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The war of all against all
The House of Lords has just given us key tests to decide who wins when members of a project team try to pin liability on each other
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Goodbye to all that
After 20 years teaching craft skills, this lecturer has had enough. Here he explains how a debased system and useless students turned a fine job into his definition of hell
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Old age tension
This year's Building/Hays Montrose careers survey reveals readers' increasing awareness of the importance – and vulnerability – of their pensions. Victoria Madine rounds up the results
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Sound effects
Tough new acoustic regulations are making a noise this winter – and giving housebuilders a serious headache
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FeaturesTread carefully …
Most people don't know it, but floor coverings can be one of the most environmentally damaging parts of a building. Alex Smith investigates some methods and materials that should help stop us stomping on the environment
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Walk-on parts
Flooring finishes may not have a starring role in a client's brief but getting it right is critical to occupiers' enjoyment of a completed building. Peter Claridge, associate at Davis Langdon Schumann Smith, offers advice on how to specify the perfect underfoot performer
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LIfetime costs: durable floors
You've got a floor to cover, but which material is going to serve your client best – and for the longest – for the least amount of money? Peter Mayer of the Building Performance Group shines the spotlight on the whole-life costs of PVC, linoleum and carpeting
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Laying down the law
Materials and finishes are far from the only things to consider when choosing your flooring. New regulations on access and facilities for disabled users are about to change the way floors must be specified. Alex Smith has the details
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Key Taywood job goes to industry outsider
Housebuilder Taylor Woodrow hires money man Peter Johnson as finance director.
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Job-share chief to leave Redrow
Housebuilder's southern region joint chairman Greg Locke to quit at Christmas.
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NewsAmerican giant Bechtel in pole position to buy Amey
US engineer considered favourite because of Tube work – but Vinci, Skanska and Bouygues wait in the wings.
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FeaturesThe Fight for survival
Who needs competitors when your friends in the insurance industry can put you out of business with a single phone call? Matthew Richards reports on construction's increasingly untenable position – and how it can find a way out
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FeaturesMidnight express
Heathrow Airport is so busy that it could only spare a two-hour window in which to move a 330-tonne link-bridge two miles across runways and into its intended slot. Andy Pearson joined a night-time convoy with one question on its mind: will it fit?
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NewsConstruction management work drying up, says Mace
Leading player says decline is linked to fall in commercial office deals – and no upswing is in sight until 2004.
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In pursuit of the civil
The pre-action protocol is supposedly turning solicitors into nice people. But in the absence of evidence that it's working, are there other ways of meeting its aims?
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FeaturesConcrete recast
With prefabrication coming back into style, a radically revised production system could finally free precast concrete housing of its negative associations.
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NewsUrgent review of stadium safety as firefighters strike
Building control officers carry out a reassessment of fire safety procedures as national walkout begins.
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Bullish housebuilders scorn fears of market collapse
City and key players foresee price inflation settling at about 5%, despite alarming figures from the Halifax.
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A night on the tiles
Practising flamenco late at night in the room above mine may be your idea of fun. But if it disturbs my sleep and I take you to court, it may hurt you in the castanets