All ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ articles in 2007 issue 50 – Page 11
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BERR construction indices go digital
Construction industry pricing data from the Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform is now online at BCIS
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Pay up now, Erinaceous tells suppliers
Property consultant angers subcontractors by asking for money to remain on supply chain
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Carillion fights to keep McAlpine's senior staff after £572m takeover
Management at Alfred McAlpine consider other offers in wake of deal
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Land Secs plans architects framework for Ebbsfleet
Developer to follow Olympic village procurement model for 418ha Thames Gateway scheme
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Winter wonderland
A traditional yuletide mix of partying, heartbreak and simmering violence this week, seasoned with saucy humour, excessive punning and – hold on, where is that music coming from?
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Star surveyors
London wine emporium Vinopolis provided the backdrop to a celebration of the brightest and best at ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ’s annual QS Awards lunch last week.
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Record performance
Structural steel specialist Severfield-Rowen unveiled a record order book of £405m, up from £300m at the half year stage.
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Old school
Presumably the Wren Academy (23 November, page 54) will be busing in children from all over who suddenly discover an urge to learn about the built environment.
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Web watch — Logging off
That’s it for 2007, the year that ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ stepped into virtual reality, Hansom signed up to Facebook and we all shared our thoughts on the Korean toilet house.
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Features
Jenga!
The structures were high and expectations even higher as some of the UK’s leading experts in the design and construction of tall buildings gathered for the Jenga Christmas challenge. In an afternoon of flair, passion and beer, only those with nerves of steel and hands of iron could survive. Readers ...
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Sweet Valleys High
Plans for a school in Newport, South Wales, were given the go-ahead this week.
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How good’s your grub?
This is your last chance to enter ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ’s Nouvelle Canteen competition to find the best site cafe in the industry.
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Going legal
As long as an adjudicator has considered the right question in a fair way, they’re free to make legal errors: the result will stand. But the legal issues are often complex and important: take global claims for example …
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In glass houses
A £900,000 glazing project at the Royal Institution of Great Britain is almost complete.
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Gangmaster licences? Not for us, thanks
Before we rush into legislation to protect foreign workers, let’s look at the facts, says Stephen Ratcliffe: the vast majority are highly skilled and unlikely ever to be exploited
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Smoke without fire
There is great speculation about the causes of the warehouse fire in Atherstone, Warwickshire, last month. Some of this is inappropriate and inaccurate, and seeks to make commercial gain by linking the untimely deaths of the firefighters with aspects of the construction.