revenue is investigating IT project services provider BIW Technologies over tax credits it received on research and development
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Canary Wharf team bids for £70 fit-out
Canary Wharf Contractors (CWC) is bidding for the £70m fit-out of the redeveloped Spitalfields market scheme in the City of London.
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NewsLuton’s high-flyer
The Luton headquarters of a BAE Systems subsidiary was opened this week by the Duke of York.
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NewsHolyrood QS hits back at Fraser report criticism
Davis Langdon partner Rob Smith says the consultant repeatedly warned Holyrood client of spiralling costs
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Latham sets out plans for payment reform
Sir Michael Latham has submitted his review into the Construction Act, giving recommendations for improving industry payment practices and adjudication.
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Government to hold home inspector recruitment show
The ODPM is holding a trade show to kickstart the recruitment of 7500 home inspectors over the next 28 months.
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Lawyers in the dock over ethics
Construction lawyers may be required to comply with an ethical code to be recommended in a report later this month
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First ODPM skills centre to be built in Leeds
The first centre for sustainable community skills is set to be in Leeds, deputy prime minister John Prescott revealed this week.