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Bricks, blocks and insulation
This month, we prepare for the winter chills and snuggle up with the latest products and materials for super-energy efficient homes
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Self-inflicted crisis
It is certainly true, as Georgia Elliott-Smith points out (Sitelife supplement, October 2003), that construction is a lot younger and more dynamic than people think – or at least it should be.
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Jacks of all trades
We run a postgraduate course for construction industry professionals, Interdisciplinary Design for the Built Environment, at Cambridge University, and we tackle the issues raised in the letter “Radical thinking” (10 October, page 36).
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Be specific
A two-stage procurement strategy for the Chemistry Building for Queen Mary University of London was described as "traditional" (18 July, page 64), presumably in the expectation that readers were familiar with the procedure.
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A tale of two monarchies
“There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision,” wrote William James, Henry’s smarter brother, in his Principle Of Psychology.
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NewsIf you can't Beetham …
The UK's highest residential tower, designed by Ian Simpson Architects, has received planning permission from Manchester council. The £150m Beetham tower, named after client the Beetham Organisation, will be 157 m high and will include 200 flats and a five-star hotel in its 47 storeys. Contractor Carillion is due to ...
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NewsSafe cracker
Architect Cartwright Pickard is to design this £57m headquarters for the Health and Safety Executive. This follows the appointment of a PFI consortium, led by Kajima Partnerships. At 30,000 m2, the HQ, to be built in in Bootle, Merseyside, will accommodate 1500 staff. Contractor and planning supervisor is Kajima Construction ...
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Chip off the O'Rourke block is making his mark at T5
Laing O'Rourke boss Ray O'Rourke has enlisted the support of his son Cathal to oversee part of the firm's work on the £2.5bn Heathrow Terminal 5 scheme.
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£25k pay for HVCA workers
Amicus has struck a pay deal with the Heating and Ventilating Contractors Association giving craftsman £25,000 a year.
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Manser to design 600-bedroom hotel at T5
Airports operator BAA has appointed the Manser Practice to design a four-star hotel at Heathrow Terminal 5.
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NewsTo the lighthouse
Contractor Linford Group has completed the restoration of a grade II-listed lighthouse cottage on Skerries Island seven miles off Anglesey. The project was jointly funded by the Welsh Historic Monuments Organisation and Trinity House Lighthouse Services, which bought the Skerries Island lighthouse in 1841. The cottage has been restored to ...
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Call for industry health scheme
The Construction Confederation has urged chancellor Gordon Brown to fund an occupational health scheme for the industry through the insurance premium tax.
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Willmott Dixon profit doubles after restructure
Private contractor Willmott Dixon has unveiled a pre-tax profit of £2.3m for the first half of 2003, nearly double the £1.2m it made in the same period last year.
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Watch out – there's a TV licence man about
Television licensing officials have launched a blitz on construction firms that permit employees to watch television during the day but do not pay for licences.
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NewsMove on up
Gaunt Francis Architects has secured detailed planning consent to carry out refurbishment and building work on the grade II-listed Lee House in Manchester (pictured). Gaunt Francis was commissioned by developer Green Property to increase the 1930s mixed-use building from eight to 16 storeys without causing disturbance to tenants occupying the ...
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News£300m mega-mosque takes shape in Abu Dhabi
Third biggest mosque in the world enters its second phase, six years after work started on the Gulf state site.
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All aboard: Network Rail plans to take on 18,500 rail workers
By summer 2004, all railway maintenance work will be done in-house by Network Rail. But with 18,500 workers to transfer to the payroll, a shortage of engineers, and compensation owed to contractors, how much money will the move save?
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A question of currency
This was an appeal by the defendant, Manuel Revert, from a decision of His Honour Judge Hegarty QC delivered on 6 December 2002. The Judge ordered that the claimant, Virani Limited, was entitled to damages which were to be assessed in US dollars. Manuel was a purchaser of cloth, while ...