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52 ways to improve the industry
Congratulations on a review full of positive thinking and good ideas (Not the Egan review, 24 October, page 42).
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Where are the opportunities?
I am fed up reading about the industry's lack of profile and appeal.
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Prevention is better than cure
Rudi Klein (24 October, page 35) is right to point out that there is no room for defective thinking to remedy defective design.
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Supplier-led solutions
Although it is hard to disagree with the majority of Egan's basic views (24 October, page 42), by drawing on his experience in the car industry, he actually did the construction industry a disservice.
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Spot the adjudication loophole
I am advising a builder who has a dispute with a private residential client. His contract, a standard JCT98 form, states that there is provision for adjudication.
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NewsZaha's latest Italian outfit
This is the interior of Zaha Hadid's design for the Afragola station in Naples, southern Italy. As well as a train station, the development includes a nature and technology park, with agricultural experimentation centres, sports facilities and an exhibition centre. The station will cover about 20,000 m2 and could be ...
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Wembley welders laid off
Steel contractor Cleveland Bridge has laid off 96 welders working on Wembley Stadium.
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HSE asks courts to give tougher safety fines
Tim Walker, the director-general of the Health and Safety Executive, has called for a sharp increase in fines for companies who put staff at risk in the workplace by breaking safety regulations.
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Liverpool shortlists six for £85m dock
Six renowned architects are in the running to design an £85m arena and conference centre at King's Dock on Liverpool's waterfront.
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NewsBig in Beijing
A joint-venture team consisting of architect Foster and Partners, engineer Arup and Dutch airport planner NACO has won a contest to design the Beijing Capital International Airport Terminal 3. The terminal is to be built between the airport's eastern runway and a planned third runway. The terminal building to be ...
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NewsBright green homes
Brighton-based architect Alan Philips Associates has revealed designs for an environment-friendly "Smart House". A prototype house, currently on site in Brighton, is a seven-minute walk from the city's mainline station and is due to be completed by spring 2004. The zero-energy dwelling is a single-storey, single-frontage unit that ...
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Brent Cross shopping centre to expand by half
Architect Building Design Partnership is working on plans to expand the Brent Cross shopping centre in north London.
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EU law may push up cement cost
Fears are growing that proposed European safety legislation will push up the price of cement
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Royal Courts in line for redevelopment
A business case for the redevelopment of the Queen's Building, part of London's Royal Courts of Justice, is due to be put to Lord Falconer, the lord chancellor, within weeks.
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NewsHow's this for a car pool?
Aston Martin's engineering and assembly line facility in Warwickshire is now open. The Weedon Partnership's design will be used to produce Aston Martin DB9s, with the first models being completed early in 2004. There are more than 900 trees on the 55-acre site, and the population of greater-crested newts – ...
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Entrepreneurs die of cancer
Two of the industry's leading entrepreneurs have died within three weeks of each other.
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Bovis consortium wins £500m MoD property deal
The Ministry of Defence has chosen a consortium led by Babcock International and Bovis Lend Lease for a £500m property maintenance and capital works contract.
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NewsBroadway production
Broadway Malyan has been appointed by Peel Holdings to design a £40m waterside development in Runcorn, Cheshire. Old Quay development will include 450 apartments and a restaurant, bar and leisure facilities overlooking the Mersey. Peel Holdings previously worked with Broadway Malyan on its development of Salford Quays.
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Firms count the cost of wildcat postal strikes
Builders' associations fear delays will hit members' cash flow and could affect up to a million businesses.
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FeaturesThe Hawksmoor mystery
Julian Anderson has spent the past two years chronicling the restoration of Christ Church in Spitalfields, east London. Over the next eight pages, we show a selection of his photographs of the work in progress. What they do not reveal is the story behind the restoration.