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Stratford tenants experiment with trial by television
Residents of east London housing estate to debate and vote on masterplan using interactive TV and internet
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Check list
Those tough new sound regulations apply to residential houses and flats, too. Alex Smith has 10 things you need to consider to comply with Part E
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Lifetime costs: Part M access
What is the most cost-effective way to deal with disabled access for new or existing buildings? Peter Mayer of Building Performance Group considers the whole-life costs of implementing the proposed Part M
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FeaturesThe new skool rules - OK?
Oi, you at the back – pay attention! Superstrict new sound regulations for school buildings are set to test the abilities of every education specifier in keeping the noise down. So no messing about, or else … Alex Smith takes the class
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Local lowdown
Huge regeneration projects are turning Wales into a recruitment hotspot for professionals of all levels
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New age classes
The government wants school architecture to inspire and stimulate young minds. Building looks at nine trailblazing projects that have tapped into children's imaginations and created very grown-up designs
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I'm talking serious money
Slow payment is a bad habit that the industy has got used to. It's just possible, you know, that by speeding it up we could solve quite a few other bugbears
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No industry is an island
Most construction laws are made in Europe, not Britain. FIEC vice-president Peter Andrews tells Building how we need to learn effective lobbying from our EU neighbours
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Meet the beetle
It was Dutch practice Meyer en Van Schooten that came up with this astonishing insectoidal banking office in the heart of Amsterdam – possibly after spending the evening in one of the city’s many fine coffee houses...
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Eleven days lost
Here's a strange case where a fight over the meaning of a small part of the Construction Act decided which party took a big hit. This is what happened
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So, Mr Bond...
Escaping from an on-demand performance bond can be extremely tricky – and a recent case gives little comfort to those hoping the courts will rescue them
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This is a hold-up
Making a claim for losses caused by disruption can be tricky if you can't prove how much the disruption cost you. So how do you go about doing that?
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Words from the front
Roofers have been faced with a grotesque rise in their insurance premiums over the past two years. Here's how they've been fighting back
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Site lines: Tips for metal roof cladding
Ian Burns of Corus Colourcoat gives his five top tips for the trouble-free installation of pre-coated metal roof cladding
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CIBSE chief: We face extinction
Building services engineering may cease to exist as a profession in 20 years' time because of technological advancements in the sector, CIBSE president Terry Wyatt has warned
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HSE fines steel firm £75,000 for site death
Steel specialist William Hare has been fined £75,000 by the Health and Safety Executive after the death of one of its workers on a building site in April 1998
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NewsMondrian boogie-woogie
The Will Alsop design for the Palestra development in Southwark was launched last week at the RIBA. The 12-storey office building is being funded by developer Blackfriars Investments and Royal London Asset Management, and is directly opposite Southwark Underground station. The project team includes quantity surveyor Atkins Faithful & Gould, ...