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Comment
Tweaking the act
I have just read Tony Bingham’s article in this week’s Building (8 October, page 54). I am aghast at the indecision of review panel number one – the looking at changes to the Construction Act’s payment rules – which surely must have the sense to recognise injustice and abuse when ...
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The wrong kind of demand
Nick Lane is right to sound a warning about using winding-up petitions to make debtors cough up (3 September, page 52).
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Be a record maker
I read with interest the excellent article entitled “Dear site diary” by Andrew Farrer (8 October, page 34).
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A site issue
Imposing stricter safety regulations on the architect will not make construction safer as they are too far removed from the front line of construction (1 October, page 15).
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Miscalculation
In the commentary accompanying your top 200 consultants feature (1 October, page 45), you say FaberMaunsell has 16,000 staff following acquisition of Oscar Faber in 2001.
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CommentOpen mike: Against CABE
CABE’s apparently enlightened opinion that architecture is a force for social good conceals a totalitarian approach to human nature. Luckily, however, it’s wrong
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FeaturesJourney to the end of the night
Five minutes after the red light of the night’s last train sinks into the inky dark of the tunnel, 60 men handicapped by a strange collection of objects begin a surreal race against time.
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Rocking All Over The World
A few years ago, cost consultants were about as fashionable as tank-tops and Y-fronts. Now more and more countries are giving them rapturous receptions as QS mania sweeps the globe. We report on a new British invasion
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FeaturesOne thing they’re not shoulder to shoulder on …
Bush and Blair stand united over Iraq, but on one particularly sensitive domestic issue they are worlds apart. We investigate the impact of Republican and Labour policies on housebuilding either side of the pond
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NewsMittal plans to forge £11.4bn steel giant
Lakshmi Mittal, the steel magnate, said this week he planned to create an £11.42bn company that would be the biggest in the sector and a rival to Corus and the Luxembourg firm Arcelor
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Cement firm Cemex steps closer to RMC takeover
Cemex, the world’s third-largest cement producer, has moved a step closer to its proposed £2.3bn takeover of RMC.
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Heron increases Crest stake
Gerald Ronson’s Heron International further increased its stake in housebuilder Crest Nicholson last week.
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NewsSharewatch: Downbeat trading
The trickle of downbeat trading statements from quoted housebuilders continued to flow last week.
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Box for brains
Sheffield architect Bond Bryan Associates has designed this bio-incubator building for the University of Sheffield.
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Fresh blow to Jarvis as highways boss quits
John Worthington resigns just as firm starts to rely on highways maintenance division to help cut debts
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NewsLet’s hear it for … the A650
Tony Blair’s Better Public Building Award has this year gone to a relief road around Bingley in Yorkshire. The 4.5 km A650 road, which includes a suspension bridge across the River Aire, was designed by Arup and built by Amec at a cost of £49.5m. The judges were impressed by ...
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Multiplex declares war on Cleveland Bridge
The phoney war between Multiplex and Cleveland bridge, which started when the steel contractor was thrown off the Wembley national stadium project in July, has turned into the real thing,
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Mace beats off rivals to win £90m Foster office scheme
Mace has beaten off competition from Interior/Exterior to win a £90m construction management deal to build two additions to a development next to City Hall in Southwark, south London.
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London housing needs funds
Housing regeneration in London needs more secure sources of funding if it is to succeed, said a report published this week.