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A profitable loss
The defendant let certain premises to the claimants under a lease within which the claimants were covenanted "well and substantially to repair renew cleanse and keep in good and substantial repair and condition and maintain the demised premises". Upon expiry of the lease the tenants claimed repayment of an amount ...
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Benchmarks go even greener
The Brick Development Association has published the first KPI updates as part of the brick industry's ongoing commitment to measure annually its sustainability performance.
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NewsBDA hires top structural engineer
The BDA has appointed Dr Ali Arasteh principal structural engineer.
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NewsGuide to clay bricks and mortars published
Anyone involved in building work, whether owner, self-builder, architect or surveyor, will find a new publication on brickwork an invaluable source of information.
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NewsEnter the Brick Awards
The Brick Development Association has launched the Brick Awards 2004, the prestigious industry awards scheme designed to highlight the very best in brickwork, whether in architectural, structural, landscape or craft applications.
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FeaturesGeometry and form
Captivating new buildings from the four corners of the globe, all of which dare to be bold with brick
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FeaturesIt's just, like, so L.A
A brick housing and commercial scheme in Fulham, west London, is evoking California with its multicoloured, polka-dotted facade and crazy shapes. We explain how architect CZWG is showing us the way to go west
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FeaturesNo place like home
How Brady Mallalieu's award-winning St Catherine's Foyer has used warm brick to create a homely and welcoming place that helps give Dublin's homeless youngsters a better start in life.
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The joy of bricks
I love brick buildings – if only the product was marketed imaginatively so that we had more of them, says architect Dr James Campbell
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FeaturesUnderstanding brick mortars
In the first of a two-part series, Michael Hammett breaks down brickwork mortar, with top tips for the perfect mix depending on what you're building – and where
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FeaturesBrickwork innovation, Latino-style
The late Uruguayan-born structural engineer Eladio Dieste (1917-2000) achieved world fame with his advances in contemporary structural brickwork, particularly as a medium to compete with concrete.
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NewsShake-up at Interior Services gives King more power
Revamp after sale of FM arm pushes David King into chief executive role; Roy Dantzic becomes chairman
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The truth about the NFB
I read with interest a story on Eastern European labour in last week's Building (4 June, page 9).
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Babcock takeover team cries foul in Peterhouse sale
Advisers to group trying to buy Peterhouse accuse its chairman, David Jackson, of influencing shareholders
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FeaturesThe bigger picture: how eastern european workers
European enlargement has made a huge pool of highly skilled and low paid workers available to British firms, and it has opened the British market to highly skilled and low cost contractors, too. We report on the likely impact of this momentous development
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FeaturesLife on the line
Rats. Diseases. Pitch dark. 130° heat. Airless, confined spaces. No water. Entombed under 30 m of concrete. Endless tunnels. All night, every night. This is not a recurring nightmare, it's a job. We took a journey to the end of the night with the track replacement boys.
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NewsCostain sets up overseas firms
Contractor Costain is to set up businesses with its two major overseas shareholders, Al-Kharafi of Kuwait and United Engineers of Malaysia