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Canary Wharf Contractors to go national
Canary Wharf Contractors is set to compete for work across the UK and in European construction markets
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NewsShuttleworth wins first battle with his old boss
Make takes over detailed design on Foster and Partners' masterplan for Elephant & Castle regeneration project
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NewsExperts warn of risk from unsafe window glass
Safety body points out that Building Regulations permit non-laminated glass on floor-to-ceiling windows
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NewsLast ditch bid to halt T5 and Wembley strikes
As Building went to press on Wednesday employers made a last minute pay offer to unions to avert strike action at Heathrow Terminal 5 and Wembley.
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Government backs plan for retentions taskforce
Paul Boateng, chief secretary to the Treasury, has confirmed that the government supports plans to establish a taskforce to address the complaints about retentions.
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Industry fury over Lenard's '1980s' jibe
The construction industry has reacted angrily to Constructing Excellence chief executive Dennis Lenard's comments that, technically, construction is "stuck in the 1980s".
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FeaturesUntapped talent
Don't just pay lip-service to diversity – women can offer real business benefits
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Designed by parrots
Much 'sustainable design' is in reality a few slogans and buzzwords repeated by architects and developers to win competitions and get planning permission
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NewsMoney grabbers
Taxes and tariffs as alternatives to section 106 may sound like good news for housebuilders, but could just give the local authority machine more ways to extract their money.
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David Curry
The government has taken Barker's proposals to heart, and is set to introduce a land tax if it wins a third term. But it must first decide what form this tax will take
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FeaturesShanghai zoom
Coming up on the inside it’s Shanghai, sliding into the Formula 1 fast lane with a £140m circuit, grandstands for 200,000 and oh, my word, what a spectacular finish from Tilke of Germany …
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Divided we fail
If we want buildings that don't endanger their occupants or break down in other ways, then we must play safe with their design.
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The Santa clauses
Clients have the same approach to indemnity clauses as small children do to Christmas lists. It's understandable, perhaps, but it's hardly realistic …
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The accidental jurist
If a party makes a mistake about what it is agreeing to, what are its chances of wriggling out? The Appeal Court has just made a controversial ruling on this point
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It's the contractors
Colin Harding's open letter to John Prescott (June 4, page 33) is typical of the lovely fellow.
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no, it's the architects
I was interested in Colin Harding's letter to John Prescott and that of Brian Law regarding the CDM Regulations (4 June, Letters, page 34).
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Way out with the count
While I was genuinely impressed with the victory of off-site manufacture over traditional build in your two-round bout (Homes, May, page 24), I feel I should point out that someone had not done their sums properly. The total cost per unit for traditional build should have been £218,000, making the ...
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Ups and downs
I was interested to read that Rod Maceachrane, commercial director of the National House Building Council, says that dispute resolution cases are down 14% year on year (16 April, page 43). The NHBC Annual Review records 4128 cases in 1997/98 rising to 7673 in 2001/02. The last figure was ...